Michele Serio Prize winners announced in Bacoli

The second edition of the Michele Serio Prize, a national recognition dedicated to genre fiction in memory of the Neapolitan writer and journalist, has concluded at the Parco Borbonico del Fusaro in Bacoli.

Winners across the three competing categories include Paolo Chiappero for ‘La Sagrada’ (Grotesque/Pulp), Pino Imperatore for ‘I demoni di Pausilypon’ (Giallo/Noir), and Bruno Russo for ‘Le figlie della Partenogenesi’ (Fantasy/Esoteric).

Special mentions were awarded to Fulvia Giacco for ‘Partenopellade’ and Febo Quercia for ‘La geometria del silenzio’ for works set in the Campi Flegrei region. The event also featured a talk by Greek author Petros Markaris on Mediterranean noir and honored journalist Giuseppe Crimaldi for his reporting on crime news.