Tamaulipas honours a novel and a story headed for publication
Luis Eduardo Torres Sánchez and José Carlos Orta López de Lara win the first Orlando Ortiz State Prize.
The Tamaulipas Institute for Culture and the Arts announced the winners of the inaugural Orlando Ortiz State Prize for Short Story and Novel on 31 October. Luis Eduardo Torres Sánchez takes the novel category with Pequeño jardín infinito, while José Carlos Orta López de Lara wins for short fiction with Últimos ritos. The competition received 25 novel entries and 28 stories, assessed by two separate juries. Each winner will receive 100,000 pesos and have the selected text published. The award ceremony is scheduled during the Tamaulipas Lee Festival, running from 9 to 20 November in several municipalities across the Mexican state. The prize therefore gives two manuscripts a route from competition entry to future editorial circulation.