Award ceremony for the 'Words in search of a home' competition

On 23 May, the Vladimir Dimitrov – Maystora Art Gallery in Kyustendil hosted the award ceremony for 'Words in search of a home', a literary competition for school students launched by the Presidents' Club on 1 April. Twenty-eight young people from secondary schools in Kyustendil Municipality took part, competing in two categories: Essay and Poem.

The jury of Nadezhda Zaharieva, Vladimir Zarev and Beni Hyubner decided unanimously not to award first or second prize in the Poem category. Third prize went to Denislav Georgiev from the Dr Petar Beron Language High School.

The winners in the Essay category were:

• First prize: Andrea Yordanova, Dr Petar Beron Language High School
• Second prize: Danaya Georgieva, Professor Emanuil Ivanov High School of Mathematics
• Third prize: Nikolay Georgiev, Yordan Zahariev Vocational High School of Economics and Management

The competition was organised in partnership with Kyustendil Municipality, the Emanuil Popdimitrov Regional Library and the Vladimir Dimitrov – Maystora Art Gallery. The award ceremony was attended by the members of the jury, Mr Dimitar Milushev of the Presidents' Club Bulgaria and Mr Kristiyan Ivanchov, Deputy Mayor of Kyustendil Municipality.

The Presidents' Club would like to give special thanks to Mr Ivanchov for embracing the idea of the competition and personally helping to organise and run it in support of Kyustendil's young writers.