Michaeleans recognized in Italy's global poetry tilt

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Michaeleans from Junior High School and Senior High School were once again recognized by the jury of the International Competition of Poetry and Theater - Duino Castle in Trieste, Italy for this academic year.

The board of judges, composed of poets and literary scholars awarded the title 'Special Mention' to the SMCL entry, "Encrypting Generations, Generating Encryptions." a collection of poems in English tackling the theme "From generation to generation."

Poets were Jose Rodrigo Papa, John Carlos Ilagan, Karl Patrick Suyat, Beatrice Valen Peñaflor, Cherrie Mae Azucena, Gail Neriz Shouder, Zerline Mae Porras, Khey Anne Espiritu, Alexis Arielle Maneja, Gerlie Anne Laydia, Jazmin Tan, Gerardo Laydia, Jr., and Francis Aron Riano.

Photo from the Castello di Duino website. Click to open.
Jury members with organizer Gabriela Gruber (Piero Guglielmino)
Jurors were Dr. Marji Čuk, Dr. Guido Cupani, Prof. Stefan Damian, Dr. Arben Dedja, Dr. Antonio Della Rocca, Prof. Pietro U. Dini, Prof. Silvia Favaretto, Dr. Julius Franzot, Prof. Franco Gatti, Dr. Irini Karavalaki, Dr. Giancarlo Micheli, Dr. Isabella Panfido, Prof. Sandro Pecchiari, Prof. Ana Cecilia Prenz, Dr. Lili Radoeva Destradi, Prof. Enzo Santese, Dott. Silvia Storti, Dr. Antonio Staude, Dr. Iza Strzelecka, and Prof. Anna Zoppellari. 

Now on its 13th edition, the annual writing competition harvests more than 100 entries from schools around the world.

This is the fourth time that SMCL has been recognized by the organization. The writers were supervised by Inecita Cuevas.

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