The Vitsentzos Kornaros Shelter, based in Sitia, Crete, the homeland of Vitsentzos Kornaros, aiming, among other things, to study and promote the poet’s work, announces the 1st Pan-Cretan Student Competition for the academic year 2021-2022 in the categories: POETRY and SHORT STORY.
Vitsentzos Kornaros’s Erotokritos, an emblematic work of the Cretan Renaissance and an integral part of the European poetic tradition, continues to be a source of inspiration and creation to this day.
Friendship, prudence, trust, fraternal devotion, love, commitment to the idea of self-determination, the concept of honor and personal dignity, and passion are some of the themes that harmoniously intertwine in Erotokritos and compose the spirit and style of the Renaissance era.
This year’s competition theme focuses on the power of love.
Contest results
The results of the 1st Pan-Cretan Student Literary Competition Vitsentzos Kornaros are as follows:
In the Poetry category,
- 1st Prize was awarded to Christos Dermitzakis from the 1st Junior High School of Sitia,
- 2nd Prize to Christina-Panagiota Frangiadaki from the 13th General High School of Heraklion, and
- 3rd Prize to Vasiliki Pelekanaki from the 2nd Junior High School of Heraklion.
In the Prose category,
- 1st Prize was awarded to Erofili Kostaki from the General High School of Neapoli,
- 2nd Prize to Eleni Lemonaki from the Model General High School of Heraklion, and
- 3rd Prize to Eleni Fasoula from the Model General High School of Heraklion.
Honorary Distinctions in the Poetry category were awarded to:
- Ioannis Vrettakis from the 6th Day Junior High School of Heraklion,
- Aikaterini Gaggiolaki from the Model General High School of Heraklion,
- Maria-Eirini Giannadaki from the 11th Junior High School of Heraklion,
- Maria Giannoulaki from the Model General High School of Heraklion,
- Aikaterini Kritsotaki from the 5th General High School of Heraklion,
- Theodora Pandermaraki from the General High School of Neapoli, and
- Angelos Choulien from the 11th Junior High School of Heraklion.
In the Prose category, honorary distinctions were awarded to:
- Gavriil Kastrinakis from the Music School of Therissos,
- Athena Koukouritaki from the 10th Junior High School of Heraklion,
- Varvara Koutsaki from the 4th General High School of Heraklion,
- Christianna Sifaki from the 11th Junior High School of Heraklion,
- Stelios Tsichlakis from the Junior High School of Alikianos,
- Androniki Christoforaki from the 2nd Junior High School of Heraklion, and
- Vaia Cholopoulou from the 1st Experimental Junior High School of Chania.