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The contest is held by the non-profit cultural organization “Progetto Alfa”, and aims at the promotion of the full artistic and expressive potential of whoever interested in participating —with no cultural or economic distinction whatsoever. The participation is therefore free and open to everybody, including schools of all types and levels; to this end, the organizing & executive board involved the Regional School Office (USR) of Sondrio, and a committee of both Italian and international experts and professors in fields such as Poetry & Literary criticism, song- and lyricwriting, Philology, Publishing, Journalism, translation, Art & Archaeology, encyclopedia-writing, Philosophy—as well members from cultural institutions.

The International section of the contest consists of one category: Free-poetry category—no specific writing theme assigned and no participation fee requested. The foreign languages allowed are: French, English, German, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Romanian, Dutch, Mandarin, Turkish and Arabic. The poems must be equipped with English, French, or Italian translation. Each and every poem must be strictly original and unpublished until the day of submission—with no previous publication nor any recognition at contests and competitions whatsoever. Should these rules be not respected, or infringed in any way, the author will be irrevocably banned from the contest. Each participant is to send one single text (whether in meter of free-verse) not exceeding 30 computer-typed lines — file format: .pdf, .doc or .docx — font: Times New Roman. The text cannot anyway exceed one single page.

The awards ceremonies will occur according to the following schedule: October 2021 (date and venue to be determined), in Sondrio: National section awards; November 2021 (date and venue to be determined), in Rome: International section awards. For the International section, 20 finalists will be selected—of whom 6 winners and 14 recipients of an honorable mention. The names of the finalists will be disclosed three weeks before the awards ceremony. The names of the winners will be disclosed during the awards ceremony. Participants themselves are expected to inquire about any update and/or variation concerning the contest and the results, via the website www.premiogiovannibertacchi.org (“Albo d’oro” section); the organizers disclaim any liability concerning the participants’ failing to do so, nor is any ad-personam communication to be expected of them: under no circumstance can the organization staff or any member of “Progetto Alfa” be held accountable for not personally reporting news concerning the contest. All finalists are expected to collect the awards personally; while it is possible to appoint a delegate, under no circumstance can such a person coincide with a member of the staff, or other winners and accompanying persons thereof. All finalists will receive a diploma; and a final Grand-Prize, chosen among national and international winners, will be awarded.

All works will be evaluated according to the unquestionable judgment and absolute discretion of the committee, thus divided: international-section committee, chaired by Marina Mattei; scientific board, chaired by Antonio Muraca; and national committee. The other members of the committee, one among whom appointed committee-secretary, will be designated by the organizing & executive board of “Progetto Alfa”, and will be composed of experts, professors, and culturally active people whose names will be published on the website, in the specific section of the contest. For the International section, the specific committee will influence the result for the 60% of the vote—the scientific board for the 40%. Winners of the national and international sections will compete for the award of the Grand Prize; in this final voting, the result will be influenced 20% by the national committee, 20% by the international committee, and 60% by the scientific board. The scientific board will be composed of the presidents of the National and International committees, and well-known personalities in the contemporary literary scene. Category:Poetry