Christmas Story Competition

Write a Christmas story

Christmas Short Story Competition

Reflect on the joy of the holidays by writing a Christmas story. You could be eligible to win a €100 voucher!

Competition rules

Deadline

From 11 November to 2 December 2026.

Participants

All members of the UIC Barcelona university community can apply individually.

Theme

Christmas story; The common thread of the story must be Christmas. However, this year we added a few requirements:

  • It has to have happy connotations.
  • It has to be related to family.
  • One work can be submitted per person.
Language

Catalan or Spanish

Registration

Fill out this form and upload your story.

Presentation of the story

To send us the story you must send it to the email cultura@uic.es. The format must be:

  • word
  • Times 12. Line spacing 1.5
  • Document name: title of the work

* The lack of any of these data or non-compliance with any of the requirements will result in the automatic disqualification of the work.

Extension

A maximum of 300 words

Awards

There will be one winner for each campus, who will receive a 100 euro voucher to spend at FNAC.

In the event of a tie, Student Services reserves the right to decide who will be the winner.

 

2025 Anthology

2023 Anthology

2022 Anthology

2021 Anthology

2020 Anthology

2019 Anthology

2018 Anthology

Anyone directly involved in the organisation of this competition will not be able to participate.
UIC Barcelona reserves the right to accept and publish texts submitted as part of the competition.