Christmas Story Competition

UIC Barcelona is organising its Christmas Short Story Competition

If you like to write, are creative and have a story to share, submit your entry!

Competition rules

Application period

From 8 November to 29 November 2022

Participants

Any member of the university community can participate individually.

Theme

“Christmas Story”; the story must be centred around Christmas. But this year, we are adding a few more conditions:

• The story must have happy and joyful connotations.
• It must also be related to the theme of family.
• Each participant may submit one story.

Language

Catalan or Spanish

Registration

Fill out this form and upload your story.

Length

A maximum of 300 words

Prizes

There will be a winner on each campus, who will receive a €100 voucher to spend in FNAC.

In the event of a tie, Student Service reserves the right to decide the winner.

Winners of the 2023 Christmas Story Competition

• Barcelona Campus: Nicolau Huistra Puig, 2nd year Audiovisual Communication student.
• Sant Cugat Campus: Adriana Hontoria Astell, 4th year Bioengineering student.

Winners of the 2022 Christmas Story Competition

• Barcelona Campus: Pablo Prats de Arquer, 1st year Advertising and Public Relations student.
• Sant Cugat Campus: Javier Canela Ortiz, 3rd year Medicine student.

Winners of the 2021 Christmas Story Competition

• Barcelona Campus: Wendy Yohanna Cedeno Mendoza, 5th year Humanities, Cultural Studies and Law student.
• Sant Cugat Campus: Mar Llobet Hernández, 4th year Psychology student.

Winners of the 2019-2020 Christmas Story Competition

• Barcelona Campus: Adriana Monjas Alberdi, first-year humanities and cultural studies student.
• Sant Cugat Campus: Karla Beatriz Guzmán Hidalgo, second-year nursing student.

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.