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Panama City, September 11, 2025. - The Pedro Correa Vásquez 2025 Literary Prize was awarded to the writer Dalaris Elizabeth Serrano Guerra, who under the pseudonym Elena T. introduced the work "Voices in global times," in the category of literary criticism. The decision was made public after the [...]
Damus Elizabeth Serrano Guerra wins the Pedro Correa Vásquez 2025 Literature Prize Read more »
Panama, April 12, 2025. - For the first time, Panama has been selected as an honor guest at the "Festival of the Sweet and Typical Food of Seville," which held its fifth edition from April 12 to 20 at the historic centre of Cartagena.
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Panama, March 30, 2025 - The Ministry of Culture welcomed the award of the 2024 National Cortometrics Competition, an event that aims to promote and strengthen the Panamanian film industry. The initiative, organized by the National Cinema Directorate, awarded a total of 80,000 dollars in awards distributed into three categories: fiction, animation and documentary.
New Panamanian filmmakers gain first prize for short films Read more »
Panama, March 25, 2025 - The Ministry of Culture (MiCultura) invites all caricaturists to participate in the Panama 2025 National New Charicaturist Competition, to be held in May 2025, in commemoration of the Day of Charicaturist. That event will be held at the Manuel Amador Guerrero Gallery, located at
MiCultura supports the Cartoonist Read more »
Panama 24, March 2025 - The Ministry of Culture (MiCultura) and La Prensa Corporation, S.A. (Corpress) signed an agreement with the aim of promoting collaboration with "La Rocha de la Lectura," a project that aims to highlight the winners of the Ricardo Miró National Literature Competition.
MiCultura launches "The Path of Reading" Read more »
A total of 181 works from different categories will compete at the National Literature contest "Ricardo Miró," a contest that promises to gather emerging and united talents from across the country, in a competition intended to reward literary excellence. The set of works chosen for this octagan second edition of the literary contest is distributed in five
National LITERATURA CONCURSO 'Ricardo Miró' 181 ORRAS COMpITEN BY LITERARY EXCELLENCE Read more »
On June 12, the Ministry of Culture (MiCultura) with the SOS Albino Foundation awarded 14-year-old Agar Smith from Guna Yala and Axel Villarreal from 14 years old but from San Miguelito and 12-year-old Angie Jiménez from Tocumen with their first, second and second year-old prize.
Young community Nele Kantele wins first place in the drawing contest "Mother Earth" Read more »
With a track record of about 48 years of experience in the field of crafts, Claudino Sandoval Robles, 76 years old, from Monagrillo, Province of Herrera, is the artisan elected by the Inter-institutional Committee of the National Crafts Feria, with a legal basis in article 34 of Act 11 of 22
Artesan of Monagrillo, Claudino Sandoval is elected for the Decor San José Read more »
The writer Bertalicia Peralta Arosemena earned several literary awards and received the Rogelio Sinan Award, a distinction awarded by the Executive Board under the call and selection of the National Board of Writers and Writers (Coneyep), the Ministry of Education (Meduca) and the Ministry of Culture (MiCultura).
Author of "Guayacan de March" receives Rogelio Sinan's décor Read more »
To those interested in participating in national literary competitions such as the literary prize, Pedro Correa, Narrative prize, Ariel Barria Alvarado, Poesía, Gustavo Batista Cedeño, national literature contest, Ricardo Miró, tale contest, Rosa María Britton, and the children's and youth literature contest, Carlos Francisco Changmarín, they are told that
Between June and July, registration for prizes and literary competitions closed Read more »
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