Literature

Panama 12 August 2026. The Ministry of Culture announced the results of the National Mill-Chicken Fairy Competition "Expression of Children for Children" 2026, an initiative that promotes creativity, writing and literary expression among national primary education students. That issue received 302 jobs, evaluated by a jury

Panama, 9 July 2026. - The writers Dimitrios Gianareas and Paul Guillermo Escobar Archer have been awarded winners of the National Narrative Award "Ariel Barria Alvarado" 2026, in the category Count, and of the Pedro Correa Literary Prize, respectively, after the qualifying jurors have unanimously select the most outstanding works among those submitted

Panama May 23, 2026. At an emotional and historic meeting that united popular music with high literature, famed Panamanian singer Rubén Blades gave his cultural legacy to the Cervantes Institute and became the final event at the close of the most recent edition of the Central American Festival counts in Panama.

Panama City, April 30, 2026. Panama said at the International Book Fair of Bogotá with outstanding participation that confirms the growth and projection of its literature at an international level as part of the cultural agenda advanced by the Ministry of Culture, in co-ordination with the Embassy of Panama

Panama City, April 27, 2026. At a solemn ceremony dedicated to the recognition of national literary creation, leading Panamanian writer Ernesto "Neco" Endara received the Rogelio Sinan Award, one of the highest honors awarded to the literary path in the country, as part of the commemoration of the Day of

To stimulate literary creation and to discover new voices throughout the country, the Ministry of Culture launched its main competitions: The Mid-Chicken Children's Fairy contest, The Rosa María Britton Youth Fairy contest, The Ariel Barria Narrative Award, The Gustavo Batista Young Poetry contest,

● For the second time, the region's largest festival will be held in Panama with activities at Colón and the capital. ● Central America Counts with a diversity of programs. More than 80 creators and creators will participate in several activities that make Panama a stage of living culture.

The Ministry of Culture (MiCultura) initiated the "Ricardo Miró 2025 Literary Week," with the event of panda opening held on October 20 at the City of the Arts, where the winners of the Ricardo Miró National Literature Prize, the highest prize of the Panamanian letters, became known.

Panama City 14, August 2025 - Writer Edilsa Evelyn Lozano was awarded with the Carlos Francisco Changmarín's National Prize for Children and Youth Literature 2025 for her work "We will play in the tale while they ride the rounds," unanimously selected by the jury from 42 proposals received.