On the occasion of the return of the 10alamenos9 Festival for another year, participation is open for the nanostory contest with the aim of continuing to promote interest in the educational community in the world on a nanometric scale (nanomundo), which, being so tiny, is very diverse and interesting.

This contest is aimed at students who are studying in public, subsidized or private schools located in Andalusia, and who are between 14 and 17 years of age as of 12/31/2021.

In order to participate, we leave you the rules of the contest:

RULES
Students who are studying in public, subsidized or private schools located in Andalusia may participate in this contest:
– Category A: participants aged 14 or 15 as of 12/31/2021.
– Category B: participants aged 16 or 17 as of 12/31/2021.
Each participant may submit, under a pseudonym, a single work that has not been entered into any other competition.

Requirements for nano-stories
They must have a maximum length of 200 words and must be submitted in Spanish. They may be adventure stories, science fiction, fantasy, social stories, etc. Other types of written works such as poems or song lyrics may also be submitted. The only requirement is that the submitted work must be related to nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Submission
The works may be submitted until May 18, 2022.
Participants must download the template in which they will write their work and the registration form from the websites www.icms.us-csic.es and www.ciccartuja.es. On this same page they will find the instructions for completing said form, as well as for naming the files. Participants must send the work and the registration, in PDF format, to: with the subject: “Nano-relato 2022”.

Prizes
A single prize of €200 will be awarded for each of the two categories (Courtesy of ICMS and cicCartuja). A certificate of accreditation will be awarded along with the prizes.
The Educational Centres where the two winners study will receive a set of popular books from the collection “What do we know about…” co-published by the CSIC and La Catarata courtesy of the CSIC Delegation in Andalusia. The two works awarded in each competition at the regional level, one per category, will automatically move on to the international phase, to be assessed by a Jury made up of researchers in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology, scientific communicators and people from the literary field.
In the international phase, a prize of a TABLET will be awarded for each of the two categories.

Jury
The Jury will be made up of researchers belonging to the Institute of Materials Science of Seville.
The jury’s decision will be made public at the beginning of June and will be communicated to those interested and their schools.
The prizes may be voided if the works submitted do not meet a minimum quality standard. The jury’s decision will be made public at the beginning of June and will be communicated to the interested parties and their schools. The prizes may be voided if the works submitted do not meet a minimum quality standard.