Overview

• Alfonso Suárez Romero captured the novel prize with his philosophical work El Quimerista, securing 300,000 pesos and a publication deal.
• José Manuel Higes López’s speculative short story Las dimensiones y mi padre earned the top spot in the story category along with a 60,000-peso award.
• Alan Heiblum Robles and Cristóbal Manuel González Apanco placed second and third in the short-story competition, receiving 40,000 and 30,000 pesos respectively.
• The fifth edition drew 515 novel and 851 short-story entries from across Iberoamérica, underscoring the contest’s expanding reach.
• Judges lauded the winning works for their existential depth and narrative innovation, reinforcing the prize’s mission to promote Spanish-language literature.