¡Felicidades, Nina! – Runner Up in Oxford University Spanish Short Story Competition
Great news for one of our languages students!
Nina in Year 12 entered the Oxford University Spanish Flash Fiction Competition in March and her story has been chosen as ‘runner up’ by the judges. This is especially meaningful for Nina as she is applying for Spanish and French at University and they received almost four hundred entries to the competition! ¡Felicidades, Nina!
Nina will receive a certificate and a prize for her entry. Oxford University hope to publish some of the winning entries on their online blog over the next few months, which can be seen here.
According to Nina, she was inspired to write her short story after binge watching the Spanish cooking show ‘Torres en la Cocina’ during her bored days in quarantine. It inspired Nina to put herself in the shoes of a Spanish cook and write a short story on it!
You can read Nina’s short-story/flash fiction entry below:
“Lleno de nervios, embarcó en su mayor reto profesional hasta entonces. Empezó a calentar el aceite después de haber limpiado sus palmas sudadas en su delantal y respiró profundamente; sintió como si toda su carrera lo hubiera llevado a este momento. El ajo chisporroteante llenó la habitación con un fuerte olor y un calor que no hizo más que aumentar la tensión. Mientras rebanaba las cebollas, una lágrima cayó por su mejilla.
Brincó; sintió una mano en su hombro. “Relájate… son sólo mis padres. Les encantará.” su novia dijo.
Tal vez tenga razón, pensó ¿Qué podría salir mal?”
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