The provincial section of Florence of Hunting Federation announced the date of the awarding of the second literary competition "Hunting, passion and memories". The 2015 edition met with great success, so it was decided to repeat: next January 29th the best story will be awarded at the Protected Aromatic Zone in Florence (the appointment was set for 17 pm). The competition is open to all hunters and their family and friends, as long as the main theme is respected, namely hunting.
The aim of the event is to spread this culture and raise awareness as much as possible. The hunt described in the stories, therefore, may be the one experienced in the first person or the one told through occasions and circumstances referable to the activity. As for the length, then, the minimum length is an A4 sheet, the maximum length must not exceed four sheets.
Among other things, the regulation provides that in the works the name of the author is never mentioned and that there are not even clear elements that can help to identify him. A jury made up of people with proven experience and technical ability, belonging to the world of culture and hunting (chosen last December), was called to judge the entries.
In particular, the judgment will concern the quality of the writing, its presentation form, the content and the values that will have been expressed. The winner will be rewarded with a “Regalbox Dream Weekend” box for two people, while the runner-up will receive a similar box for a stay on a farm, again for two people. The other writers present at the award ceremony will receive a certificate and a copy of the book in which all the stories that have participated in the competition will have been gathered.
The first and so far only edition was won by a young man from Foligno, Federico Frigeri, with "The return of Andrea": it is the story of two brothers who are very close to each other, in which hunting represents the positive and decisive stimulus to face the difficulties of life. The hunting activity, therefore, was exploited both as a narrative mechanism and to describe the passion in detail. The numbers of last year were encouraging: there was the participation of 25 stories, written by hunters (but not only) from all over Italy, the goal of 2016 can only be to improve further and become the competition a fixed appointment and one of the most important that deal with the passion for hunting.