Once again, the time has come to award the children and young people who took part in the Sixth Edition of the Literary Contest in 3 Words. Unlike previous years, we have decided to host the ceremony in Novara within the splendid setting of Casa Bossi—the finest neoclassical palazzo in Italy—as part of the literary festival “Novara di Carta”. The stories for this edition were centered around the three words chosen from the poll we launched on our website last year: Adventure, Magic, and Boredom. Participation was once again enormous, with entries coming from all over Italy. At the end of an evaluation process that lasted over three months, our jurors—Alessandro Barbaglia, Antonella Minetto,Silvio Giobbo, Lara Giorcelli, and Andrea Cavallini—first selected the top 30 from each category, which will be featured in the Anthology available in mid-October. After that, they faced the hard task of choosing the nine winners, three for each category. On Saturday, June 8th, we will reveal them together.

Below you can see the program for the event:

Casa Bossi is a special place for everyone in Novara; the atmosphere within these walls is truly unique and evocative.Having had the opportunity to conclude the Sixth Edition of the Literary Contest in 3 Words in such an incredible location was something truly special.
The stories for this edition were centered around the three words chosen from the poll we launched on our website last year: Adventure, Magic, and Boredom. Participation was once again extraordinary.
At the end of an evaluation process that lasted over four months, our jurors—Alessandro Barbaglia, Silvio Giobbo, Lara Giorcelli, Andrea Cavallini, and Antonella Minetto—first selected the top 30 from each category, which will be featured in the Anthology available in mid-October. After that, they faced the hard task of choosing the nine winners, three for each category. Three of the jurors were present at the award ceremony: Lara Giorcelli, Andrea Cavallini, and Alessandro Barbaglia.
Before moving on to the report of the ceremony, we would like to thank Fabio Lagiannella from the Lazzarelli bookstore,who supported the contest and joined us in organizing the award presentation and the “Novara di Carta” literary festival,which rounded out the day and made it even more extraordinary; Swatch Italia for believing in our initiative again this year; and Roberto Tonietti, president of the Comitato d’Amore di Casa Bossi, for hosting us.
To begin the report: the President of the Nicola Tangorra Foundation, joined by Vice President Laura Minuto, spoke briefly about the previous editions of the Literary Contest in 3 Words and the continuous growth in interest and participation, before handing the floor over to the jurors for their anecdotes and stories.
Then, starting with the Primary School category, the names of the winners were revealed and the prizes presented. Lavinia Caterina Piccolo Brunelli from Milan took third place with her story “La fontana dei colori”. Anita Bernasconi from Cusano Milanino (MI) collected second prize for her story “La promessa della noia”. Then it was the turn of Viola Biggio from Buccinasco (MI), who won first prize with her story “Il mio Everest”.
The ceremony continued with the Middle School awards. Third place went to Giorgia Milione from Milan with the story “Cuore di pagina”, second place to Angelica Piantoni from Pradalunga (BG) with “La monotonia di un giorno qualunque”, while first place went to Corinna Garbassi from Novara, author of the story “La vita è una magica avventura”.
After the official photos, we moved on to the final category, High School. Third place was awarded to Alice Pellai from Gallarate with the story “Io, il cannibale”, and second place to Penelope Riccobono from Florence with “L’aggiustatore di cuori”. Finally, the first-place winner was awarded: Eleonora Ruta from Corsico (MI), with the story “La grigia, noiosa e ripetitiva storia del narratore”.
This year we also organized a competition with the students of the Liceo Artistico Casorati to design the cover of the Anthology, and this felt like the right occasion to award them as well. Among the many entries submitted, artwork by the following students was selected: Alessia Albertin, Alessio Bongianino, Alice Machiraldo, Elisabetta Maggiore, Elisabetta Martinoli, Lisaly Belcastro, Marta Bastari, and Silvia Delotto. Out of these, Elisabetta Martinoli’s artwork was chosen for the anthology cover, while Alessia Albertin’s drawing was chosen for the poster of the next edition of the literary contest.
We would like to thank everyone who attended and everyone who made all of this possible: Laura, Giulia, Alessandro,Maria, Antonella, Marco, Cristina, the jurors, and anyone else we may have forgotten. We look forward to seeing you next year for the seventh edition.

Below you can see a few moments from the award ceremony and the winners: