Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
¿Qué pasaría si Cristóbal Colón hubiera sido una mujer?
• Escribe un texto en el que cambies el curso de la historia y la relación entre esta exploradora y las tierras y las gentes que ha encontrado en sus viajes.
• ¿Qué sería diferente? ¿Qué crees que cambiaría?
Que aconteceria se Pedro Alvares Cabral fosse uma mulher?
•Escreve um texto no qual mudes o curso da história e a relação entre esta exploradora e as terras e as pessoas que encontrou em suas viagens.
• O que seria diferente? O que achas que mudaria?
Submissions: raquel.fernandez_sanchez@kcl.ac.uk for Spanish alexandra.lourenco_dias@kcl.ac.uk for Portuguese
The Department of Languages, Literature and Cultures at King's College London is seeking to publish one original piece of writing in Spanish and in Portuguese (PDF format) on this topic, written by a student of Spanish or Portuguese in Year 12 or 13 (S5 or S6 in Scotland).
The author of the winning entry will receive a book token and will have their submission published in “Sobremesa”, the Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan language magazine produced by students at King's College London, which has a wide circulation among university students and language learners across the UK. How to enter
Entries should be 400-450 words in length and written in Spanish or Portuguese, and should be accompanied by the entry form.
The topic may be addressed from any angle; your submission may take the form of a creative piece of writing, or you may choose another creative form (a comic, a poem…)
Entries will be judged on the basis of both content and language.
Entries should be submitted by e-mail:
Raquel Fernández-Sánchez at raquel.fernandez_sanchez@kcl.ac.uk for Spanish
AlexandraLourenço Dias alexandra.lourenco_dias@kcl.ac.uk for Portuguese by 28 February 2025.
Please complete this form and return it with your entry to Dr. Raquel Fernández-Sánchez (raquel.fernandez_sanchez@kcl.ac.uk) for Spanish and Dr. Alexandra Lourenço Dias (alexandra.lourenco_dias@kcl.ac.uk) for Portuguese
by 28th February 2025.
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