XLIV Premios Jose Hierro de Poesia Y Relato Breve 2025

Iyán Rojo Greciet and Víctor Ruiz Polanco were the winners of the 44th edition of the José Hierro Poetry and Short Story Awards, sponsored each year by the Santander City Council to honor the great Cantabrian poet. Verano en llamas (Summer in Flames) is a collection of poems that enjoys direct and evocative language, focusing on rural life. Its author, Iyán Rojo Greciet, is 29 years old and lives in San Vicente de la Barquera. In the prose category, the winner was 26-year-old writer Víctor Ruiz Polanco from Maliaño, who had already won second prize for poetry in 2021 and the prize in this same category in 2023. His story Breve catálogo de críptidos (Brief Catalog of Cryptids), with a certain Borgian influence, is constructed in the reader's mind thanks to a series of short stories. Centímetros del aro (Centimeters of the Hoop), runner-up in poetry, interweaves poetry and the world of sport, more specifically rhythmic gymnastics, creating a subtle, contemplative work with a meditative character and powerful insights. Its author is Isabela Madueño Jones, aged 15 and resident in Limpias. The runner-up prize for short stories went to Fotografiar es hacer clic (Photographing is clicking), written by Víctor Gutiérrez de la Rosa, aged 23 and resident in Santander.