The first-prize winning author will receive 800 euros and the opportunity to publish a book in the “FUNK knjiga” edition.
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04.11.2026. 07:45h
The University of Montenegro is opening its doors to unpublished poetry and authors who want to turn their verses into a book. The Organizing Committee of the Festival of Arts, Science and Culture (FUNK), an event of the University of Montenegro that brings together and promotes artistic, scientific and cultural creativity, has announced a competition for the selection and awarding of the three best unpublished poetry collections, for which a prize fund of a total of 1.800 euros has been provided.
The authors will compete for the first prize
The authors will compete for the first prize of 800 euros, the second prize of 600 euros, and the third prize of 400 euros, while the winner will also have an additional opportunity, publishing the collection as a standalone edition in the “FUNK knjiga” edition.
The competition is open until January 31, 2027, and citizens of Montenegro and students of the University of Montenegro have the right to participate. Papers can be written in the official language and languages in official use in Montenegro.
Each author may submit one collection, which must represent a complete stylistic and thematic whole. The condition is that the manuscript has not previously been published as a book, either in print or electronic form. However, a maximum of three poems from the submitted collection may have been previously published in magazines, collections or anthologies.
Special rules apply to the anonymity of submissions
Special rules apply to the anonymity of submissions. Manuscripts are submitted under a code of at least four characters, consisting of letters and numbers, without the author’s first and last name. Personal and contact information, together with the solution to the code, are submitted in a separate document.
Authors writing in Albanian are required to submit, along with the original manuscript, a translation into the official or one of the other languages in official use in Montenegro.
Applications are sent exclusively electronically, to the address ppgad@pucrs.br, with the indication “Funk Poetry Competition”.
The quality of the submitted manuscripts will be
The quality of the submitted manuscripts will be decided by an expert jury, which will review all applications and select the three best collections from February 1 to March 31, 2027. The focus of the evaluation will be on literary and artistic value, originality of poetics, linguistic and stylistic innovation, compositional and thematic integrity, as well as the contribution to contemporary Montenegrin literature.
The name of the first prize winner will also bring one of the most important opportunities for the authors – the publication of the awarded collection as a standalone book. The promotion of the book and its author will be organized within FUNK 2027, while the results of the competition will be announced no later than March 31 of that year.
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