about the competition
The competition is organised by the Department of English, in collaboration with the Department of Romance Studies.
Interplay is a foreign language competition calling for entries in four languages and prizes for the best entries in each language, aiming to encourage multilingualism and creative writing in some of the languages taught in different study programmes at the University of Innsbruck.
The overall aim is to encourage creative expression on current issues, engage the academic community, and showcase student talent through exceptional works written by the students of all the faculties of the University of Innsbruck. Every student can have the chance to express themselves through fiction and send powerful messages.
The best flash fiction entry in each language will be awarded a monetary prize of EUR 200.
A certificate of attainment and book sets will be awarded to additional distinguished writers.
Awards ceremony and public reading in June 2024 (time and venue TBA)
winning entries 2023
English 1st prize
Assuming Power – Laura Kronenberg
Masterstudium Material- und Nanowissenschaften
French 1st prize
L’ essentiel est invisible pour les yeuxx – Maja Klostermann
Bachelorstudium Französisch; Masterstudium Lehramt Sekundarstufe
Italian 1st prize
La casetta dal tetto rosso – Isabel Paris
Lehrerinnenbildung Innsbruck; Bachelorstudium Lehramt Sekundarstufe
Spanish 1st prize
El alma del hogar – Marlene Bogner
Master Translationswissenschaften- Konferenzdolmetschen
Russian 1st prize
Дом – Anna Whittaker
Bachelorstudium Anglistik und Amerikanistik
distinctions
English
Fragments of Home – Markus Saurwein
Lehramt Englisch, Geschichte, Sozialkunde und politische Bildung
An Unkindness of Ravens – Florian Fischnaller
English, Geschichte und soziale Bildung
Italian
La Luce Oltre le Cime – Nicole Ghezzi
Lehramt
members of the jury
Department of English
Ulla Ratheiser, Senior Scientist, Head of Department, Literary Studies
Helga Ramsey-Kurz, Ao. Univ.-Prof., Literary Studies
Violet Stathopoulou-Vais, Senior Lecturer
Department of American Studies
Eva-Maria Müller, Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Translation Studies
Katharina Walter, English Language Teaching and Cultural Studies
Department of Romance Studies
Claudia Jünke, Univ.-Prof., French and Spanish Literary Studies
Fabiola Tamara Valenzuela Eades, Spanish Language Teaching
Claire Maillet, French Language Teaching
Milot Ludovic, French Language Teaching
Serena Nacca, Italian Language Teaching
Andrea Giuseppe Perone, Italian Language Teaching
Mario Vincenzo Casale, Italian Language Teaching
Department of Slavonic Studies
Gernot Howanitz, Russian Literary and Cultural Studies
Natalia Demenkova, Russian Language Teaching