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La Llum a les Ones 2018
La Llum a les Ones 2018

La Llum a les Ones 2018 Winners

ICFO announces the winners of the La Llum a les Ones contest.

August 16, 2018
ICFO announces the winners of the 5th edition of the literary contest, “Llum a les Ones” (The Light on the Waves), a science fiction writing contest aimed at bringing photonics closer to society by motivating high school students and the general public to write short stories or poems about light.

This year’s edition encouraged participants to write about climate change, to imagine an alternative world (past, future, or extra-terrestrial), with a peculiar climatic scenario (Utopian, Dystopian or Arcadian) that has been conditioned by civilization.

A prestigious jury comprised by Miquel Barceló, Sonia Fernandez Vidal, Xavier Duran, and Toni Pou were in charge of selecting the winning texts from more than 75 short stories and poems submitted to the contest.

The winning stories of the 2018 edition within the three different categories have been the following:

  • Nuevo Mundo, Mar Romagosa, ESO - Maristes Valldemia, Mataró
  • Reacció, Xènia López, ESO - Maristes Valldemia, Mataró
  • Luyten Star, Frederick Old, BAT - Col·legi Montessori-Palau, Girona
  • Archivo 358, Abel Muñoz - BAT, Escola Sant Gregori, Barcelona
  • Margalida, Marisol Cabral Salvadores – Category over 18yrs, Santa Maria de Corcó, Barcelona


  • The contest has been organized by ICFO, in collaboration with CCCB Educación and the Magazine Principia. The winning texts will have the chance of becoming part of the lyrics of a song that will be composed by a musical group and performed at a final concert, which will take place at the CCCB theatre at the end of September 2018.

    We thank all of the participants of the contest, the jury and congratulate the winners of this year’s La Llum a les Ones contest!! Stay tuned for the final concert in September!