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What is In 100 Words?
Created by Plagio Foundation, the project In 100 Words was originated in “Santiago in 100 Words,” an annual short story contest that has been held since 2001 in Santiago, Chile.
The contest invites participants to submit works of a maximum of 100 words about contemporary urban life. A jury made up of distinguished writers chooses the winners and honourable mentions in each category. These stories are then illustrated and exhibited in various formats throughout the city. The underlying theme of the contest is that everyone has something to say. It is a participative, democratic invitation, open to the entire population, with no limits placed on age or occupation. Year after year, the thousands of stories received constitute an X-ray of the city, and of the historical moment, its inhabitants are living through. The contest, in this way, has explored the identities of citizens through their fragments of history.
Each of the stories is part, as well, of a generalized portrait: a collective project that explores the identities of contemporary cities through every day, creative, personal, and intimate perspectives of their inhabitants.
The project is held in Chile in Santiago, Antofagasta, Tarapacá, Araucanía, Biobío, Valparaíso, and Magallanes; and in México: Puebla in 100 words, Hungary: Budapest in 100 Words and Veszprem in 100 Words, Colombia: Bogotá, Cali and Medellín in 100 Words.
We have partners in different parts of the world to carry out the projects, among which are BHP, CMPC, ENAP, Mayor of Bogotá, Colombian Chamber of Books, Comfama and Mindspace.
Today, the project has become an emblem of citizen participation in culture with more than a one million stories received.