On Friday (24 July) we met the winners and distinguished in the X International Siegfried Lenz Literary Competition. The competition is an opportunity for writers, poets and all writing enthusiasts to express their thoughts, emotions and ideas in literary form. Its organizer is the Municipal Zofia Nasierowska Public Library in Ełk.

The award ceremony took place on Friday (24 July) at the area of the Historical Museum in Ełk.

Winners:

• 1st place - Justyna Bronowicka for the song "Instruction snow service"
• 2nd place - Lena Graczyk for the song "Chryswarka"
• 3rd place - M.P. Hardy (literary pseudonym) for the song "Crayfish"

Honorable mentions:

• Miłosz Markuszewski for the work "stones, which no one did not take"
• Marek Szczerbiński for the song "As long as someone says"
• Kazimierz Kozaryn for the song "Conditions"

This is a unique edition not only because of the jubilee of the competition, but also because this year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Siegfried Lenz - the patron of the event and the Honorary Citizen of the City of Ełk.