The ‘Nouvelles Avancées’ story contest celebrates its winners at the Panthéon
The 2024 edition of the 'Nouvelles avancées' short story contest organized by IP Paris International Centre for French Language and Culture, aimed at bridging the gap between science and literature by writing short stories on a theme inspired by current scientific events, ended on Friday 25th April with the announcement of the winners at a ceremony at the Panthéon in Paris.
‘‘Institut Polytechnique de Paris is a place of sciences and culture, a French place that is open to the world, welcoming highly skilled foreign students. The idea of this short story competition, inspired by ENSTA, one of the Institute's member schools, is a wonderful concept adopted by IP Paris. In the magical setting of the Panthéon, we witnessed some excellent performances on the difficult, fascinating and scientific theme of time", said Thierry Coulhon, Acting President of IPParis. The President, who opened the award ceremony, also praised the contribution of Francophone students.’
Three prizes were awarded in each of the four categories : General Public, Secondary School Students, University Students and Francophonies.
This year, two other winners were also honoured in the ‘Arts, Sciences and Citizens’ and ‘Scientific Short Story’ categories.
‘Francophonies’ Category
- 1st Prize Ziane GUEDIM, aka ‘Zed’ (from Algeria)
- 2nd Prize Higor GALINA POZZA (from Brazil)
- 3rd Prize Elena BURIC (from Romania) and Yoji YAMAKAWA (from Japan) ‘Francophonies’ category
‘General public’ Category
- 1st Prize Matthieu WITTIG (from France)
- 2nd Prize Jean-Louis ERMINE (from France)
- 3rd Prize Luddeau (pseudonym) (from France)
‘University Students’ Category
- 1st Prize Lara COURONNÉ, from ENSTA Paris
- 2nd Prize Laura MONTAGNIER, from ENSTA Paris
- 3rd Prize Marie GALLIER, from Université Sorbonne Paris I
‘Secondary School Students’ Category
- 1st Prize Joowon AHN Class of 5th grade at Collège International Vauban (Académie de Strasbourg) and her teachers Marine JACQUINOT and Audrey JIMENEZ
- 2nd Prize Cléa HUGEL and Eva OLIVER-LEHMANN 3rd grade at Collège Jules Hoffman (Académie de Strasbourg) and their teachers Daniel KURTZ and Éric BASTIEN
- 3rd Prize Alice WILLEMAN, 10th grade at Lycée des Flandres (Académie de Lille) and their teachers Isabelle DUTERTE and Lauranne SANTAMARIA
‘Scientific Short Story’ Prize
Raphaël PORCHERON
‘Arts, Sciences & Citizens’ Prize
Jordan PLAYS