ROAD TO MARIATO

Melanie Isabel Taylor, Panamenian writer, received the award to the Best Short Story written by women 2009, with the tale “Camino a Mariato” (Road to Mariato), at the V Central American Contest Rafael Con treras in Nicaragua.

“Camino a Mariato” is also the name of her book with 13 stories, where the winner tale is included. According to the author, these short stories “raise feminine topics, but with dif- ferent angles and, besides, in each story the main character is looking for something.” On a trip to Mariato, a friend of Melanie suggested her to write them.In the tale, the main character looks for a jewel on her way to this place.

The Writers Association of Nicaragua, through Amerris Publisher, will be in charge of publishing this work.

Melanie Taylor has a degree in Psychology from the University of Panama and a Master’s in Music Therapy, Hahnemann University, in Philadelphia, United States. She also studied violin at the Youth Plan of the National Symphony Orchestra and the National Institute of Music.

Taylor got an honorary recogntition at the Contest “Maga de Cuento Breve” (1996), as well as at the Jose Maria Sanchez Short Stories Contest (2002) sponsored by the Technological University of Panama. She won the adults category at the Medio Pollito Contest 2006 with the children’s tale “The Aquarium.” and published Aquatic Times in 2000 and Kind Predictions in 2006.
 

In the photograph, Melanie Taylor receives the award from Isolda Hurtado, President of the Writers Association of Nicaragua, one of the creators and member the board of directors of the Poetry Festival of Granada Foundation.
International Poetry Festival of Granada