Progressive Women's Association "Victoria Kent" today presented the prizes of XVII Competition Short Stories and Poetry Contest XIII, convened on the occasion of International Women's Day, and the Award for Social Work 2011, this year has gone to the Fibromyalgia Association and has received its president, María Granados Fernández.

The event has grown in the gardens of the Coordinating Committee on Drugs "Barrio Live" and also attended by the president of the Association, Maria Isabel Garcia Revilla, the delegate of Social Welfare of the City of Algeciras, Paula Conesa, Provincial Coordinator AMI, Dolores Virués, and the jury chairman Literary Contest, Juan Antonio Palacios.
All those components of the table has chaired the event have emphasized the cultural highlights of the contest, but also the ongoing work of the Association, when twentieth anniversary of its creation.
For its part, the president of "Victoria Kent" thanked "Barrio Vivo" the transfer of facilities for the holding of the event and emphasized that "we consider that culture is one of the best tools we have to drive the changes social need for moving towards true equality, because only through culture can flatten the remaining obstacles in the way that original goal".
Also remember that the IAM has subsidized the Literary Contest since its inception, Garcia Revilla thanked the work of the jury, chaired by Juan Antonio Palacios Escobar, especially when this year "has shown once again the quality of the works our competition and has topped the 416 papers presented, including short stories and poetry".

As usual, the decision on the Social Work Award has been kept secret until the moment of its proclamation, so Mary Granados, AFICAGI president, expressed her surprise and received the award and greatly excited the applause of those present.
The president of "Victoria Kent" has stated that "this time, we wanted to acknowledge the work of those fighting the pain and loneliness that causes one of the cruelest diseases, which are usually associate the label of 'silent'".