The twenty-first edition of the Rómulo Gallegos International Novel Prize already has nine finalists from six different countries: Argentina, Colombia, Spain, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela.

In this first phase of deliberation, the jury, composed of prominent figures in the literary world: Perla Suez (Argentina), Rafael Cuevas Molina (Guatemala), Fermín Goñi (Spain), Abel Prieto (Cuba), and Juan Antonio Calzadilla (Venezuela), announced the selected works that will advance to a second round to decide who will win the prestigious award.

The finalists are:

1. No es un río by Selva Almada (Argentina)
2. El simulacro de los espejos by Vicente Battista (Argentina)
3. Perdidos by Sergio Bizzio (Argentina)
4. Voces de fondo by María Elvira González (Venezuela)
5. La sed se va con el río by Andrea Mejía (Colombia)
6. La forastera by Olga Merino (Spain)
7. El mar que me regalas by Jorge Rodríguez (Venezuela)
8. Cómo vi la mujer desnuda cuando entraba en el bosque by Martín Solares (Mexico)
9. Huaco retrato by Gabriela Wiener (Peru)

For this edition, according to Celarg, 474 works from 32 countries were presented. This represents a significant increase compared to the historical maximum of 274 competing works registered in 2009, the institution stated.

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