Linnet Molina Arias, from Camagüey, emerged as the winner of the Canto alrededor del Punto national contest of glosses, with the work Hablando con un Dios Ajeno (Talking to a Foreign God), as it was released in the Catauro de la Décima (Décima Basket), one of the most liked spaces of the Cucalambeana Fiesta.
El Cornito, the farm where Juan Cristóbal Nápoles Fajardo ("El Cucalambé”) lived, hosts that appointment, under the leadership of the writers. There, the results of the contest were announced, in which four mentions were also awarded (I am a Waiting Ship, by Maikel Santiesteban Velázquez; Antiprayer, by Ada Isabel Machín Álvarez; Unfinished Elegy, by Miguel Mariano Piñero Martínez; and Static, by Elena María Obregón Navarro). The provincial branch of the Nicolás Guillén Foundation awarded a collateral prize, which Alexander Besú Guevara deserved, with the text Como un mal Remedo (As a bad imitation).
Aleido Rodríguez Cabrera, a member of the jury (together with Marlén Moreira Alfonso and Domingo Peña González), recognized the high quality of the 21 works presented and, especially, of the laureates. Regarding the latter, he said: "They stand out for their clean writing, a mastery of metrics and rhyme, the additional grace that characterizes the gloss and literary values open to universal culture, which gives the Cuban décima the possibility of being present in the great tree of world poetry." Rodríguez Cabrera also meant that the election was unanimous.
Linnet Molina received as a prize a painting by the plastic artist Misleydis Quesada Otero, a graduate of the former Provincial Academy of Plastic Arts of Las Tunas. "I am very happy, as soon as the words come out. I could not be more grateful, especially of the teacher Besú Guevara who inspired the winning gloss", confessed the awarded writer in the presence of colleagues of letters from various provinces, directors of culture, and representatives of Casa de las Américas publishing house.
As is customary, the Catauro de la Décima promotes the confluence of various poets and creators, to honor El Cucalambé from the décima composition. On this occasion, led by Maritza Batista and Armando López Carralero, the repentistas Yordán Quintero Fuentes, Argelio Torres García, and Emiliano Sardiñas, accompanied by Emanuel Sardiñas (son of the Poet of the Backpack) and strings from the neighboring Camagüey.
In this context, the writer and visual artist Renael González (sadly deceased) was honored, and in particular, his book Sábado Solo, three decades after its publication, was discussed. Likewise, the Crepusculares notebook, by Liliana Rodríguez, was remembered; and honors were paid to Haydée Santamaría in the context of her centenary; and to the System of Houses of Culture on its 45th birthday. Besides, the call for the Cordel Poetry contest was launched, which is awarded within the Cucalambeana Fiesta.