Autumn Legend 2018 Awards Evening

On December 27, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU) hosted an Awards Evening, where the winners of student literary competition Autumn Legend were revealed. This year, Autumn Legend marked its 10th anniversary. The competition winners were awarded with special gifts and cash prizes.

Rector of TSU, George Sharvashidze said that the competition was held for the tenth time and it has a very good history. “The competition will definitely continue in future. The event is gaining more popularity among the youth that can only be welcomed,” he said.

“Frankly speaking, I did not expect to win the 1st place. I am so happy. I believe that Autumn Legend is one of the best literary competitions for the beginning writers,” the winner of the student competition, Tekla Eremeishvili said.

During the improvisation round, the jury members gave 10 contestants 10 archived diplomas. Based on the information provided in the diplomas, the finalists created their stories. The jury revealed three out of ten contestants. The 1st place winner was awarded with GEL 1000 and competition symbol; the 2nd and 3rd place winners, Nino Pulariani (GIPA) and Tsotne Avsajanishvili (Ilia State University) received GEL 700 and GEL 500, respectively, as well as the partner’s gifts.

A pre-anniversary literary experiment was held in early autumn with the participation of previous winners and jury members. Two winners of the literary experiment were revealed during the awards evening – Davit Gorgiladze and Levan Gigineishvili will be awarded GEL 1000 each. All the works were included in the anniversary collection.

“The victory came as a great surprise to me, especially as I am not a professional writer. I had never participated in similar competitions before,” Levan Gigineishvili said.

The anniversary collection consists of two parts and it also includes 10 best works created during the 2018 competition. The collections were presented to the guests of the event as gifts. 

“Cooperation with TSU is very important and valuable for us. The topic was very interesting and the works also proved very interesting. We can say boldly that 2018 was the year of new discoveries. This project has a great future, because each year we are witnessing very interesting, new discoveries,” Lika Metreveli, head of Corporate Communications at Silknet, said.

Autumn Legend is a joint project of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and the company Silknet. It aims at discovering talented young people and paving their ways for future success.

The literary competition is being held since 2009 and this year it marks the 10th anniversary.