As we must not lose good habits, this 2021 returns the long-awaited III Wake Up Ferro Editions Historical Micro-essay Contest , with which we give you the opportunity to show us your knowledge and expertise as a historian and why not, rub shoulders with the prestigious authors who collaborate with us. A III edition in which we return to the original single category format (non-fiction historical essay).
The bases of the III Historical Micro-essay Contest Desperta Ferro Ediciones are the following:
- Send us your essay by email, specifying your last name and title in the subject line.
- free historical essays (non-fiction), in Spanish and with an extension between 2000-2500 words (separate bibliography and citations).
- You can send us up to two essays per author.
- Essays must be original and not be published in whole or in part, or be excerpted from, any other content available online.
- the deadline for receiving essays/stories will be March 31 .
After assessing all the texts under the historical and scientific rigor that characterizes us, the jury will choose a winner who will be presented with a premium subscription , a modality that allows you to receive for one year all the issues of our four magazines and specials, and three finalists who will receive a subscription to one of our magazines (Ancient and medieval , Modern History , Contemporary or Archeology and History , to choose). In addition to these four essays, a selection of our favorites will be published on our blog.
You are all invited to participate, we wish you the best of luck! Finalists of the I Edition Finalists of the II Edition
Results of the III Desperta Ferro Historical Microessay Contest
After evaluating all the texts under the historical and scientific rigor that characterizes us, the jury has chosen a winner who will be awarded with a premium subscription , a modality that allows you to receive for one year all the issues of our four magazines and specials, and three finalists who will receive a subscription to one of our magazines (Ancient and medieval , Modern History , Contemporary or Archeology and History , to choose).
You can now enjoy these four articles on our blog, and over the next few weeks we will be publishing many more of the texts submitted to the contest, there have been so many good ones that the decision It was easy...
Congratulations to the winners and many thanks to all the participants! We hope you all enjoy these great works.
Winner of the III Desperta Ferro Historical Microessay Contest
El Rogui. A background to the Annual disaster
by Ramón Ramos
In 1909, twelve years before the Annual disaster , a very similar action took place starring the forces of a curious character:El Rogui. It was a withdrawal that, as would happen years later in Annual, demonstrated the saying that Kadur Namar recited to General Silvestre in July 1921:«Don't withdraw, General, don't withdraw, look that an abandoned Kabyle is a Kabyle in revolt».
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Across the Vinous Pontus:Mycenaean Mercenaries in Egypt and Anatolia
by Irene Sustacha
Mycenaean warriors not only fought for kings or wanax from mainland Greece, so did the Cretans, Hittites, and Egyptians during the late Bronze Age. Below is plenty of evidence for the existence of these soldiers of fortune:the Mycenaean mercenaries.
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by Alberto Agudo Borrego
In 1869, the War of the Ten had just begun Years of Cuba, an unprecedented event would occupy the pages of the main (and ephemeral) newspapers and newspapers of the Caribbean island:the funeral honors and the burial of a sparrow.
ReadThe Sacred Cenote of Chichen Itza:a trip to the past
by Cristina Jiménez Fuentes
The Sacred Cenote of Chichen Itza has drawn attention since the 16th century, when the religious Diego de Landa recorded it in his Relation , but it was not until the 19th century that it began to be investigated in depth. Not always for cultural altruism, but rather for treasure hunting, the Cenote tried to be dived and drained, with little success. But recent scientific research has yielded very interesting information.
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