{"id":28168,"date":"2026-10-06T16:46:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T14:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/?p=28168"},"modified":"2026-10-06T16:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T14:52:14","slug":"award-ceremony-rely-jorritsma-prize-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/award-ceremony-rely-jorritsma-prize-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Award Ceremony Rely Jorritsma Prize 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leeuwarden alderperson for education Abel Reitsma awarded the 72nd Rely Jorritsma Prizes on Saturday afternoon, October 3, 2026, at theater venue It Mammemah\u00fbs in Jellum.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, 34 stories and 57 poems were submitted for the Rely Jorritsma prize competition. The jury, consisting of Gerbrich van der Meer (chair), Reitze Jonkman and Yvonne Dijkstra, who received the submissions anonymously for assessment, awarded 1 story and 4 poems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The winning poem by Geart Tigchelaar (Jorwert) has no title. The other winning poems are\u00a0<em>De seepappegaai seit: &#8216;Uhh&#8230;&#8217;<\/em>\u00a0(The Sea Parrot Says: &#8216;Uhh&#8230;&#8217;) by Janneke Spoelstra (Alde Leie),\u00a0<em>Reidseame<\/em>\u00a0by Marije Roorda (Broek), and\u00a0<em>Skilderles<\/em>\u00a0(Painting Lesson) by Pim Rodenboog (Oudebildtzijl). The winning story is\u00a0<em>In Portugeesk yth\u00fbs<\/em>\u00a0(A Portuguese Eatery) by Sytse Jansma (Harlingen).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The jury report and the winning poems and stories are published in the special Rely issue of the Frisian literary journal Ensafh (volume 18, number 5, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rely Jorritsma (Jellum, February 11, 1905 \u2013 Ressen, October 1, 1952) was a Dutch\/Frisian poet\/writer who stipulated in his will that this literary prize be awarded annually.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Picture: \u00a9\u00a0 Piet Douma | <a href=\"https:\/\/stiftingflmd.frl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rely Jorritsma F\u00fbns<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From left to right: Abel Reitsma (Alderman, Municipality of Leeuwarden, award ceremony), Sytse Jansma, Geart Tigchelaar, Marije Roorda, Janneke Spoelstra, (jury members) Gerbrich van der Meer (far right), Reitze Jonkman and Yvonne Dijkstra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rely Jorritsma Prizes in 2026 were awarded to Geart Tigchelaar, Janneke Spoelstra, Marije Roorda and Pim Rodenboog (poems) and Sytse Jansma (story).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":28164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"news_category":[363],"class_list":["post-28168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_category-literairy-award"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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