Spain

In its fifth edition (2011-2012) Eustory Spain asked participants to present projects under the title "My Family in History". Managed since 2007 by the Real Maestranza de Caballería de Ronda (RMR), Eustory Spain awarded nine projects in their 2012 award ceremony that took place on the 9th November 2012 in Ronda (Malaga).

"This year we had five times more participants taking part than the year before. The quality of the projects presented has increased tremendously. We have received creative projects in various formats. Participants have taken their work a step further by thinking critically and linking the past to the present," explains Ignacio Herrera, director at the RMR.

This year’s ceremony was chaired by Cesar Antonio Molina, writer, poet, ex-minister of culture and director of the Casa del Lector. The event took place in the Salón de Grados at the RMR in Ronda. The first prize was awarded to Rodrigo Raya Castellano from I.E.S. Generalife in Churriana de la Vega (Granada) for his project Mis bisabuelos Juan y Eduardo. Su tiempo y su historia (1891-1990). This project was about his great-grandfathers, Juan and Eduardo, caught on opposing sides during the Spanish Civil War. In his project he describes them as "victims of the times in which they were born".

The award ceremony served as the ideal launch-pad for the sixth edition of EUSTORY Spain. Participants have been asked to present projects under the same title as the year before: "My Family in History". The deadline for taking part is the 16th August 2013. Winners will be announced in the autumn of 2013. Besides several cash-prizes, winners are given the opportunity to apply to participate in one of several EUSTORY Academies that take place throughout Europe each summer. These history workshops are a fantastic opportunity for young Europeans to debate and investigate different topics alongside winners from other countries.

Winners of the fifth edition
First prize:

Rodrigo Raya Castellano. Mis bisabuelos Juan y Eduardo. Su tiempo y su historia (1891-1990) - My great-grandfathers Juan and Eduardo - Their time and their history (1891-1990), I.E.S. Generalife, Churriana de la Vega (Granada)

Second prizes:

Andrea Gallardo Orihuela & Francisco José Vidal Muñoz. La historia de mi abuelo - The story of my Grandfather, I.E.S. Columela, Cádiz

Alberto Fernández Iglesias & Mario Fernández Iglesias. Memoria de opa Joseph - Memoirs of Opa Joseph, Gredos San Diego El Escorial, Valdemorillo (Madrid)

Elena Gómez Gálkina (tutor) and 1st Bachillerato Anthropology students. La nueva familia española a través del análisis histórico de tres iniciativas legislativas - The New Spanish Family: a historic analysis of three legislative initiatives, I.E.S. Rosalía de Castro, Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña)

Third prizes:

María del Carmen Páez García. Anales de los García Reula - Annals of the García Reula, Compañía de María, San Fernando (Cádiz)

Elisa Leyla Cuervo García. Memoria de mi abuelo José Luis - Memoirs of my grandfather José Luis, I.E.S. Galileo Galilei, Navia (Asturias)

Noelia Blas Guillén. Mis abuelos - My grandparents, I.E.S. Vicente Aleixandre, Pinto (Madrid)

Irene Fernández Delgado. Belmonteños en la guerra - Belmonteños during the war, I.E.S. Vicente Aleixandre, Pinto (Madrid)

Desirée Arocas Ramírez. Los valientes olvidados - The forgotten brave. Daniel Arocas Santamaría, IALE School, Vilamarchante (Valencia)

The full list of this year’s EUSTORY winners in Spain can be seen here.

Photo of winners: (Left to right starting with the bottom row)

1st row: Rodrigo Raya Castellano (1st Prize), Andrea Gallardo Orihuela and Francisco José Vidal Muñoz (2nd Prize), Marta Remacha Recio (FutureLab), Ramón Maceiras Castillo and Sandra Romero García (2nd Prize, representing 15 participants from I.E.S. Rosalía de Castro, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña).

2nd row: María Del Carmen Páez García, Noelia Blas Guillén, Irene Fernández Delgado and Desirée Arocas Ramírez (3rd Prize)

3rd row: Álvaro Martínez Zapata, Ana Ollinger Casín and Lourdes Serrano Buenadicha (Special mentions)