Welcome to the Autumn 2024 issue of Folyosó, which boasts its fifth international contest! This issue—with cover art by Mira Balogh— features poetry, stories, essays, and more. We welcome your readership!
This year’s contest, which had to do with animals, brought in a rich and excellent array of pieces from three schools and two countries; the winners are listed below, and all the entries are included in this issue. Many thanks to Varga teachers Anikó Bánhegyesi and Judit Kassainé Mrena for serving on the jury. One of the pieces, “Sour Bear Dream” by Dominik Nemcsok, was inadvertently left out of the contest but would surely have garnered an award; for this reason we have given it a special honor.
In addition, this issue features three stories by Boldizsár Berényi, both in Hungarian and in Diana Senechal’s English translation.
International Contest: Overall Winners
- First Place: Selin Sıldıryan (Lycée Sainte Pulchérie, Istanbul), “Reflection“
- Second Place: Elif Yavuz (Lycée Sainte Pulchérie, Istanbul), “And the Flesh Ached for the Sea“
- Third Place: Zalán Kaposvári (Varga Katalin Gimnázium, Szolnok), “A Letter … from the Horse to the Farmer!“
- Special Honor: Dominik Nemcsok (Varga Katalin Gimnázium, Szolnok), “Sour Bear Dream“
International Contest: Bear Category
- First Place: Selin Sıldıryan (Lycée Sainte Pulchérie, Istanbul), “Reflection“
- Second Place: Márk Gál (Varga Katalin Gimnázium, Szolnok), “Everything You Need to Know About the Bear“
- Third Place: Nil İrigül (Lycée Sainte Pulchérie, Istanbul), “Respecting the Feared“
International Contest: Bird Category
- First Place: Mert Özbek (Lycée Sainte Pulchérie, Istanbul), “Aves“
- Second Place: Eszter Forvith (Varga Katalin Gimnázium, Szolnok), “Urban Dove“
- Third Place: Viktória Botka (Varga Katalin Gimnázium, Szolnok), “The Lonely Penguin“
International Contest: Cat Category
- First Place: Derin Güntekin (Lycée Sainte Pulchérie, Istanbul), “Street Cat Konstantin“
- Second Place: Jázmin Juhász (Varga Katalin Gimnázium, Szolnok), “Jackpot“
- Third Place: Márk Kovács (Varga Katalin Gimnázium, Szolnok), “The Persian Cat“
International Contest: Fish Category
- First Place: Elif Yavuz (Lycée Sainte Pulchérie, Istanbul), “And the Flesh Ached for the Sea“
- Second Place: Áron Kaposvári (Varga Katalin Gimnázium, Szolnok), “The Life of the Fish from Beginning to End“
- Third Place: Fanni Farkas (Varga Katalin Gimnázium, Szolnok), “The Golden Fish“
- Honorable Mention: Luca Türk (Árpád Vezér Gimnázium, Sárospatak), “Eighty-One Days with Marine ‘Beasts’“
International Contest: Horse Category
- First Place: Zalán Kaposvári (Varga Katalin Gimnázium, Szolnok), “A Letter …. from the Horse to the Farmer!“
Bilingual Feature
- Boldizsár Berényi (Varga Katalin Gimnázium, Szolnok), “Kiégés”
- Boldizsár Berényi, “Burnout” (translated by Diana Senechal)
- Boldizsár Berényi, “Madarka”
- Boldizsár Berényi, “Birdie” (translated by Diana Senechal)
- Boldizsár Berényi, “Atyai sötétség”
- Boldizsár Berényi, “Paternal Darkness” (translated by Diana Senechal)
Poetry
- Dominik Karajos (Árpád Vezér Gimnázium, Sárospatak), “The Bench“
- Panna Billig (Árpád Vezér Gimnázium, Sárospatak), “The “Coraline” Story“
- Adrienn Földi (Varga Katalin Gimnázium, Szolnok), “Dog Days“
- Csenge Csehi (Árpád Vezér Gimnázium, Sárospatak), “For My Motivation“
Fiction
- Jadon Andrew Robles (Lycéé Sainte Pulchérie, Istanbul), “A Superior Creature“
- Zsombor Górán (Varga Katalin Gimnázium, Szolnok), “Paradise Regained“
- Zaránd Lánczi (Varga Katalin Gimnázium, Szolnok), “The Story of Zoltan the 😺“
- Balázs Kalcsó (Varga Katalin Gimnázium, Szolnok), “In the Fish Kingdom“
- İpek Uğurlu (Lycéé Sainte Pulchérie, Istanbul), “Bird“
- Anna Bori Forgács (Varga Katalin Gimnázium, Szolnok), “Free Rein: A Horse’s Story“
Submit to the Spring 2025 issue! (The next international contest will be in the autumn of 2025.)
Cover art: Mira Balogh.
With the exception of the editor, Diana Senechal (who translated three pieces for this issue), all of the contributors to the Autumn 2024 issue of Folyosó are students of the Varga Katalin Gimnázium in Szolnok, Hungary; the Árpád Vezér Gimnázium in Sárospatak, Hungary; and the Lycéé Sainte Pulchérie in Istanbul, Turkey.