At GO, a special meeting will be held with the winners of the literary award Racconti nella Rete. During the event, the 2025 anthology, published by Castelvecchi, will be presented.

The presentation of the anthology will be led by Demetrio Brandi, President of the award, and will feature the participation of the authors Barbara Bertani, Lisa Bove, Giuseppe Ciarallo, Anna Martellotti, and Manuela Pomicino.

Following this, the short film L'algoritmo, winner of the section dedicated to short films in the competition, will be screened, featuring Andrea Inserra, Vincenzo Puzziferri, Alessio Casini, and Alessandro Bartoli. Directed by Giuseppe Ferlito, screenplay by Giuseppe Ciarallo, produced by LuccAutori and Scuola di Cinema Immagina.

The Award:

This anthology publishes the twenty-five winning stories of the 2025 edition of the literary award Racconti nella Rete®. The award takes place annually on the website raccontinellarete.it and concludes in October in Lucca, as part of the literary festival LuccAutori®.

Founded in 2002 from an idea by Demetrio Brandi, the Racconti nella Rete® literary award has established itself as the most important national competition for emerging writers. The award is active throughout the year on its website and is supported by a series of anthology presentations in various Italian cities. This edition is rich in contributions from across the peninsula and reflects the growth that has taken place over time in this creative writing “workshop”: increasingly refined and diverse prose, more original themes, tones and styles, and narratives shaped by precise stylistic exercises.

These stories reflect an artistic intent that is progressively less amateur and increasingly oriented toward professionalism, to the point that the literary experience of Racconti nella Rete® can offer insight into a changing Italy—more cultured, more reflective. This year, the anthology is enriched by a cover illustration by Marilena Nardi.

The winners of the 2025 selection

Here are the twenty-five authors selected for this year’s anthology:

Stefano Acquario, Mariateresa Amatulli, Antonio Apostolo, Elena Barocci, Barbara Bertani, Lisa Bove, Noemi Carraro, Attilio Del Giudice, Alessandra Di Graziano, Rita Anna Maria Stella Fantini, Kassandra Fedele, Nina Lucchi, Elisa Maini, Alberto Marrias, Anna Martellotti, Jacques Martinet, Carlotta Mura, Marco Polcari, Manuela Pomicino, Emma Preti, Barbara Rendina, Claudio Righenzi, Sabrina Spadaro, Massimo Vezzaro, Anna Volpe.