The five first-time authors who will be finalists at LetteraFutura have been chosen.

LetteraFutura, the fellowship national literary festival dedicated to emerging female writers, enters in the heart of the fifth edition after having announced, at Il Tempo delle women, the five unpublished novels finalists of the competition. Alessia Burzotta's tuff castle; Francesca's Golden Age Castro; The constellation of Pisces by Valentina Fornelli; Not the We'll talk about Samantha Mammarella; Off-screen by Luisa Morfini. Secret identities, bourgeois families, scientific careers, people forced to live on the margins, adolescence with its fragility and its shadows, the care work investigated with realism, a look at global political issues. And then again, autism, prison, complicated relationships and Unpredictable. These five stories have many different themes. which present and tell five different and original voices to the taken with writing and that LetteraFutura wanted in this The fifth finalist. The writer's announcement The winner will be held in Rome in October 2025, during the InQuiete Festival. The winning unpublished novel will be published. from the Solferino publishing house by April 2026, after the signature of a publishing contract and an editing process and publishing in which the author will be supported by professionalism of the publishing house. The editorial launch of the novel includes, as in the past editions, the organization of a promotional tour of the author. There will be 8 stages of presentations of the book on national territory, organized and curated by inQuiete Festival. (The inQuiete Festival is curated by Barbara Kenny, Francesca Mancini, Barbara Piccolo and Maddalena Vianello). The novels in The competition was chosen by a jury chaired by Loredana Lipperini and composed by Maria Rosa Cutrufelli, Paolo Fallai, Valentina Farinaccio, Mackda Ghebremariam Tesfaù, Djarah Kan, Francesca Mancini, Elvira Mujcic, Silvia Neonato, Barbara Little, Michela Proietti, Barbara Stefanelli, Nadeesha Uyangoda. LetteraFutura is a literary fellowship organized by the Mia Association in collaboration with the publishing house Solferino, with the support and contribution of Bper Banca.