On February 25, 2026, for the fifth consecutive year, the awards ceremony was held for the national competition for writing a crime story, which was held under the general title "The (Un)solved Case." For another year, the competition reported good results. A total of 88 authors took part.
Bulgarians living abroad also took part. The jury consisted of three members: Momchil Shivachev, who is the head of the "Reader Services" department at the library and the initiator of the challenge itself, Ms. Elena Chamurkova, who is a doctor of political science, writer, and member of the Union of Bulgarian Writers. The third juror was Ms. Svetla Andreeva, who is a writer and former editor of the Veliko Tarnovo newspapers Borba, Dvizhenie, and Dobro utro, and a member of the Union of Bulgarian Writers. A total of nine artists were awarded. The incentive award for the youngest participant went to Valentina Tsvetanova from the city of Montana, who is only 11 years old. Her story is entitled "Whisper from the Past." The second incentive award went to Ivanina Dermonska from the city of Sofia, author of "Passenger Without a Ticket." The third incentive award went to Nadezhda Todorova from Veliko Tarnovo. She is the author of the story "The Sound of Hate." The special jury prize in this fifth edition of the competition went to Miroslav Georgiev from Gorna Oryahovitsa, whose story is entitled "Call Back". Nikola Nikov from Sofia won third place with his story "The One Who Whispers." Third place was also awarded to Victoria Baramova from Varna, author of "Invisible Mars." Third place will also go to Iliana Koleva from Sofia, author of the story "Oath 12."
Second place in this year's competition goes to the story "Victim of the Horse" by Prof. Sava Yordanov Vassilev, who is a writer, literary critic, and university lecturer.
First place went to Yasen Petkov Kalaydzhiev from the city of Haskovo. His story is titled "Car for Official Use."
Over the years, the team at RB "P.R. Slaveykov" has consistently strived to support various creative initiatives and interesting cultural events. We would like to thank everyone who took part in the crime contest "The Unsolved Case."
