The 2015 edition of Caffè Letterario and Fuori Fuoco, the two contests created by Caffè Moak in coopera- tion with Archinet, with the aim to encourage young
artists and photographers, ended with great success. On Saturday, October 10th, the prize-giving evening of the two events, where art of photography and writing were brought together under a common denominator: coffee. A capti- vating sound, among psychedelic visions, by VeiveCura, opened the curtain; included in the top ten young emergent Italian bands. While the narrative voice of Alessandro Ro- mano carried the audience away into the universe of the awarded narrations. Even during this edition, Moak availed itself of two remarkable panels of judges. The 14th Caffè Letterario edition was led by writer Mauro Covacich, who moved the audience with his way of facing delicate topics, such as maternity and sterility, in his last book “La Sposa” (The Spouse), awarded with the second place of the Strega Prize 2015. Next to him were writers Gianluca Morozzi and Guido Conti, Enza Campino, responsible of the section “word of the bookseller” within Il Sole 24 Ore, and Elena Stancanelli, writer and nationally renowned journalist. Franco Ruta of the Antica Dolceria Bonajuto, great friend of well-known writer Antonio Maria Belgiorno from Modica,
whom Modica has been paying homage to in the last five editions, was also invited on the stage. The ten choses stories will be published in the anthology “Stories about coffee”. “Just like writing, even photography – mentioned Master Denis Curti, president of the Fuori Fuoco panel, in his in- tervention – is able to narrate the world and build memory, showing us what we cannot perceive with the eyes”. Next to him an excellent Fuori Fuoco panel of judges: photog- rapher of Contrasto Massimo Siragusa, Ginette Caron (graphic designer and Aiap member), Marco Lentini, Caffè Moak graphic designer, and Tony Gentile (author of the fa- mous picture of Falcone-Borsellino) of the Reuters agency. The portfolios of the winning Fuori Fuoco works will be published on the national review “Il Fotografo” and spread by Caffè Moak through exhibitions and ad campaigns all over the world.
Guests of the evening also Andrea Bartoli and Florinda Saieva of Farm Cultural Park. To celebrate the rela- tionship between Moak and Farm, and the “International Children’s Day”, Best Friends was set up for the occasion, in cooperation with Fatboy: a family of giant poodles to promote a fund-raising collection the creation of a Farm Children’s Museum.
Caffè Letterario Moak
“Writing always means hiding something in such a way that it then is discovered” (Italo Calvino)
1° PLACE
Come nascono gli imperi (How empires arise)
by Ilaria Maria Calafiore
Motivation: “for the author’s ability to use the topic of coffee turning it into the story’s narrative key. An epis- tolary love story with a unique orchestration of voices, space and time. Where whites, meaning what is not said, weigh as much as the black ones”.
2° PLACE 
Elide e Arturo, Caffè in fabbrica (Elide and Arturo, Coffee in the factory)
by Daniela Grandinetti
Motivation: “Topical, without pietism, narrating an actu- al happening with good ability of observing feelings of a relationship thrown into crisis by the closure of a factory that changes their lives”.
3° PLACE and WINNER OF THE BELGIORNO AWARD
Conforti politici (Political comforts)
by Roberto Gerace
Motivation: “Story of strong expressive impact set within a Sicilian coffee shop, where a variety of characters con- fronts each other through a series of funny ideas, enriched by literary quotes. A successful linguistic experiment.”
Song suggested to read this article: Di Roccia – VeiveCura
Fuori Fuoco Moak
1° PLACE
Immobile (Motionless)
by Edoardo Seminara
Motivation: “He’s been able to tell a great photo sto- ry with great stylistic coherence, he took advantage of the narrative potentiality of light, he set the sequence of images in places full of values and intimacy, and he depicted his subjects without stretching and with great spontaneity”.
2° PLACE
Fondi di caffè (Coffee grounds)
by Gianluca Bevacqua
Motivation: “For his innovative ability and because he’s been able to give life to an iconography able to be con- fronted with contemporary languages without losing sight of meaning and tradition of coffee. The idea of recondite meanings of coffee grounds is here described with light- ness and aesthetic coherence”.
3° PLACE
Ricordi di famiglia (Family memories)
by Lorenzo Cicconi Massi
Motivation: “He collected a series of pictures with great emotional impact and has been able to put on situations of surreal character. He’s been able to interpret the sug- gested topic with stylistic coherence, proposing different contexts that were anyway able to converse”
Song suggested to read this article: Crossing – Pietro Dossena
