The central act of the Festival del Botillo de Bembibre served to publicize the winner of the literary contest of the Festival del Botillo. It is the title “Alborada berciana”, by José Luis Bragado.

A total of 50 works were submitted to the literary contest. The winner was present at the event, where he thanked the “effort” in Bembibre that makes the literary contest possible. “My story is a humble tribute to the protagonists of home kitchens.” Women who “have made, with love and care, the botillo”, he stressed, who “have made us all happier.”