Dear teachers and colleagues,

the XXIV edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World (SLIM), scheduled for October 14-20, is approaching and we are pleased to announce the release of the new contest dedicated to students of Italian in the New England consular district.

The SLIM 2024 theme is “Italian and the Book: the world between the lines”.

In the year in which Boston has been designated as the “Capital of Italian Creativity in the World”, we are asking school and college students to explore the nexus between language and literature by reading and interpreting in an original way some of the most interesting authors on the Italian publishing scene.