Generalitat to provide €80,000 to the Miguel Hernández Foundation in 2026

The Miguel Hernández Cultural Foundation, based in Orihuela, will receive a direct grant of €80,000 from the Regional Ministry of Education, Culture, Universities and Employment in 2026. The organisation will use the funding for running costs and cultural activities, including organising and supporting the 2026 Miguel Hernández–Comunitat Valenciana International Poetry Prize.

This year’s prize has a budget of €8,000. The Foundation says its funding is supported by the Generalitat, Alicante Provincial Council and Orihuela Town Council, in addition to the regional grant for its general activities.

For this edition of the prize, the Foundation puts the direct grant from Orihuela Town Council at €15,000 and the subsidy from the Provincial Council’s Department of Culture at €3,000. These contributions are in addition to the €80,000 announced by the Generalitat for 2026.

The regional grant continues the support provided in the previous financial year. In 2025, the Generalitat approved a direct grant of up to €80,000 to fund the Foundation’s cultural activities and its involvement in the prize. The decision was published in the Diari Oficial de la Generalitat Valenciana on 11 September that year.

The costs covered at the time included publications, exhibitions, cultural activities, school competitions and initiatives to promote reading. The regional contribution was €65,000 in 2024, according to information published in March 2026, which attributed to Director General for Culture Miquel Nadal the forecast that the same level of support would continue in 2026.

The Foundation is based at 75 Miguel Hernández Street in Orihuela. The grant and the prize support cultural activity connected with the poet in the Vega Baja, with funding from the three public bodies involved in the competition: the Generalitat, Alicante Provincial Council and Orihuela Town Council.

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