 In the prose category, three writers entered, but the judges did not like any of the plays and simply drew a winner at random ("Sufrir por culpas ajenas" by Eduardo Gallegos Celis); the four verse entries were better received, with a first and second prize awarded.The winner here was "Qué mujer" by Octavio Hernández, and the runner-up was "En el borde del abismo" by Manuel Antonio Marín.In 1928, the Governor of the State of Zulia, Vicente Pérez Soto, again announced a demolition and rebuild.