 It was renamed as the Latin American Literary Competition ("Concurso Literario Latinoamericano") in 1964, and has been presented under its current name since 1965.Since 1960, the main categories are novels, poetry, short stories, drama, and essays in Spanish.In 1970, a new category was added for testimonial narratives, and in 1973, the awards in the essay and "testimonio" categories were expanded to include works in Portuguese by Brazilian authors.