Awards:

2013

• Setenil Award for the best collection of short stories edited in Spain in 2013 for "The skin of strangers"

2011

• RNE “Critical Eye” Fiction Award for “A centimeter of sea.”
• XL City of Irún Novel Award for “A centimeter of sea.”

2010

• XXVII Gabriel Aresti, Villa de Bilbao for “Mathilda and the weather man.”

2008

• L City of San Sebastián Kutxa Award for “Symmetries.”
• Juan Rulfo International Short Story Award for “Done deal.” 

2007

• VII City of Cádiz Short Story Award for “Bamboo flower.”
• XVIII UNED Fiction Award for “Roger Lévy and his reflections.”
• XV City of Huelva “José Nogales” Short Story Award for “Dredging.”

2006

• XXXIII “Hucha de Oro” Short Story Award for “Yardbird.”
• XIX Tiflos Fiction Award for the best collection of short stories for “Inner ceremonies.”
• VI “Stories on wheels” Alsa First Prize for “Transit Station.”

2005

• Mario Vargas Llosa NH Short Story Award for “Babel.”
• “Fernández Lema” International Short Story Competition Award for “Bathtubs.”
• IX Alfonso Grosso Short Story Award First Prize for the best collection of short stories for “Your position in free-fall.”
• XVIII Lope García de Salazar Short Story Competition Second Prize for “Silvia.”

2002

• XV Agustín Arrojo Muñoz Short Story Competition for “The limit of chaos.”



ABCD, El Mundo

Santos Sanz Villanueva
"What a wonderful surprise for me to discover a previously unknown author, who is the creator of both a very suggestive world andwell-crafted, expressive prose."

Leer Magazine 
"His short stories combine meticulous, elegant writing, charged with intensity, without making concessions to backgroundsentimentalism nor the rattle of form."

Mercurio Magazine

Fernando Valls
"There’s nothing more pleasant than finding a new author, whose work is satisfying, who promises a bright future."

The Chéjov Syndrome

Miguel Ángel Muñoz
"He is an ambitious writer, which is why his book is so enjoyable – it has the sweat of literature, the muscle of great literature, and the nervesof an absolutely literary writer."

Letralia

Andres Mauricio Muñoz
"I. F. appeals to the game of seduction. ‘Inner ceremonies’ contains 12 short stories of considerable literary worth.”

Eduardo Vilas, writer, 

Director of Kakfa Hotel

"One of the happiest discoveries... Ignacio Ferrando is one of the best-kept secrets."

Rubén Abella, writer.

"It’s a risky proposal that very effectively combines classical style with an intellectual and social proposal."