1,311 Readers, Two Perfect Scores and Mexico's Favourite Author: FIL Monterrey 2026 in Numbers

Nine days at Stand 223, Cintermex. Here is what happened when we asked the readers of FIL Monterrey to vote, forecast and compete. 1,311 players registered for the Gran Torneo de Literatura 1,658

Nine days at Stand 223, Cintermex. Here is what happened when we asked the readers of FIL Monterrey to vote, forecast and compete. 1,311 players registered for the Gran Torneo de Literatura 1,658 votes for Mexico's favourite author 1,350 blind forecasts on the 2026 Cervantes Prize On day 4 we had 374 registrations. On day 6 we said we were on track for 1,000. We finished at 1,311. A hard tournament, a harder crowd We built the Gran Torneo de Literatura to be difficult: 30 questions in five round