ðə fˈɑːloʊɪŋ jˈɪɹ, hiː ɹᵻsˈiːvd hɪz fˈɜːst ɐwˈɔːɹd wɪð hɪz stˈoːɹi, lˌæ læɡˈuːnə ðə lˈeɪk, wˌɪtʃ wˈʌn ðə sˈɛkənd pɹˈaɪz ɪnðə kˈɑːntɛst fɚðə bwˈeɪnɑːs ˈaɪɹɪz mˌæɡɐzˈiːn, lˌæ mɔntˈɑːnjə ðə mˈaʊntɪn.
The following year, he received his first award with his story, La laguna (The Lake), which won the second prize in the contest for the Buenos Aires magazine, La Montaña (The Mountain).