The award ceremony for the winners of the 57th National Literary Competition, the 52nd Concorso Nazionale per il Racconto Sportivo (National Competition for Sports Storytelling) and the CONI-USSI 2023 Awards was held in the CONI Salone d’Onore at the Foro Italico in Rome. The event was attended by the President of the Italian National Olympic Committee, Giovanni Malagò, the Secretary General, Carlo Mornati, the President of the National Competition for Sports Storytelling, Giulio Anselmi, the President of the National Literary Competition Paolo Garimberti, the President of the Italian Sports Press Union, Gianfranco Coppola, and Ivana Tosatti, the wife of Giorgio, after whom the special “Una Penna per lo Sport (A Pen for Sport)' Award” is named. "It is a tradition that continues and of which we are very proud," Malagò pointed out in his opening remarks. "There is a special feeling about this award ceremony, which is beautiful because it is varied: there are professionals from very different categories, there is the award in memory of the great Giorgio Tosatti, and more besides. I am very happy to have the honour of carrying on this tradition, which remains a fixture. Being judged by one's own profession is never very easy.” Praise for the contestants came from the President of the National Literary Competition, Paolo Garimberti. Giulio Anselmi, President of the National Competition for Sports Short Stories, also said he was "very satisfied" with the entries received. "Our jury," stressed Gianfranco Coppola, President of the USSI, "finds itself every year judging colleagues in the field, with the exception of the lifetime achievement award, which seals an extraordinary professional career and can boast leading names in its roll of honour. The awards are captivating. It is almost like the presentation of the Oscars: the truth is that sport is a blockbuster". Closing the ceremony was the awarding of the CONI “Una Penna per lo Sport – Giorgio Tosatti” prize to Marino Bartoletti: "I cannot hide my emotion. I am pleased and proud to receive this award in a venue that has significantly contributed to my personal, professional, and cultural development. Giorgio Tosatti was a master. Forty years ago I received the prize for young journalists and it was he who presented it to me. Sport has changed, the narrative of sport has changed – but we have always remained the same. Sport is culture applied to society in everyday life, and these awards are a starting point. We must maintain competence, seriousness and loyalty to our only masters, who are our readers, because we do the most beautiful job in the world. We are in good hands".