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Congrats to Noreen Graf! Her story "After Matters" was selected as runner-up in the Chester B. Himes Memorial Fiction Prize which was selected by the writer May Cobb. It will be published soon in The Ocotillo Review.
Congrats to Andrés Torres Scott. His short story was published in the Spanish language app iPstori.
You can read it or listen to a dramatized reading. Enjoy:
"Cuando alguien se va": https://ipstori.app.link/tbWOiRgyNlb
MFA candidate Noreen Graf (who also just happens to be a full prof in the UTRGV Rehab & Counseling Dept) got a comic published today in this high-profile website: https://www.politicalirony.com/ Go check it out!
Poetry Winner: The Tiny Journalist: Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye
Finalists:
- The Last Visit by Chad Abushanab
- I Will Destroy You: Poems by Nick Flynn
- Another Last Day by Alex Lemon
- Newsworthy: Poems by Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton
Discovery Prize Winner: Ceremony of Sand: Poems by Rodney Gomez
http://www.writersleague.org/229/2019-Book-Award-Winners--Finalists
The Before Columbus Foundation announces the Winners of the Forty-first Annual AMERICAN BOOK AWARDS. The 2020 American Book Award winners will be formally recognized on Sunday, October 25, 2020, from 2:00–3:30p.m., online.
"The American Book Awards were created to provide recognition for outstanding literary achievement from the entire spectrum of America’s diverse literary community. The purpose of the awards is to recognize literary excellence without limitations or restrictions. There are no categories, no nominees, and therefore no losers. The award winners range from well-known and established writers to under-recognized authors and first works. There are no quotas for diversity, the winners list simply reflects it as a natural process. The Before Columbus Foundation views American culture as inclusive and has always considered the term “multicultural” to be not a description of various categories, groups, or “special interests,” but rather as the definition of all of American literature. The Awards are not bestowed by an industry organization, but rather are a writers’ award given by other writers." Here is a link to the announcement of all of this year's winners.
Fountain, Pérez named next Poets Laureate of Texas | Lone Star Literary Life
The Texas State Legislature, in partnership with the Texas Commission on the Arts, will make appointments on Monday, March 25, 2019 to the positions of state poet laureate, state musician, state two-dimensional artist, and state three-dimensional artist. www.lonestarliterary.com
National recognition - utrgvrider.com
Seven UTRGV students whose work was published in Gallery magazine have won eight national awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. Britt Haraway, a creative writing assistant professor and Gallery adviser, explained the magazine is produced by students taking his English 3350 Gallery course.
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Nineteen Elected to Texas Institute of Letters
Members of the Texas Institute of Letters have overwhelming approved nineteen writers to join the ranks of the TIL, a distinguished honor society founded in 1936 to celebrate Texas literature and recognize distinctive literary achievement. The TIL’s membership consists of the state’s most respected writers – including winners of the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, Academy Award, Tony Award, and MacArthur “Genius” grants. Membership is based on literary accomplishments and is granted only though an election by existing members. Other 2018 honorees are José Antonio Rodríguez (UT Rio Grande Valley), Steven Schneider (UT Rio Grande Valley).
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RiverSedge 2017 - Picture Album
Free Poetry-art presentation scheduled for Saturday.
Steven Schneider, professor of creative writing at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, said a poetry-art exhibit he created with his wife, the artist Reefka Schneider, in 2010 is more relevant today than ever. The exhibit, “Borderlines: Drawing Border Lives,” is on display at HistoricBrownsvilleMuseum, 641 E. Madison St., through Nov. 4, 2017. Read the full release.
Professor and Poet: Emmy Pérez awarded NEA poetry fellowship
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – JUNE 9, 2017 – Emmy Pérez, UTRGV associate professor of creative writing and interim director of the Center for Mexican American Studies, has been selected as a 2017 Literature Fellow with the National Endowment for the Arts. Read the full release.
2017 Issue of Gallery: Gallery contributors in art and creative writing won awards. They were recognized for their works by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, receiving Golden Circle Awards for their published pieces.
Mayanin Rosa, a double major in English and psychology senior, was awarded a Certificate of Merit for her free-form poem, “Not Your Babe,” and studio art sophomore Pamela Torres took second place for her Portfolio of Illustration/Art. Here is the full write up.
2016 Issue of the Gallery: Texas Intercollegiate Press Association awards. Gallery magazine won first place in Literary Magazine Overall Excellence. Angela Ruiz captured first place in Illustration; Juan Davila, second place in Photo Essay; Mayanin Rosa, honorable mention in Poem; and Sergio De Leon, honorable mention in Short Story. Here is the write up.
2016 Issue: Texas Intercollegiate Press Association awards.
Gallery magazine won first place in Literary Magazine Overall Excellence.
Angela Ruiz captured first place in Illustration; Juan Davila, second place in Photo Essay; Mayanin Rosa, honorable mention in Poem; and Sergio De Leon, honorable mention in Short Story. Here is the write up.
Professor Phil Zwerling’s new book The Theatre of Lee Blessing: A Critical Study of 44 Plays was published by McFarland and Co. in May 2016.
Professor Chris Carmona was chosen as the inaugural Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas Writer-in-Residence for 2015 and published his new collection of short stories The Road to Llorona Park with the Stephen F. Austin University Press in July 2016.
Student Julietta Corpus’ poem "Wintered" was accepted by Dos Gatos Press for publication in their 2016 Texas Calendar. She read her poetry at The Twig Bookshop in San Antonio on Saturday October 24. Her poem, "The Gathering" appeared in La Bloga online.
Student Cesar De Leon had his poem "Calling Home" selected for The Border Crossed Us (an anthology to end apartheid), to be published by VAGABOND and one of his poems appeared in one of his poems in Pilgrimage Magazine.
Student Diana Elizondo had one of her poems accepted to the Yellow Chair Review's horror issue.
Professor Britt Haraway’s story "Papa, Too," was selected by Stuart Dybek for The Best Small Fictions 2016 publication. The story was nominated by the editors of Great Weather for Media, where it was originally published.
Mario Jorge’s short story is in the Spring/Summer Issue of The Texas Review.
Student Charles MacGregor had two of his poems published in Volume II of an anthology from White Stage Publishing. Five of his poems were included in Poetry from Texas College Students, 2016
Student Amalia Ortiz had her new book Rant. Chant. Chisme published by Wings Press. The book made the top ten list of Great Latino Books of 2015 and received the Writers' League of Texas Discovery Prize. She was also awarded a Margaret L. Draper Scholarship. at UTRGV.
Student Cano Costilla,'s poem, "It Had Been Six Days," won first place in the graduate poetry category in the student writing contest run by TACWT, The Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers, September 2015.
Professor Steven Schneider's new book Mariachi Magic was published by Wings Press and his poem, "Chanukah Lights Tonight" was featured as the poem of the day by the Poetry Foundation of America.
Student Silvia Vera had two poems printed in Hispanic Culture Review