The University of Guadalajara, through a project created by the Environmental Sciences Museum as part of the University’s Cultural Center, and with the support of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, has established the José Emilio Pacheco City and Nature Award. The prize, which will be given for the first time this year, will be dedicated to poetry. The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will be given a purse of US $10,000. The award is dedicated to poet José Emilio Pacheco, whose work explores the duality between cities and nature.
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The call closed the past June 17th
Created by the University of Guadalajara, and with the collaboration of the National Institute for Indigenous Languages, the Culture Ministry, the National Commission for the Development of the Indigenous Cultures and Jalisco’s Department of Education, the American Indigenous Literature Award is granted to enrich, protect and promote the legacy and richness of Mexico’s indigenous peoples through literature in all its forms, and to and acknowledge and further develop the careers and works of indigenous authors. The award, which carries a purse of US $25,000, will be given for the fourth time at the 2016 FIL Guadalajara.
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The call closed the past July 12th 
The SM Ibero-American Award for Literature for Children and Young People was implemented in 2005, the year of Ibero-American literature, with the goal of promoting literature for children and young people throughout Ibero-America. The award is given out each year during the Guadalajara International Book Fair to recognize writers of literature for children and young people and carries a purse of US $30,000.
Juan Carlos Quezadas
Karime Cardona Cury
With the goal of creating a network that helps to encourage the work of illustrators of books for children and young people in Ibero-America, the SM Foundation and the FIL Guadalajara invites illustrators to submit their work to be included in the Annual Ibero-American Illustration Catalog. The 45 works selected will be displayed in an exposition at the Guadalajara International Book Fair. In addition, illustrators will have the opportunity to work on an illustrated book with Ediciones SM and the winner will be given US $5,000. You can find more information at: www.iberoamericailustra.com
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The call closed the past April 25thNaming Central America
To name Central America is also to name the narrow waist of what Carlos Fuentes called “the land of La Mancha.” One cannot think of Central America and leave aside authors to whom Latin American literature owes an immense debt. We are referring to Rubén Darío, Salarrué, Miguel Ángel Asturias and Augusto Monterroso, among many others. But beyond this, what do we know about Central America and its authors? How do Central American authors narrate the region? What are the discourses of the new literature of the Isthmus? Where is Central American literature headed?
At the FIL we are convinced that without Central America, Latin America is incomplete. And that is why, as of 2015, we are naming Central America,not only its authors. We want to provide a space for discussion, to build bridges that bring readers closer to the great works of that region and, through this colorful lens, to see beyond the borders of the countries that make up the belt of America.
For further information contact:
Latin American programs and Guest of honor, Araceli López at the phone number (+52) 33 3810 0331, ext. 921