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 The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will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.
Important:
The call closed the past June 17th
American Indigenous Literature Award
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.
Important:
The call closed the past July 12th
SM Ibero-American Award for Literature for Children and Young People
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.
2024 Winner
Juan Carlos Quezadas
2024 Winner
Karime Cardona Cury
Ibero-American Illustration Catalog
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
Important:
The call closed the past April 25th
Exhibitors
Salón del Cómic + Novela Gráfica #LeemosCómics
The Guadalajara International Book Fair will hold the Salón del Comic + Novela Gráfica, from Thursday, December 5 to Sunday, December 8. In this 340-square-meter space, located in corridors GG, HH and II of the FIL International Area, the offer of publishers and artists from Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Chile, Spain, France, Uruguay, Peru and Mexico will be concentrated in 40 stands. And various activities related to the world of sequential art will be carried out.
Activities program:
The Comic + Graphic Novel Exhibition will once again have a room called Foro Rius del Salón del Cómic, where more than 40 activities will be carried out, including presentations and talks. The program includes the participation of various Latin American, Canadian, French and Spanish creators, including the Mexicans Changos Perros, Javier Gutiérrez, Cuervoscuro, Idalia Candelas, Pavel Ortega, Joshua Hernández and Sergio Ríos; the Spanish Anabel Colazo and Bàrbara Alca; the Chileans Nati Chuleta, Luis Saavedra and Francisco Inostroza, the Peruvian Jessica Quispe and the French Nine Antico.
The program highlights the inauguration of Salón del Cómic by the Casa del Autor de Zapopan with the theme "synergy between creators and comics", the award ceremony for the fourth Pura Pinche Fortaleza graphic novel contest in which the Pura Pinche Fortaleza publishing house in collaboration with the FIL Guadalajara, they will publish the work Shanik by the winning author Jorge Alberto Magallón. In addition, it will feature presentations of works by independent authors: Koatl el Defensor by Yair Artz, Matador, by Panelismo, How does it feel to be an adult autistic?, by Alejandra Aceves; Infinite Codex 6, by Fernando García; and Ghosts of my city, by Augusto Mora. Also, there will be graphic novel workshops in the Hall of Illustrators.
Visitors to Salón del Cómic + Novela Gráfica will find publications from various publishers, in addition to publications from international collectives from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Mexico, as well as an exhibition of Québec graphic novels in the street of illustrators. The exhibitors of this edition are the following:
Important:
The call closed the past June 17th
