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 The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will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
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 
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
Important:
The call closed the past April 25th
Venezuela
Organized by
Universidad de Guadalajara, Coordinación General de Extensión, Coordinación de Promoción y Difusión Cultural, Coordinación de Medios, Museo de las Artes, Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara, Consejo Nacional de la Cultura de Venezuela, Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Fondo para la Modernización de la Educación Superior, Secretaría de Educación Pública.
Writers
José Ramón Medina, Alexis Márquez Rodríguez, Álvaro Agudo, Antonio López Ortega, Luis Britto García, Gustavo Luis Carrera, Ednodio Quintero, José Balza, Denzil Romero, José León Tapia, Juan Carlos Santaella, Beatriz González, Ana Teresa Torres, Lucila Velásquez, Guillermo Morón, Manuel Caballero, Arístides Medina Rubio, Jesús Sanoja Hernández, Rafael José Neri, Rodolfo Santana, Ramón Palomares, Eugenio Montejo, María Enriqueta Terán.
Shows
Óscar D’León (música popular); Odila (instrumentos latinoamericanos); Taburete (traditional music); Ballet Nacional de Caracas Teresa Carreño (contra dance); Hercilia López (contemporary dance); Corearte (contemporary dance); Compañía Gente de Teatro, de Armando Gota company; Yira y Orlando (music, boleros); Vasallos del Sol (music); Taller del Método, Boonie Morín theater company.
Plastic Arts
Photography Exhibition by Jaime Ballestas; Lo humano de Jacobo Borges, original work by Jacobo Borges; Round Table: “Plastic Arts in Mexico and Venezuela”: Pedro León Zapata, Jacobo Borges, José Luis Cuevas and Sebastián.
Films
Un sueño en el abismo, director Oscar Lucien; Jericó, director Luis Alberto Lamata; Roraima, director Carlos Oteyza; Bésame mucho... la película, director Phillippe Toledano; Karibe con tempo, director Diego Rísquez.
Short Films
El equilibrista o la realidad y el deseo, directora Viveca Baiz; Al calor de una nevera descompuesta, director Miguel Curiel; Y no se casaron y no tuvieron hijos y no fueron felices, director Johnny Semeco; Deseo bajo cero, director Javier Espinosa.