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 The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will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 25thLatin America Viva
Since its creation 36 years ago, the Guadalajara International Book Fair has sought to be a platform for the most diverse voices of literature written in Spanish. Faithful to this vocation, and coinciding with its 25th edition, the program “The 25 Best Kept Secrets of Latin America” was launched. The success of the series, both among the general public and book professionals, led to the creation of the "Latinoamérica Viva" program the following year, which will reach its eleventh edition in 2023.
Through the participation of writers from different latitudes, both established and new, Latinoamérica Viva has brought together 246 authors in its ten editions. The two hundred and forty-six voices, whispers, cries, in other words, ways of interpreting Latin American reality through literature, have arrived at the FIL Guadalajara with the intention of bringing new readers to their literature, as well as to promote their work in the world publishing market.
For further information contact:
Latin American programs and Guest of honor, Araceli López at the phone number (+52) 33 3810 0331, ext. 921