
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 The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will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.

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.

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.

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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Inauguration
Participants: Adriana Sánchez Escalante, Armando Montes de Santiago, Sayri Karp Mitastein

Adriana Sánchez Escalante
Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Sciences from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), graduating with honors, and a Master’s in Publishing from the University of Alcalá, Spain, where she earned distinction for academic excellence.
She currently works as Publications Editor at Universidad Anáhuac México, where she is responsible for managing the university’s official publications. She also collaborates independently on various editorial projects.
She has taught at Universidad Anáhuac México and has worked in the private sector with several publishing houses, including Fernández Editores, Grupo SM, EK Editores, and Editorial San Pablo, among others.
In the public sector, she participated in the Editorial Program of the Government of Mexico, coordinating the editorial processes for the Mexican Knowledge Library series.
Her experience with periodicals includes writing for National Geographic en Español and Audiencia Legislativa (a publication focused on political content). She has also served as editor for magazines such as Al Detalle (the communication platform of the National Association of Self-Service and Department Stores), A la Carta, and Alta Hotelería—publications aimed at the restaurant and hospitality industries, respectively.
At the international level, she collaborated with Editorial Complutense in Madrid, Spain.

Armando Montes de Santiago
He has been a member of the organizing committee of the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) for 20 years. For several years, he led the International Sales department. He currently serves as General Coordinator of Exhibitors and Professionals and leads key projects for the fair, including the Comic + Graphic Novel Hall and Libros al Gusto.
Other activities involving the participant:
Inauguration
Inauguration
Opening Talk

Sayri Karp Mitastein
Director of the Universidad de Guadalajara Press. Co-founder of Red Altexto, the Network of University and Academic Presses of Mexico, and a member of its Advisory Council. She served as President of the Association of University Presses of Latin America and the Caribbean (EULAC) from 2015 to 2023. In 2018, she received the University Publishing Merit Award from the University Book Fair of the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, as well as the Rubén Bonifaz Nuño University Publisher Recognition, granted by UNAM during the International Book Fair of University Presses (Filuni).
Other activities involving the participant:
Tribute to the Association of Latin American and the Caribbean University Presses (EULAC)
The Value of Ibero-American Networks in Recognizing Spanish and Portuguese as Languages of Science
Creation of the Ibero-American Network of University Presses
Sunday November 30
16:00 to 16:10
Salón de Profesionales, Área Internacional, Expo Guadalajara