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 The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will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 25thProgram Search
Annual International Translation and Interpretation Conference “San Jerónimo”
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Translation and Interpretation Conference “San Jerónimo”
Opening ceremony OMT-FIL
Saturday November 25
16:00 to 16:30
Salón 7, planta alta, Área Nacional, Expo Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Translation and Interpretation Conference “San Jerónimo”
Opening Keynote lecture
Participant: Scheherezade Surià
Saturday November 25
16:40 to 17:30
Salón 7, planta alta, Área Nacional, Expo Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Translation and Interpretation Conference “San Jerónimo”
Track A. Translation: rules of the game
What is translation marketing and why we shouldn’t overlook it?
Participants: Berenice Font, Olga Jeczmyk Nowak
Saturday November 25
18:00 to 19:50
Salón 7, planta alta, Área Nacional, Expo Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Translation and Interpretation Conference “San Jerónimo”
Track B. Translating feelings, translating intellect
Translation as somatization: pain and the translation of pain and grief / Translating science in Mexico: from consolidation to popularization
Participants: Svetlana Garza, Tania Paola Hernández Hernández
Saturday November 25
18:00 to 19:50
Salón América y Europa, hotel Barceló Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Translation and Interpretation Conference “San Jerónimo”
Preconference Workshop
Interpreting a political debate for news and media
Participant: Tony Rosado
Saturday November 25
10:00 to 12:30
Salón América y Europa, hotel Barceló Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Translation and Interpretation Conference “San Jerónimo”
Preconference Workshop
Tools for reducing keyboard use
Participant: Salvador Virgen
Saturday November 25
10:00 to 12:30
Salón 7, planta alta, Área Nacional, Expo Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Translation and Interpretation Conference “San Jerónimo”
Track C. Contracts: terms and conditions of the job
Mexican legislation on copyright: a review of the Federal Copyright Law for translators / The Power Play: Mastering Essential Contractual Clauses for Freelancers
Participants: Alejandra Ramírez Olvera, Andy Benzo
Sunday November 26
09:00 to 11:20
Salón México III, hotel Barceló Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Translation and Interpretation Conference “San Jerónimo”
Track D. Localization and how we are perceived from abroad
Localization: multiculturality in the digital age / Animal Crossing and the Latin American representation in videogames
Participants: Mónica Martín del Campo Rentería, José Manuel Gómez Garza
Sunday November 26
09:30 to 12:00
Salón América y Europa, hotel Barceló Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Translation and Interpretation Conference “San Jerónimo”
Track E. Translation of flavors and sounds
Cuisine and gastronomy in translation: from the mouth to the brains / Versification as a tool for translating songs
Participants: Salvador Virgen, Yang E. Coutiño
Sunday November 26
12:00 to 13:50
Salón México III, hotel Barceló Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Translation and Interpretation Conference “San Jerónimo”
Track F. Other languages, other fields
Differences and similarities between interpreting oral and sign languages / Nahuatl linguistic resources used by interpreters in the legal field
Participant: Irla Élida Vargas del Ángel
Sunday November 26
12:00 to 13:50
Salón América y Europa, hotel Barceló Guadalajara
