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 The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will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
Activities for professionals from the European Union, Guest of Honor
Activities for Professionals
Activities for professionals from the European Union, Guest of Honor
Introductory session: What FIL can offer to EU book sector professionals
Participant: Pablo de la Vega
Monday November 27
09:30 to 10:00
Pabellón de España, Expo Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Activities for professionals from the European Union, Guest of Honor
Speed dating sessions. Book sector professionals from Latin America and the European Union
Monday November 27
10:00 to 11:50
Pabellón de España, Expo Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Activities for professionals from the European Union, Guest of Honor
Audiobooks are meant to be heard
Participants: Kurt Thielen, Carlos Rojas
Monday November 27
12:00 to 12:50
Pabellón de España, Expo Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Activities for professionals from the European Union, Guest of Honor
EU Member States’ support programmes for translation Some examples from the EU
Participants: Katja Urbanija, Julià Florit, Ilvi Liive, Agniesczka Urbanowska, Diego Rodríguez
Moderator: Renata Zamida
Monday November 27
13:00 to 14:00
Pabellón de España, Expo Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Activities for professionals from the European Union, Guest of Honor
Reading for Social Inclusion
Best practice examples from Europe and Latin America
Participants: Barbara Pregelj, Sofía Janssen
Moderator: Martha Ibarra
Monday November 27
15:30 to 16:20
Pabellón de España, Expo Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Activities for professionals from the European Union, Guest of Honor
ENLIT Network: Who we are and how we support literature in translation?
Participants: Agniesczka Urbanowska, Julià Florit, Martin Krafl
Moderator: Sinéad Mac Aodha
Monday November 27
15:00 to 15:50
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Activities for Professionals
Activities for professionals from the European Union, Guest of Honor
Speed dating sessions. Book sector professionals from Latin America and the European Union
Tuesday November 28
10:00 to 11:50
Pabellón de España, Expo Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Activities for professionals from the European Union, Guest of Honor
Speed dating sessions. Book sector professionals from Latin America and the European Union
Tuesday November 28
10:00 to 11:50
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Activities for Professionals
Activities for professionals from the European Union, Guest of Honor
Translators from EU pitch book proposals to LAC publishers
Participants: Florencia Ferré, Daniel Ordoñez Franco, Rafael Calvo, Agnija Anca
Moderator: Mercedes Guhl
Tuesday November 28
11:00 to 12:00
Pabellón de España, Expo Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Activities for professionals from the European Union, Guest of Honor
Book based movies. How to sell audiovisual rights?
Participants: Edgar San Juan, Eduardo de la Parra, Rodrigo González, Higinio Paterna Sánchez
Tuesday November 28
12:00 to 12:50
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