The annual Extra Fiction Contest is open to writers from or residing in the USA of American Indian, Chicano/Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban American, Dominican American, Central American, or South American origin.
What is Extra Fiction?
Submission Guidelines:
Deadline is October 31, 2023. Speculative fiction stories published in Somos en escrito during the year are considered for the contest. Judging the finalists is Ernest Hogan, godfather of Chicano Science-Fiction and author of Cortez on Jupiter, High Aztech, and Smoking Mirror Blues. Prizes:
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Check out the interview with R. Ch. Garcia, award winning author of The Closet of Discarded Dreams and Death Song of the Dragón Chicxulub at Latinopia. Death Song of the Dragón Chicxulub is in the running for the 7th Latino Books Into Movies competition, hosted by the International Latino Book Awards. ![]() R. Ch. Garcia had a dozen adult, short stories and one alternate-world novel published under another name. But that's unimportant because anymore he only writes stories for young adults and children. His first was a children's fable, in Spanish, published by Cricket in Revista Iguana.
Writing in Northside Denver, he gardens, landscapes, woodworks and cares for cactus and wild birds that visit his and wife Carmen's gardens, like his two Nietos. Plus he has a bright, friendly dog Menqui and a sorta good cat, Great Huntress. He's lucky and privileged to live well, so his writing focuses on young people for the day everyone can be as lucky. His adopted credo: "Give up on the adults! Give up on the adults!" – P. Bacigalupi CALLING ALL XICANAS! Do you identify as a Xicana/Chicana?If so, we invite you to send us your writings! Help us illuminate both the enduring and the new Xicana identity, presence and culture in our new multi-genre and multi-generational creative writing anthology. Join us in revealing and exploring how Xicana identity impacts lifestyle, values, principles, political stances, education, anti-colonialism resistance, brown female empowerment, spirituality, relationships to ancestral knowledge, motherhood, future generations, indigenous activism, La Lucha movement, art, etc. through your writings. From Cholas to Madrinas, first generation immigrants to barrio natives, “no sabo kids” to Spanglish speakers, copal-burning-temachtianis to brown-beret-wearers, etc. we invite you to draw from your essence, pour it into a poem, a short story, a personal vignette, etc., and send it to us! * All submitted pieces will be carefully considered for publication. Both emerging and established writers of all ages welcome. We are looking for writers eager and passionate about continuing the complex and evolving, resilient Xicana narrative.* Submission Guidelines:
There is no submissions fee. Thank you! We look forward to reading your submissions! DEADLINE EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 1, 2023Nuestros Abuelos Fueron Braceros y Nosotros También won First Prize in the national competition sponsored by the Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española in coordination with the University of Texas San Antonio. The book, written in Spanish with an English translation, is an award-winning publication of the Somos en escrito Literary Foundation Press. The prize was announced February 8, 2023. The book Titled in English, Our Grandfathers Were Braceros and We Too, the book reveals the shameful treatment of millions of Mexican men who harvested the nation’s food during World War II. Co-authors Rosa Martha Zárate Macías and Abel Astorga Morales draw from archival records and interviews with former braceros to expose the inhumane treatment and labor rights abuses of millions of workers during the Bracero Program (1942-1964). The book includes the original Spanish text and translation into English by Madeline Newman Ríos, along with photos showing working and housing conditions. An awards ceremony is scheduled for Friday, March 31, 2023, at the UT San Antonio downtown campus, sponsored by the Bicultural-Bilingual Studies Department. The book also won first prize Gold in the category, “Victor Villaseñor Best Latino Focused Nonfiction Book Award–Spanish or Bilingual” in the International Latino Book Awards (ILBA) competition announced August 20, 2022. Sobre el premio Campoy-Ada El Premio Campoy-Ada, establecido en el 2017 en convocatorias bianuales, tiene por objetivo celebrar la publicación en español de libros para niños y jóvenes publicados en los Estados Unidos y Puerto Rico. Patrocinado por el consorcio entre La Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española (ANLE) y la Universidad de Texas en San Antonio (UTSA), este premio abarca 24 categorías de ficción y no ficción, con temas latino-céntricos y temas universales que faciliten la comprensión multicultural de la sociedad estadounidense. Su nombre celebra a dos pioneras de la literatura bilingüe infantil y juvenil en los Estados Unidos: F. Isabel Campoy y Alma Flor Ada. Miembros del jurado Premio Campoy-Ada de la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua y la Universidad de Texas-San Antonio, incluyen: • Dr. Claudia Treviño García, Vicepresidenta. San Antonio Area Association for Bilingual Education (SAAABE) • Dr. Eduardo Lolo, Miembro Numerario de la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española • Dr. Ana Pallares-Weissling, Profesora Adjunta. Departamento de Educación Bicultural-Bilingüe, UTSA • Dr. Gerardo Piña-Rosales, Miembro Numerario de la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española • Dr. Hilda Rodríguez, Educadora en Harlansdale ISD • Dr. Howard L. Smith, Profesor. Departamento de Educación Bicultural-Bilingüe, UTSA • Kenya Vargas, Estudiante de Doctorado. Departamento de Educación Bicultural-Bilingüe, UTSA • Coordinación General: Dra. Patricia Sánchez, Profesora y Directora. Departamento de Educación Bicultural-Bilingüe, UTSA • Alma Flor Ada, Miembro Numerario de la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española • F. Isabel Campoy, Miembro Numerario de la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española Reunido el jurado en su cuarta convocatoria de 2022, y habiendo considerado los méritos lingüísticos y culturales y la calidad literaria y artística de los libros, publicados entre los años 2020 y 2022, sometidos a este premio, dan a conocer a los siguientes ganadores [descargue el siguiente archivo para ver el comunicado de prensa completo/download the file below for the full press release]. ![]()
The Results are in!First place: "La Elotera" by Enrique Varela
Second place: "Garden People" by Shaiti Castillo Third place: "Major Juan to Earth Control" by Richie Narvaez Honorary Mentions: "May We Be Named" by Angela Acosta & "The Collaborator" by Marco Subias Congratulations to the finalists and thanks to everyone who entered a story, it was tough this year. Thanks to Ernest Hogan for judging. Stay tuned for the publishing of the finalists here in Somos en escrito! Open call until May 2023Deadline Extended to |
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