Premio Aztlán Literary Prize
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The Premio Aztlán Literary Prize is a national literary award for emerging Chicana/o Chicano authors, founded in 1993 by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya
. The award was originally sponsored by the University of New Mexico
, but was moved in 2008 to the National Hispanic Cultural Center
.
The award is limited to short-story collections and novels (but not children's or young-adult novels) published by a professional press during the previous calendar year. Moreover, the author must be living and must not have published more than two books. The winner receives $1,000 and presents a lecture at that year's National Latino Writers Conference.
Award recipients include (years refer to the year of publication; the award is given the following year):
Rudolfo Anaya
Rudolfo Anaya is an Mexican-American author. Best known for his 1972 novel Bless Me, Ultima, Anaya is considered one of the founders of the canon of contemporary Chicano literature.- Biography :...
. The award was originally sponsored by the University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico
The University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...
, but was moved in 2008 to the National Hispanic Cultural Center
National Hispanic Cultural Center
The National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico is an establishment for preserving and promoting the culture of the Spanish-speaking world...
.
The award is limited to short-story collections and novels (but not children's or young-adult novels) published by a professional press during the previous calendar year. Moreover, the author must be living and must not have published more than two books. The winner receives $1,000 and presents a lecture at that year's National Latino Writers Conference.
Award recipients include (years refer to the year of publication; the award is given the following year):
- 2009: Gloria Zamora, Sweet Nata: Growing Up in Rural New Mexico
- 2008: Patricia SantanaPatricia Santana-Life:She is the eighth of nine children of Mexican immigrants. Her parents are from El Grullo, Jalisco.She graduated from University of California, San Diego, and from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Master’s degree in Comparative Literature....
, Ghosts of El Grullo - 2007: Verónica Gonzalez, Twin Time or How Death Befell Me
- 2006: Reyna GrandeReyna GrandeReyna Grande is a Mexican-immigrant author best known for her novel Across a Hundred Mountains, which, though a work of fiction, draws heavily on Grande's experiences growing up in Mexico and her Illegal immigration to the United States.- Biography :Reyna Grande was born in the city of Iguala in...
, Across a Hundred Mountains - 2005: Gene Guerin, Cottonwood Saints
- 2004: Mary Helen Lagasse, The Fifth Sun
- 2003-2000: no award
- 1999: Sergio TroncosoSergio TroncosoSergio Troncoso is an American author of short stories and novels.Troncoso, the son of Mexican immigrants, was born in El Paso, Texas. He grew up in Ysleta, an unincorporated neighborhood or colonia, on the east side of El Paso...
, The Last Tortilla and Other Stories - 1998: Ronald Ruiz, Giuseppe Rocco
- 1997: Pat MoraPat MoraPat Mora is a Chicana author known primarily for her poetry and children's books.- Writer's Life and Work:Pat Mora is a writer and cultural preservationist who seeks to document the lives of Mexican Americans and U.S. Latinas and Latinos through varying genres such as children's books, poetry, and...
, House of Houses - 1996: Wendell Mayo, Centaur of the NorthCentaur of the NorthCentaur of the North, a collection of short stories linked by common words, plot elements, and themes, was brought out in 1996 , with a second printing in 1999. This first short story collection by Corpus Christi author Wendell Mayo won the Premio Aztlán Literary Prize in 1996...
- 1995: Norma Elia CantúNorma Elia CantúNorma Elia Cantú is a Chicana postmodernist writer and a professor of English at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She was born in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico to Florentino Cantú Vargas and the former Virginia Ramón Becerra. She was reared in Laredo, Texas, the seat of Webb County, and...
, Canicula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera - 1994: Denise ChávezDenise ChavezDenise Elia Chavez is an American author, playwright, and stage director. She was born to an Hispano family in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States, and graduated from Madonna High School in Mesilla. She received her Bachelor's from New Mexico State University and Master's degrees in Dramatic...
, Face of an Angel - 1993: Alicia Gaspar de AlbaAlicia Gaspar de AlbaAlicia Gaspar de Alba is a scholar, cultural critic, novelist, and poet whose works include historical novels and scholarly studies on Chicana/o art, culture and sexuality.-Biography:...
, The Mystery of Survival and Other Stories