2015 NACCS Tejas Poetry Prize
by Tony Diaz on 11/28/14
2015 NACCS Tejas Poetry Prize
Sponsored by The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) Tejas Foco
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We invite nominations for the 2015 National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) Tejas Poetry Prize. The committee is seeking to recognize poetry that celebrates the Chicano and/or Chicana experience in Texas.
Eligibility: Any book of poetry published in 2014 by a Tejana or a Tejano poet, that is, any poet who was born or lives in Texas. Chapbooks of at least 40 pages long are eligible. Self-published works will NOT be considered. A copy of the publication must be sent to each of the committee members (Melinda Zepeda, Hector Treviño, and June Pedraza).
Submissions must be postmarked no later than Dec. 20, 2014. The award will be announced in late January 2015.
Direct inquiries to June Pedraza at junepedraza@yahoo.com? Mail copies (postmarked no later than December 20, 2014) to the three committee members:
Melinda Zepeda
Department of English
Northwest Vista College
Juniper Hall JH III N
3535 N. Ellison Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78251
Hector Treviño
Department of Math
Northwest Vista College
Juniper Hall JH 213 D
3535 N. Ellison Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78251
V. June Pedraza
Department of English
Northwest Vista College
Juniper Hall JH III F
3535 N. Ellison Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78251
The award will be presented to the winning poet at the 2015 NACCS Tejas Foco Conference, “Putting More Community in Community College and Beyond: Scholars, Professors, Writers, Teachers, Students and Families Unite to Open Higher Education to Our Youth,” which will take place at the Lone Star College – North Harris, Houston, Texas, February 26-February 28, 2015.
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