NACCS TEJAS FOCO AWARD FOR NON- FICTION
by Tony Diaz on 11/24/14
NACCS TEJAS FOCO AWARD FOR NON- FICTION
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ANNOUNCING
2015 NACCS TEJAS NON-FICTION BOOK AWARD
National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies—Tejas Foco
Description of Award:
NACCS-Tejas invites nominations and submissions for its 2015 NACCS-Tejas Non-Fiction Book Award. The 2014 NACCS Tejas Award for Non-Fiction Book Committee will consider any book or edited anthology published in 2013 and 2014 in Texas or elsewhere. We will recognize an outstanding work of non-fiction that best represents a significant topic related to the Mexican American experience in Texas. The award will be presented at the NACCS-Tejas annual conference to be held at Lone Star College – North Harris in Houston, Texas February 26-28, 2015. There are no restrictions on the number of nominations per press or on the number of individuals—authors or readers—who can nominate a text. Essays, journals, diaries, documentaries, scientific papers, photographs, textbooks, travel books, blueprints, technical documentation, user manuals, diagrams and journalistic essays or books previously nominated for this award are not eligible. Nominations will be reviewed by a committee of NACCS-Tejas members.
Procedure for Nominations:
Publishers or authors wishing to submit books for consideration should send a copy of the book to each of the committee members at the addresses below by the deadline of December 1, 2014. Nominations should include a submission cover letter, including the name of the author, the title of the book, press, and the date of publication.
All nominations must be received (not postmarked) by DECEMBER 1, 2014.
For additional information, you may contact the Committee Chair Lydia French at lydia.french@hccs.edu
Lydia French
HCC Central
English and Humanities Division
1300 Holman, SJAC, Ste. 215
Houston, TX 77004
Nicole Guidotti-Hernandez
Chair, Department of Mexican American
And Latina/o Studies
Austin, TX 77012
Mailcode F9200
Austin, TX 78712
Rene Rios
5157 South FM 491
Mercedes, TX 78570
Lisa Justine Hernandez
St. Edward’s University
3001 S. Congress Ave., cmb875
Austin, TX 78745-6489
Committee Members
Elizabeth A. Kessler
205 Roy Cullen Bldg.
Department of English
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-3013
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