NACCS Tejas Foco Fiction Awards

ANNOUNCING TWO AWARDS

National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) Tejas Foco

*Submissions Due December 8th* 

2015 NACCS TEJAS AWARD

FOR FICTION

Description of Award

NACCS-Tejas invites nominations and submissions for its 2015 NACCS-Tejas Fiction Award.  The NACCS Tejas Award for Fiction Committee will consider any novel or collection of short stories published in 2014 in Texas or elsewhere.  We will recognize an outstanding work of 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 in February 2015.  There are no restrictions on the number of nominations per press.  Authors may also self-nominate.  Poetry, personal narrative, autobiography, young adult novels, reprints, re-editions of previously published works, translations, or books previously nominated for this award, are not eligible for this particular award. 

2015 NACCS TEJAS AWARD

FOR YOUNG ADULT FICTION

Description of Award

NACCS-Tejas invites nominations and submissions for its 2015 NACCS-Tejas Young Adult Fiction Award.  The NACCS Tejas Award for Fiction Committee will consider any young adult novel or young adult collection of short stories published in 2014 in Texas or elsewhere.  We will recognize an outstanding work of 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 in February 2015. There are no restrictions on the number of nominations per press.  Authors may also self-nominate.  Poetry, personal narrative, autobiography, reprints, re-editions of previously published works, translations, or books previously nominated for this award, are not eligible for this particular award. 

Procedure for Nominations

Nominations will be reviewed by a committee of NACCS-Tejas members. Publishers or authors wishing to submit books for consideration should send three copies of the book, one to each of the three committee members at the addresses below. The submission must be received (not postmarked) by December 8, 2014. Nominations should include a submission letter, including the name of the author, the title of the book, the category applying for, the date of publication, and contact information. For additional information, contact the committee chair Dr. Marci R. McMahon (mcmahonmr@utpa.edu).

Committee Members

Dr. José F. Aranda Jr.

Associate Professor of Chicano/a & American Literature

Chair of Spanish & Portuguese

Director of the Américas Reseach Center

Rice University

9 Sunset Blvd., Houston, TX 77005

aranda@rice.edu

Sarah Rafael García

Author & Barrio Writers Founder

MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) Candidate

3507 N. Lamar

P.O. Box 301934

Austin, Texas 78703

sarah@sarahrafaelgarcia.com

Dr. Marci R. McMahon

Associate Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Literature

Department of English

Director, Mexican American Studies
University of Texas-Pan American

ARHU 211
1201 West University Drive
Edinburg, Texas 78539

mcmahonmr@utpa.edu

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