Premio Aztlán Literary Prize

ぷれみおあずとらんぶんがくしょう

American literary award for emerging Chicana/Chicano writers. Established in 1993.

Short story collectionsNovels (excluding children's books and YA)Chicano/Chicana literatureFor emerging writersHispanic/Latino literature

Established: 1993
Organizer: National Hispanic Cultural Center (initially sponsored by University of New Mexico, founders: Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya)
Category: General Fiction and Popular Fiction
Selection Method: Open call
Target: Newcomer
Frequency: 1 per year
Status: Active

Description

The Premio Aztlán Literary Prize is an American literary award for emerging Chicana and Chicano (Chicana/Chicano) writers, established in 1993 by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya. Initially sponsored by the University of New Mexico, it was transferred to the National Hispanic Cultural Center in 2008. Eligible works are short story collections or novels (excluding children's books and young adult works) published the previous year by professional publishers. Authors must be alive and have two or fewer prior publications. The winner receives $1,000 and an opportunity to speak at the National Latino Writers Conference of the same year.

Prize

Main Prize: The winner receives $1,000 and an opportunity to speak at the National Latino Writers Conference of the same year.
Cash Prize: 1,000 USD

Winner's lecture (National Latino Writers Conference)

Selection

Selection Process

Stage	Judges	Pass Rate	Announcement
Eligibility screening (verification of entry requirements)	Administrative verification by the organizer (confirmation of publisher publication, publication year, author's publication history, etc.)	—	—
First round selection (reading and narrowing down candidates)	Judges selected each year	—	—
Final selection and announcement	Judges (final decision)	—	The winner is announced at the National Latino Writers Conference and given the opportunity to speak

Eligibility screening (verification of entry requirements)

Judges Administrative verification by the organizer (confirmation of publisher publication, publication year, author's publication history, etc.)

First round selection (reading and narrowing down candidates)

Judges Judges selected each year

Final selection and announcement

Judges Judges (final decision)

Announcement The winner is announced at the National Latino Writers Conference and given the opportunity to speak

Criteria

Entrants must be emerging Chicana or Chicano writers (emerging authors)
Eligible: short story collections or novels (excluding children's books and young adult works)
The work must have been published by a professional publisher in the previous year
The author must be alive
The author must have two or fewer prior publications