2024 Bilingual Creative Writing Awards
The Creative Writing Awards
department of Creative Writing, 2024
WINNERS:
Poetry
| Place | Award | Piece | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Place |
letter + $500 |
"Herbario" |
Facundo Torrieri |
| Second Place |
letter + $250 |
"A Genealogy" |
Dion Banville |
|
Third Place |
letter + $125 |
"No soy un alien" |
Natalia Soriano Moreno |
fiction
| Place | Award | Piece | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Place |
letter + $500 |
“Sandra” |
Mariana Riestra Ahumada |
| Second Place |
letter + $250 |
“Schohaire” |
Bethany Bohall |
|
Third Place |
letter + $125 |
“El demonio se esconde en los detalles” |
Julio Barrera Moreno |
non-fiction
| Place | Award | Piece | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Place |
letter + $500 |
“Casa Fantasma” |
Emiliano Pérez Grovas |
| Second Place |
letter + $250 |
“La cartografía de los almácigos” |
Facundo Torrieri |
|
Third Place |
letter + $125 |
“Un silencio a gritos” |
Julio Barrera Moreno |
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Department of Creative Writing
March 19, 2024
To foster the appreciation and practice of writing, the Department of Creative Writing is launching its “2024 Bilingual Creative Writing Awards.” The competition, open to all creative writing students in UTEP, will accept original, unpublished work. The prizes will include a monetary award, an award letter, and publication.
Awards
Poetry
- 5 poems either in Spanish or English
- The committee will award the following prizes:
Fiction
- One self-contained piece of about 10 pages (aprox. 3,000 words) in Spanish or English
- The committee will award the following prizes:
Non-Fiction
- One self-contained piece of about 10 pages (aprox. 3,000 words) in Spanish or English
- The committee will award the following prizes:
Submission
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To the following address: writingawards@utep.edu
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Submit your work as two (2) pdf documents 1: Your submission named after your
work and genre 2: Your contact info named after your work and your last name
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For instance, if your work is “Winter in El Paso” and your last name is Perez and
you are submitting poetry, submit the following pdf documents:
Winter in El Paso–poetry.pdfWinter in El Paso–Perez.pdf -
Submit your work to: writingawards@utep.edu
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Winners will be announced at “Emerging Voices” (April 25, 2024)
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Winners will be published in the Rio Grande Review (Spring 2025 aprox.)
Publication
The winners will be published in Spring 2025 issue of The Río Grande Review.
Time Table
| Stage | Date |
|---|---|
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Prize is announced |
March 1, 2024 |
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Deadline for entries |
April 8, 2024 |
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Judges announce winners CRW Awards Ceremony |
April 22, 2024 |
| Publication | Spring 2025 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Can I submit more than one entry? Because the participation is anonymous (see “Submission”), you may send as many entries as you want.
- Who are the members of the jury? The jury will be selected among the faculty of the Creative Writing Department on April 5, 2024.
- Who can participate? The competition is open to all undergraduate and graduate (online and residential) creative writing students.
- Who are the members of the jury this year?
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FICTION: Lex Williford
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NONFICTION: Tim Z Hernández
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POETRY: Rosa Alcalá