It's not too late to help Con Tinta make La Pachanga 2016 a success!

This year, the annual AWP Conference will be held in Los Angeles. And that means Con Tinta will be in the City of Angels, as well, to celebrate literature by hosting La Pachanga and Award Ceremony. Who will be honored? When and where will our event take place? How can you help?

DETAILS

The Advisory Circle of Con Tinta, a collective of Chicana/Latina Activist Writers, Poets Responding to SB 1070, and Avenue 50 Studio in Los Angeles are organizing the 2016 Pachanga & Award Ceremony and one of the book releases for the Anthology, Poetry of Resistance: Voices for Social Justice (University of Arizona Press), edited by Francisco X. Alarcón and Odilia Galván Rodríguez. La Pachanga 2016 will be held on Thursday, March 31, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., at Avenue 50 Studio, 131 N. Avenue 50, Los Angeles, CA 90042. Con Tinta will honor the following Chican@ and Latin@ writers: Francisco X. Alarcón (RIP), Juan Felipe Herrera, Lucha Corpi, Luis Javier Rodríguez, and Odilia Galván Rodríguez. 

Following the Award Ceremony we will have one of the book releases for the anthology Poetry of Resistance: Voices for Social Justice (University of Arizona Press) edited by Francisco X. Alarcón and Odilia Galván Rodríguez. Several poets from the anthology will be there to share la poesía for all of us. Stay tuned for an upcoming list of readers.

However, we need your help in order to have a successful event. Please consider donating to help celebrate our Chican@ and Latin@ writers who deserve this event immensely. If you can help, please email ConTintaDonations@gmail.com for complete information on how to make a donation by check via snail mail. Remember: no donation is too small and donors will be mentioned in the event program.

Con Tinta is excited for this marvelous partnership with Poets Responding to SB 1070 and Avenue 50 Studio. Con Tinta especially wants to thank Kathy Gallegos, Pola Lopez, Jessica Ceballos, and Lea Chavez.

La Pachanga and Award Ceremony is a time for us to come together and celebrate the wonderful achievements of our Chican@/Latin@ community. Let us stand together and be proud of the superb accomplishments of our writers.