by
Ernest Hogan
.
. . and in other news, not related to America's latest crisis, Somos en escrito, The Latino Literary Online Magazine,
where excerpts from Smoking Mirror Blues and UNO! DOS! ONE-TWO! TRES! CUATRO! can be read,
is having a contest for Latino
(Chicano, too, and add your favorite suffixes and spelling alterations) extra-fiction, and have asked me to be the final judge. I
accepted the job.
Here's the official info:
Somos
en escrito, The Latino Literary Online Magazine, is hosting the first
annual Somos en escrito Extra-Fiction Writing Contest. First prize is
$100 and publication, second and third prize earn publication, and
all winners receive a copy of a signed book by our judge, the father
of Chicano Sci-fi, Ernest Hogan.
The
deadline is September 30, 2018 and winners will be announced on
October 31st (Halloween).
Writings
must be by Americans of indigenous/hispanic background (Native
American, Chicano, Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban and other
Latin American origin) born in the USA or from Latin America residing
in the USA.
Manuscripts
must be unpublished, in English, Spanish, or Spanglish and in any
genre reflecting the range of science fiction, speculative fiction,
fantasy, horror, in other words, extra-fiction. (Excerpts from novels
in progress may also be submitted.) One submission per author, 6,000
word limit. SUBMISSION IS FREE
Submit
text to somossubmissions@gmail.com.
12
point Times New Roman, double spaced, indentations at .5 inch.
Include bio and photograph (jpg format, min 300 dpi).
By
using the term “extra-fiction” they're opening it up beyond genre to all
kinds of imaginative fiction. I'm going to keep my mind open when
picking the winner. In my work I try to write about, and even invent,
new kinds of Latinoid/Chicano experience. I'm hoping to be surprised,
amazed, shocked, and have my mind blown.
So
go for it, mis carnales!
Ernest Hogan has been called the Father of Chicano Science Fiction, has taught a master class in writing at the University of California Riverside, and has been published in Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies.
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