Tomás Rivera Book Prize

A massage from Alex Espinoza

Esteemed Friends and Colleagues:

I hope this finds you all well and thriving. I'm writing about an exciting and new venture that I hope you will share with students and/or fellow writers. 

As one of my first acts as Tomás Rivera Endowed Chair, I'd like to announce the call for submissions for the first Tomás Rivera Book Prize. Through a new partnership between the Los Angeles Review of Books, the winning manuscript will be published by LARB Libros. Additionally, the winner will receive $1,000 and a stipend to travel to UC Riverside to read from their work. 

Our first judge is writer Luis Alberto Urrea. 

My hope is that this contest will provide new and emerging writers a unique opportunity to showcase their work, that it will cultivate the next generation of Chicanx and Latinx writers, and that it will continue to honor the rich literary legacy of Tomás Rivera. Submission guidelines can be found in the announcement and by following this link. 

If you have any questions, please reach out.

Yours:

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Alex Espinoza

Associate Professor 

Tomás Rivera Endowed Chair

Department of Creative Writing

INTN 3046 |

alex.espinoza2@ucr.edu

www.alexespinoza.com