Sergio Troncoso Wins Silver Award from Foreword Reviews

A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant's Son (Cinco Puntos Press) wins the Silver Award for Multicultural Adult Fiction in ForeWord Reviews' Book of the Year Awards.

"This is a world-class collection." ---Luis Alberto Urrea

"The El Paso author's newest collection depicts contemporary Mexican American life with a characteristic blend of sorrow and humor. It's his most powerful work yet, and an essential addition to the Latinx canon." ---The Texas Observer

"Chicano literature began with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, when a sizable Latino population was separated from its land and heritage. Sergio Troncoso has written brilliantly of this disruption and its pull." ---Journal of Alta California

https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books/a-peculiar-kind-of-immigrants-son/

Sergio Troncoso Wins Kay Cattarulla Award

Yesterday I received this news: The first story "Rosary on the Border" in A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant's Son (Cinco Puntos Press) won the 2020 Kay Cattarulla Award for Best Short Story ($1,000) from the Texas Institute of Letters. Thank you to the judges for selecting my story.

On this crazy day, I also found out that I have an offer for an English and Spanish audio book for A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant's Son. So it's been a heckuva day!

http://www.texasinstituteofletters.org/news/2020-TIL-Winners-News-Release.pdf

Texas Institute of Letters: Literary Contests

The Texas Institute of Letters literary contests are now open with prizes totaling more than $22,000. Deadline is January 15, 2019.

Twelve categories:

• Jesse H. Jones Award for Fiction

• Carr P. Collins Award for Nonfiction

• Sergio Troncoso Award for Best Work of First Fiction

• Ramirez Scholarly Book Award

• Helen C. Smith Award for Poetry

• John A. Robertson Award For Best First Book Of Poetry

• Edwin "Bud" Shrake Award for Short Nonfiction

• Kay Cattarulla Short Story Award

• Fred Whitehead Award for Design of a Trade Book

• Jean Flynn Best Middle-Grade Book Award

• Texas Institute of Letters Best Young Adult Book Award

• Texas Institute of Letters Best Children's Picture Book Award

Eligibility for the awards requires that the author be born in Texas or have lived in Texas for at least five consecutive years at some time. A work whose subject matter substantially concerns Texas is also eligible. Download the PDF below to fill out form for contest entry and to send work to judges.

http://www.texasinstituteofletters.org/awards/2018-contest-details.pdf

San Antonio, April 7, 2018

I'll be in San Antonio this weekend (4/6-4/7) for the Texas Institute of Letters' annual meeting and the San Antonio Book Festival. See you there!

SATURDAY APRIL 7, 9-10:30 am
Breakfast / New Member Readings
@ The Menger Hotel Ballroom. TIL Secretary Sergio Troncoso will be our emcee and he’ll also recognize the winners of our children’s book awards.

SATURDAY APRIL 7, 11:15 AM-12:15 PM
San Antonio Book Festival, Latino Collection Resource Center (in Central Library, 600 Soledad), Sergio Troncoso, Moderator, for Texas Institute of Letters: New Member Readings, with Daniel Chacón, Sasha Pimentel, José Antonio Rodríguez.

www.TexasInstituteofLetters.org

Sergio Troncoso Award for Best Work of First Fiction

Please help me spread the word. At the Texas Institute of Letters, I have permanently endowed the Sergio Troncoso Award for Best Work of First Fiction ($1,000).

The Troncoso Award will be given to a first novel or short-story collection by an author from Texas or writing about Texas. The publication date of the work must be in 2017. The deadline for submission is January 2, 2018.

Here are the basic rules for all TIL awards: Each year the Texas Institute of Letters awards more than $20,000 to recognize outstanding literary works in several categories. Eligibility for the awards requires that the author be born in Texas or have lived in Texas for at least two consecutive years at some time. A work whose subject matter substantially concerns Texas is also eligible.

2017 TIL Contests:

http://www.texasinstituteofletters.org/awards/2017-contest-details.pdf

Jesse H. Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction
Sergio Troncoso Award for Best Work of First Fiction

Carr P. Collins Award for Best Book of Non-Fiction

Ramirez Award for Most Significant Scholarly Book

Helen C. Smith Memorial Award for Best Book of Poetry

John A. Robertson Award for First Book Of Poetry

Edwin “Bud” Shrake Award for Short Nonfiction

Kay Cattarulla Award for Best Short Story

H-E-B/Jean Flynn Best Children’s Book

H-E-B Best Young Adults Book

Denton Record-Chronicle Best Children’s Picture Book

Soeurette Diehl Fraser Award for Best Translation of a Book

Fred Whitehead Award for Best Design of a Trade Book

Texas Institute of Letters:

http://www.TexasInstituteofLetters.org

Thank you.

Sergio Troncoso