ANNOUNCING

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NACCS—TEJAS FOCO NON-FICTION BOOK AWARD

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*Please Circulate Widely*

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National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies—Tejas Foco

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Description of Award:

NACCS—Tejas Foco invites nominations and submissions for its NACCS—Tejas Foco Non-Fiction Book Award. The NACCS—Tejas Foco Award for Non-Fiction Book Committee will consider any book or edited anthology published in 2022 and 2023 in Texas or elsewhere. We welcome single and multi-authored scholarly monographs. While the committee focuses on scholarly monographs for this award, it will consider and recognize an outstanding work of non-fiction and memoir submissions that best represents a significant topic related to the Mexican American and/or Chicana/o experience in Texas. The award will be presented at the Tejas Foco Annual Conference. There are no restrictions on the number of nominations per press or on the number of individuals—authors or readers—who can nominate a text. Books previously nominated for this award are not eligible.

 

Nominations/submissions will be reviewed by a committee of NACCS—Tejas Foco members.

 

Procedure for Nominations:

Publishers or authors wishing to submit books for consideration should send a copy of the book to each of the committee members at the addresses below by the deadline of November 30, 2020. Nominations should include a submission cover letter, including the name of the author, the title of the book, press, and the date of publication.

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All nominations must be received (not postmarked) by DATE FORTHCOMING.

For additional information, you may contact the Committee Chair Samantha Rodriguez at Samantha.rodriguez@hccs.edu

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Committee Members

Samantha Rodriguez

Professor, HCCS

U.S. & Mexican American History

802 E. 35th St.

Houston, TX 77022

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Maritza De La Trinidad

Associate Professor, UTRGV

Mexican American Studies

1201 University Drive ELABS 342

Edinburg, TX 78539

 

Rene Rios

5157 South FM 491

Mercedes, TX 78570

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Justine Hernandez

1013 Speer Lane

Austin, TX 78745