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This is your semi-regular roundup of new and recent awards won by Texas books and authors.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2020 International Latino Book Awards<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The Victor Villase\u00f1or Best Latino Focused Nonfiction Book Award \u2013 English<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n SECOND PLACE, The Line Becomes a River<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, Francisco Cant\u00fa<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Best Cookbook <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n FIRST PLACE, Don\u2019t Count the Tortillas: The Art of Texas Mexican Cooking<\/em><\/strong> (Texas Tech University Press), Ad\u00e1n Medrano <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Best Nonfiction – Multi-Author <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n SECOND PLACE, MeXicana Fashions: Politics, Self Adornment, and Identity Construction<\/em><\/strong> (University of Texas Press), A\u00edda Hurtado and Norma E. Cant\u00fa<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Isabel Allende Most Inspirational Fiction Book Award <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n FIRST PLACE, Valiance<\/em><\/strong>, Vanessa Caraveo <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Best Collection of Short Stories \u2013 English or Bilingual <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n FIRST PLACE, A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant\u2019s Son<\/em><\/a><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>(Cinco Puntos Press), Sergio Troncoso<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Best Fiction Book Translation – Spanish to English <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n FIRST PLACE, Manhattan Tropics \/ Tr\u00f3pico en Manhattan<\/em> (Arte Publico Press<\/strong>), Guillermo Cotto-Thorner, translated by J. Bret Maney<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Best First Book – Fiction <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n FIRST PLACE, Lot<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, Bryan Washington<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n American Book Awards<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Oral Literature Award:<\/span> Amalia Leticia Ortiz<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publisher\u2019s Weekly Star Watch 2020 Honorees <\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Melanie Conklin and Christina Soontornvat<\/strong> (Austin) for organizing the Everywhere Book Fest<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Cristina Rodriguez<\/strong>, General Manager, Deep Vellum Books (Dallas)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Kesley Smith<\/strong><\/span><\/span>, Director of Business Development & Corporate Communications, Greenleaf Book Group (Austin)<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bryan Washington<\/a><\/strong> has won the twentieth annual Young Lions Fiction Award for his story collection <\/span>Lot<\/em><\/a><\/strong>. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The 2020 Literary Excellence awardees included science fiction novelist Justin Cronin<\/strong>, Houston\u2019s first Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Zepeda<\/strong>, teen novelist Andrea White<\/strong>, children\u2019s writer <\/span>Varsha Bajaj<\/a><\/strong>, and inspirational author ReShonda Tate Billingsley<\/strong>. Nkem Denchukwu won the 2020 Reader\u2019s Choice Award.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2020 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowships<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Poet Laureate of McAllen Rodney Gomez<\/strong> and Poet Laureate of Texas Emmy P\u00e8rez<\/strong> are among the twenty-three poets laureate awarded fellowships this year. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Cristina Rivera Garza<\/span><\/strong>, <\/span>Fiction Writer, of Houston, for \u201cexploring culturally constructed notions of language, memory, and gender from a transnational perspective.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2020 Carol Award Winners<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nNYPL Young Lions Award<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
2020 Houston Literary Awards<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
2020 MacArthur Fellows<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n