ANNOUNCING
2010 NACCS TEJAS 
AWARD FOR FICTION
National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies—Tejas Foco
 
Description of Award
 
NACCS-Tejas invites nominations and submissions for its 2010 NACCS-Tejas Fiction Award. The 2009 NACCS Tejas Award for Fiction Committee will consider any novel or collection of short stories published in 2009 in Texas or elsewhere.  We will recognize an outstanding work of fiction that best addresses a significant subject in the field related to Texas’s Mexican community.  The award will be presented at the NACCS-Tejas annual conference to be held at the South Texas College in McAllen, TX next spring 2011. There are no restrictions on the number of nominations per press.  Authors may also self-nominate.  Poetry, personal narrative, autobiography, reprints, re-editions of previously published works, translations, or books previously nominated for this award, are not eligible.
 
Nominations will be reviewed by a committee of NACCS-Tejas members.
 
Procedure for Nomi nations
Publishers or authors wishing to submit books for consideration should send FOUR copies of the book, one to each of the four committee members at the addresses below by the deadline of November 20, 2010.  Nominations should include a submission letter, including the name of the author, the title of the book, and the date of publication.  A rubric decided upon by the committee will be used to evaluate the submission.
 
All nominations must be received (not postmarked) by November 20, 2010. 
For additional information, you may contact committee chair, 
Norma E. Cantú norma.cantu@utsa.edu
 
Committee Members:
 
Dr. Norma E. Cantú, Chair
University of Texas at San Antonio
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio, TX 78249

Dr. Lorenzo García, Member
University of North Texas
Department of Dance & Theatre
1155 Union circle #310607
Denton, TX 76203-5017
 
Christina Gutiérrez, Member
152 Terrell Road Apt. 4
San Antonio, TX 78209
 
Emmy Pérez, Member
1201 W. University Drive
Department of English
University of Texas-Pan American
Edinburg, TX 78539