The Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize Competition is a biennial program of Letras Latinas in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame Press. Founded in 2004, the Latino poetry competition seeks to publish the first collection of a promising Latino-American poet who has not previously published a book of poetry.
Honoring Andrés Montoya The award is named in honor of Andrés Montoya, a Chicano poet. Montoya died from leukemia in 1999 before the publication of his book, The Iceworker Sings and Other Poems. That collection would later go on to win the 1997 UC Irvine Chicano/Latino Literary Prize and the before Columbus 2000 American Book Award. Bilingual Press issued a second printing of the book in 2017. 2019 will mark the 20th anniversary since its publication.
Founder and Coordinator In his role as director of Letras Latinas, the literary initiative at the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame, Francisco Aragón founded the Prize in 2004 and serves as its coordinator.
Past winners
+Listing of past competitions Year Poet Book Judges2020Darrel Alejandro HolnesStepmotherlandJohn Murillo2018Heidi Andrea Restrepo RhodesThe Inheritance of HauntingAda Limón2016Felicia ZamoraOf Form & Gather Edwin Torres2014David CamposFurious DuskRhina P. Espaillat 2012 Laurie Ann Guerrero A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying Francisco X. Alarcón 2010 Emma Trelles Tropicalia Silvia Curbelo 2008 Paul Martínez Pompa My Kill Adore Him Martín Espada 2006 Gabriel Gómez The Outer Bands Valerie Martínez 2004 Sheryl Luna Pity the Drowned Horses Robert Vasquez
See also List of poetry awards
References
External links Information on the prize from the Institute of Latino Studies Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize