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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-FictionRamirez Award for Most Significant Scholarly BookHelen C. Smith Memorial Award for Best Book of PoetryJohn A. Robertson Award for First Book Of PoetryEdwin “Bud” Shrake Award for Short NonfictionKay Cattarulla Award for Best Short StoryH-E-B/Jean Flynn Best Children’s BookH-E-B Best Young Adults BookDenton Record-Chronicle Best Children’s Picture BookSoeurette Diehl Fraser Award for Best Translation of a BookFred Whitehead Award for Best Design of a Trade Book
Texas Institute of Letters:http://www.TexasInstituteofLetters.org
Thank you.Sergio Troncoso

At Chicago’s La Dieciocho (Pilsen) touring the...

At Chicago’s La Dieciocho (Pilsen) touring the neighborhood’s murals and The National Museum of Mexican Art.

Five Fresh Looks at Tejano/Mexicano Experience

In the Dallas Morning News, an article I wrote about five excellent books:

“Books about the Tejano/Mexicano experience have been booming lately. Here are five writers emblematic of the power in the literary voices of the Mexican-American community and their recognition in Texas and beyond.”

https://www.dallasnews.com/arts/books/2017/09/15/five-fresh-looks-tejanomexicano-experience

Visiting the Henderson Middle School Hornets in El Paso, TX...

Visiting the Henderson Middle School Hornets in El Paso, TX today. So excited to talk to students and parents about creating a reading culture at home. #sergiotroncoso #reading

Sergio Troncoso and Ana Castillo at the 2017 Yale Writers’...

Sergio Troncoso and Ana Castillo at the 2017 Yale Writers’ Conference.

One Book, One College: Sergio Troncoso

Thank you, Housatonic Community College and Eric Vasquez, editor of Horizons, for this article:

“The stories of his schooling, his Mexican heritage, his complicated relationship with his father, his mother’s unwavering faith, and his wife’s fight with cancer are all explored in his collection of essays, Crossing Borders.

‘When I was writing this book I wanted to translate those immigrant values that were good for me at Harvard. I started writing stories with moral questions and philosophical questions that combined these worlds,’ Troncoso said….

The most consistent theme throughout the afternoon talk was giving back. Troncoso stressed that whatever knowledge one gains in life it is his or her responsibility to impart that knowledge in a manner that helps someone.”

http://housatonichorizons.com/2017/04/10/hccs-one-book-one-college-crosses-paths-with-author-sergio-troncoso/

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Housatonic Community College: One Book, One College

“One tremendous benefit for students is that Troncoso’s literary work creates space for thoughtful discussions, and a shared reading experience campus-wide. Troncoso is a dynamic speaker with a message of empowerment,“ said HCC Librarian Peter Everett.

http://bridgeport.dailyvoice.com/lifestyle/ivy-league-author-to-speak-in-bridgeport-on-growing-up-poor-in-border-town/704774/

One Book, One College: Sergio Troncoso

Part of a One Book, One College program, Troncoso’s writing workshop “Writing To, From, and Through Borders: A Latino Voice” will head the day-long public event: March 30, 2017, Housatonic Community College.

http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Crossing-Borders-author-at-HCC-11017661.php

Yale Writers’ Conference: Nonfiction Workshop, June 3-13, 2017

I’ll be teaching a Nonfiction Workshop at the Yale Writers’ Conference, June 3-13. We review student manuscripts, do craft exercises every day to improve your writing, and complete longer exercises to generate new work during the conference. The conference also includes Master Classes with visiting writers, panels with agents and publishers. Join us.

http://summer.yale.edu/academics/yale-writers-conference

A Narcissist with Power

“A narcissist with power will attempt to prove in the world only what is already in his head. He can’t ‘see’ otherwise. For him, the ‘outside world’ is not beyond him and does not question or challenge him and his ideas. He is the world. Others will assent to his distorted worldview, because he is powerful, not because he is believable. If he possesses any reflection, that will be exactly
what will gnaw at the narcissist with power most of all: his 'truths’
are inauthentic, and he is a human being without integrity. The very
narcissism and power he possesses prevent him from an ongoing relationship with the truth, which begins with self-humility and the
curiosity this can create in a person.”
―Sergio Troncoso