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Events in January 2022

  • - Book Launch for Tales of an Inland Empire Girl by Juanita E. Mantz
    Book Launch for Tales of an Inland Empire Girl by Juanita E. Mantz

    Book Launch for Tales of an Inland Empire Girl by Juanita E. Mantz


    January 29, 2022

    Saturday, January 29, 2022 (1:00-3:00 PM)

    Book Launch and Celebration for

    Tales of an Inland Empire Girl by Juanita E. Mantz

    Garcia Center for the Arts

    536 W 11th St

    San Bernardino CA 92410

    Free and open to the public.

    Masks required.

     Meet us at the Garcia Center in San Bernardino as we celebrate the launch of Tales of an Inland Empire Girl by local author and public defender, Juanita E. Mantz.

    Tales of an Inland Empire Girl will available at the event for sale and signing, or you may order here: https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Inland-Empire-Juanita-Mantz/dp/1735698431

    Tales of an Inland Empire Girl is a searing, beautiful memoir that illuminates the struggles of parents who are beaten down by life and their arduous working-class jobs and of children who are trapped in the middle of their parents’ battles. A compelling read-raw, honest, and hopeful. I wish this book existed when I was growing up. It would have been my life preserver.” liz gonzález, author of Dancing in the Santa Ana Winds

  • - Eliud Martínez Prize Submission Window CLOSES
    Eliud Martínez Prize Submission Window CLOSES

    Eliud Martínez Prize Submission Window CLOSES

    Call for Entries
    January 31, 2022

    The Eliud Martínez Prize submission window opens November 1, 2021 and runs through January 31, 2022! If you are a first book author in fiction or creative nonfiction who identifies as Hispanic, Latino/a/x, or Chicana/o/x, you won’t want to miss this opportunity to submit your work for consideration.

    For submission guidelines and eligibility, please visit: https://tinyurl.com/InlandiaEMP.

    The Eliud Martínez Prize was established to honor the memory of Eliud Martínez (1935-2020), artist, novelist, and professor emeritus of creative writing at University of California, Riverside. One prize of $1000 and book publication through Inlandia Books will be awarded for a first book in fiction or creative nonfiction by a Hispanic, Latino/a/x, or Chicana/o/x writer.

    Inlandia is proud to announce that esteemed author Alex Espinoza (Still Water Saints, The Five Acts of Diego León, Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime) will serve as judge for the 2022 Eliud Martínez Prize.