Recent Winners

Events in December 2023

11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke

11:00 am: All Genres Workshop with Mae Wagner Marinello

3:30 pm: Tesoros de Cuentos “Viva Abuelita Power” with Frances J. Vasquez

11:00 am: Inlandia at Alternative Gift Fair!

11:00 am: All Genres Workshop with Mae Wagner Marinello

6:30 pm: Launch “Breaking Pattern” by Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera

11:00 am: All Genres Workshop with Mae Wagner Marinello

3:30 pm: Tesoros de Cuentos “Viva Abuelita Power” with Frances J. Vasquez

Past Hillary Gravendyk Prize Winners, top row, l-r: Kenji C. Liu (*Map of an Onion*, 2015), Angela Peñaredondo (*All Things Lost Thousands of Times*, 2015), Marco Maisto (*Traces of a Fifth Column*, 2016), Rachelle Cruz (*God’s Will for Monsters*, 2016), Malcolm Friend (*Our Bruises Kept Singing Purple*, 2017); second row, l-r: Michelle Peñaloza (*Former Possessions of the Spanish Empire*, 2018), Elizabeth Cantwell (*All the Emergency-Type Structures*, 2018), Adam Martinez (*Remyth: A Postmodernist Ritual*, 2019), Bronwen Tate (*The Silk the Moths Ignore*, 2019), Michael Samra (*among the enemies*, 2020); third row, l-r: Jonathan Maule (*This Side of the Fire*, 2020), Angelica Maria Barraza (*How to Know You’re Dreaming When You’re Dreaming, Lesson One*, 2021), Alexandra Martinez (*Our Lady of Perpetual Desert*, 2021), Tiffany Elliott (*Bones Awaiting the Blaze*, 2022), Will Barnes (*The Artemisia,* 2022)

Past judges: Maureen Alsop, Cynthia Arrieu-King, Stacie Callies, Megan Gravendyk Estrella, Jessica Fisher, Charles Legere, rob mclennan, Margaret Ronda, Chad Sweeney, Valerie Wallace.

To purchase, visit the Inlandia Books Bookshop. For desk copies or information about direct from the publisher sales, write to publications@inlandiainstitute.org. The Hillary Gravendyk Prize is an annual open book competition with two prizes, one national and one regional, each with its own $1000 award.

3 11:00 am: Inlandia at Alternative Gift Fair! 11:00 am – 3:00 pm December 3, 2023 Riverside's Alternative Gift Fair features vendors selling hand made crafts, with proceeds supporting non profit causes. Some of our traditional vendors are Heifer International, United Methodist handcrafts, 10,000 Villages, Glocally Connected, handmade paper flowers, Riverside Food Coop food and jams, books and cards from the Inland Communities Fellowship of Reconciliation and Soroptimist International baskets. We are adding The Guatemala Project this year, which provides clean running water to people who need it. Also new this year, ceramic bowls from Rebecca Waring-Crane, a project that relates to alleviating childhood hunger. Homemade soup, music and community will complete the fair. This is a Riverside holiday tradition! First United Methodist Church is the host, and there is plenty of free parking. More

7 11:00 am: All Genres Workshop with Mae Wagner Marinello 11:00 am – 1:00 pm December 7, 2023 All Genres Workshop with Mae Wagner Marinello (All Levels) Thursdays, 11:00 AM-1:00 PM, Redlands Community Center, 111 W. Lugonia Ave, Redlands, Ongoing. Meets Weekly. (A Zoom option may be available; contact Inlandia for details.) To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2023CWW This ongoing writing workshop meets weekly at Redlands Community Center. Memoir writing, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction writing are all encouraged and welcome. Discover the pure joy of writing and creating with others in a supportive environment. Mae Wagner Marinello has been a part of Inlandia since a 2008 writing workshop with Ruth Nolan. In 2014, she began facilitating a weekly writing workshop called Joslyn Joy Writers, at the Joslyn Senior Center in Redlands. During the pandemic lockdown, the weekly workshop continued on Zoom; it is now a hybrid class averaging between 10-20 combined participants on Zoom and in-person. More 6:30 pm: Launch “Breaking Pattern” by Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm December 7, 2023 Inlandia to launch “Breaking Pattern” by Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera Inlandia Institute is excited to announce the release of Breaking Pattern by Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera, published under the Inlandia Books imprint. A book launch will take place on Thursday, December 7, beginning at 6:30 PM in Riverside Main Library’s Community Room. Please join us for a celebration of young adult fiction, cowgirl life, and the high stakes world of junior rodeo – with special guests Juanita E. Mantz, Nikia Chaney, Melissa Chadburn, and book cover artist, Rosy Cortez. A discussion about family and cultural community, grounding one’s work in place, and writing strategies from marginalized voices is planned, along with selected readings from Breaking Pattern. Riverside Main Library is located at 3900 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Books will be available for sale at the launch while supplies last, but you can purchase your copy today and pick it up at the event – or have it shipped! To preorder Breaking Pattern with special preorder pricing, please visit: https://tinyurl.com/PreorderBreakingPattern More

14 11:00 am: All Genres Workshop with Mae Wagner Marinello 11:00 am – 1:00 pm December 14, 2023 All Genres Workshop with Mae Wagner Marinello (All Levels) Thursdays, 11:00 AM-1:00 PM, Redlands Community Center, 111 W. Lugonia Ave, Redlands, Ongoing. Meets Weekly. (A Zoom option may be available; contact Inlandia for details.) To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2023CWW This ongoing writing workshop meets weekly at Redlands Community Center. Memoir writing, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction writing are all encouraged and welcome. Discover the pure joy of writing and creating with others in a supportive environment. Mae Wagner Marinello has been a part of Inlandia since a 2008 writing workshop with Ruth Nolan. In 2014, she began facilitating a weekly writing workshop called Joslyn Joy Writers, at the Joslyn Senior Center in Redlands. During the pandemic lockdown, the weekly workshop continued on Zoom; it is now a hybrid class averaging between 10-20 combined participants on Zoom and in-person. More 3:30 pm: Tesoros de Cuentos “Viva Abuelita Power” with Frances J. Vasquez 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm December 14, 2023 Tesoros de Cuentos “Viva Abuelita Power” with Frances J. Vasquez Eight Thursdays, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/30, and 12/7, 2023; 3:30 - 5:30 PM (No meeting on Thanksgiving.) In person at SSgt. Salvador J. Lara Casa Blanca Library, 2985 Madison St., Riverside CA 92504. To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2023CWW Inlandia’s Tesoros de Cuentos bilingual creative writing workshop is back! This fall, the “Viva Abuelita Power” theme will give voice to the wisdom, knowledge, and power of the Grandmother. Through writing exercises, participants will unravel from their hearts and memories personal experiences and/or stories of the abuelitas in their lives — chronicling a treasure trove of sweet and savory recollections. Tesoros Motto: Las palabras vuelan; los escritos quedan — Words fly; writings endure. Frances J. Vásquez is a native Inlandian of immigrant parents from México. She attended local schools and earned BS and MBA degrees from UC Riverside. An aficionada of arts and letters, she loves cultural events and served as a guide at Riverside Art Museum. She is director Emerita of the Inlandia institute. More