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Alma Villanueva, Poems,
1976–77

Helena María Viramontes,
Birthday, 1978–79

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Henry Andrew Wade-Varela,
Dulce et decorum, 1980–81

Silviana Wood,
And where Was Pancho Villa when You Really Need Him?, 1987–88; Una vez, en un barrio de sueños, 1988–89

Z

Norman Antonio Zelaya, No title available,
1996–97

CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX OF PRIZE-WINNERS
1974-75

Ron Arias,
The Wetback

William Busic,
The Grey Dogs

César A. González,
A ver, hijo

Ana María Hernández,
Grandma

Frank Lostanau, Poems

Amalio Madueño,
Rancho de la nación

Rita Mendoza,
Thoughts of a Chicana Woman

Alejandro Murguía, Poems

Juan Luciano Ortiz, Poems

Ramón Ortiz,
Cecilia

Mario Rodríguez,
The Summer Collection

Salvador Rodríguez del Pino, Poems

Lorenza Calvillo Schmidt,
Palabras contigo

George Verdugo,
F and Independence

1975-76

Rosa M. Carillo,
Amor y libertad; Calor

Ana Castillo, Poems

Noé Magaña Chávez,
Más mezcla maistro

Saúl Cuevas,
El tren

R. A. Díaz,
Mini-poemas

Máximo Espinoza, Poems

Arturo Gálvez,
Historia de dragones; Detrás

Anna Hernández,
Seven Poems

Barbara Hernández,
Bautizo; Mazmorra

Yolanda Luera, Poems

David Maturino,
California, fragmento de México

M. V. Noreña,
A tres bandas

Héctor González Padilla,
El crimen

Laura O. Parra, Poems

Anna Pérez, Poems

Guillermo A. Prieto,
Poemas

Tony Pryzblo, Poems

Silvia Rosales,
El puente de los esclavos

Rosaura Sánchez,
Transparencias

Jesús Santana,
Revoltijo poético

Gary Soto, Poems

José Luis Vargas,
El ojo del agua

Pedro Ortiz Vásquez, Poems

1976-77

Marisela Cortez Adams,
Tomorrow is Only Saturday

Carlos Lombrana,
I Only Came Here to Grease

Rey Madueño,
A Pure and Simple Fantasy

Roberto Rodríguez,
Mystery Forgotten: The Disappearance of the Maya People

Victor Manuel Valle,
Ilegal

Alma Villanueva, Poems

1977-78

José Alfaro, No title available

Rita M. Canales,
The Awakening

Javier Pacheco, No title available

Dolores Ramos, No title available

Samuel Royball, No title available

Nedra Ruíz, Poems

1978-79

Reymundo Gamboa,
Your Disdain

Art Godorniz, Poems

Juan Felipe Herrera,
Antiteatro y poemas

M. C. Peralta,
One Performance Only

Orlando Ramírez,
Speedway

Helena María Viramontes,
Birthday

1979-80

Arnold Bojórquez,
El rey

Elaine Brooks, Poems

Rosemary Susan Cadena, Poems

Rubén Medina, Poems

Jesús Mena,
El risueño

David Nava Monreal,
A Pastoral Tale

Benito Pastoriza, Poems

Clyde Salazar, Poems

1980-81

Manuel R. Aguilera,
María

Roberto Álvarez, Poems

Alfred Arteaga, Poems

Juan Manuel Bernal,
Confesiones de un seudo-poeta: digresiones de un demente

Zamora Damación,
Orchards

Pedro Gutiérrez, Poems

María-Christina Keller,
At the Top of the Stairs

Phyllis Victoria López, Poems

Martha Manqueros,
Claudia

Michael Nava,
Sixteen Poems

Jesús Rosales,
Parte del proceso

Henry Andrew Wade-Varela,
Dulce et decorum

1981-82

Leonard Adame,
Flute Songs

Andrés Álvarez,
A Solitary Migration: Baja California

Barbara Brinson-Pineda,
Litanía peregrina

Adam Gettinger-Brizuela,
Awakening

Cathy Medina, Poems

Alfonso Niño,
Mingo's Bar

Mary Helen Ponce,
Recuerdo: When Rito Died

José Luis Quintero,
El manuscrito de Heinz Steiner

Diego Rodríguez,
Un baile sin música

Frank Sifuentes,
Mi padrino Apolinar

Arthur Valenzuela, Poems

Armando Vallejo, Poems

1982-83

Gabriel de Anda, Poems

Luis Morones Careaga,
The Goddess within Subterranean Women

Wilfredo Q. Castaño,
Bone Games

Gustavo Chavando,
Agustín, el bueno

Jack López,
The Boy Who Swam With Dolphins

Richard Alexander Lou,
Works

Luis J. Rodríguez,
Sometimes You Dance With a Watermelon

Elizabeth Noriega Stein,
Chilpancingo and the Need to Know

Kathleen J. Torres,
The Lantern of her Caves

1983-84

Francisco X. Alarcón,
Tattoos

Andrea Teresa Arenas, Poems

Víctor Ávila, Poems

Lucha Corpi,
Shadows on Ebbing Water

Juan Delgado,
Landscapes

Gary D. Keller, El Huitlacoche,
The Raza Who Scored Big in Anáhuac

David Nava Monreal,
Variations Between Worlds

Michael Ricardo,
Grus Xicanus

Ana María Salazar,
La última despedida

Patricio F. Vargas,
Payback: Dirty for Dirty

1984-85

Fausto Avendaño,
Los buenos indicios

Deborah Fernández Badillo, Poems

Rosalinda Hernández, Poems

Juan Felipe Herrera,
Memoir: Checker-Piece

Margarita Luna Robles,
Urbano: Letters of the Horseshoe Murder

Gloria Velásquez Treviño,
Sunland

1985-86

Carlos López Azur, No title available

Patricia Preciado Martín,
María de las trenzas

Héctor Menez, No title available

Javier Barrales Pacheco, No title available

Terri de la Peña, No title available

Gustavo Segade, Poems

1986-87

Alfred Arteaga,
Cantos

Charles Ramírez Berg, No title available

Victor Carrillo, No title available

Olivia Dávila Flores,
Qué, cómo y cuándo

Reymundo Gamboa,
50/50 Chance

César A. González-T., No title available

Jerry L. Gurule, No title available

Yolanda Luera, No title available

David Nava Monreal,
Cellmates

Carlos Morton,
Johnny Tenorio

Jorge Antonio Renaud,
No title avalaible

Carmen Tafolla,
Hot Line

1987-88

Olivia Dávila Flores, No title available

Ignacio García, No title available

Arturo Mantecón, No title available

Demetria Martínez,
Chimayó, Mexico

Cherríe Moraga, Poems

Alfonso Peña Ramos,
Matachín Dancer

Rafael del Valle, No title available

Silviana Wood,
And where Was Pancho Villa when You Really Need Him?

1988-89

Alberto Ledesma,
Poetry for Homeboys on the Foul Line

María Josefina López,
Simply María, or America's Dream

Tom Lugo,
Mexican Ascent of the Academic Shreckhorn

Patricia Preciado Martín,
Songs My Mother Sang to Me

Arturo Salcedo-Martínez, No title available

José Rendón, Poems

Benjamín Alire Sáenz,
Alligator Park

Liliana Valenzuela,
Zurcidos invisibles

Silviana Wood,
Una vez, en un barrio de sueños

1989-90

María Dolores Bolívar,
La palabra (H)era

Carlos Nicolás Flores,
La cantina del gusanito

José Manuel Galván,
Las tandas de San Cuilmas

Atila Guerrero,
The Crystal Chandelier

Graciela Limón,
Concha's Husband

Cheta Martínez,
Vida loca: Cheta Martínez's Underground Chronicles

Rubén Benjamín Martínez,
Plaza mayor

David Meléndez,
No Flag

Elba Rosario Sánchez,
Tunas a la luna

Raquel Valle,
Alcanzando un sueño

1990-91

Ignacio M. García, No title available

Graciela Limón,
Voice in the Ramah

Manuel Ramos,
The Ballad of Rocky Ruíz

1991-92

Terri de la Peña,
Ventanas

Mary Helen Ponce, No title available

Patricia Santana Bejar, No title available

1992-93

Laura Fargas, Poems

1993-94

Elaine Romero,
Walking Home

1994-95

Evangeline Blanco,
Caribe

Jo Ann Yolanda Hernández, No title available

Alberto A. Ríos, No title available

1995-96

Jo Ann Yolanda Hernández, No title available

Nydia Rojas, No title available

Mike Padilla,
Hard Language

1996-97

Andrés Montoya,
The Iceworker Sings and Other Songs

Antonio Salinas, No title available

Norman Antonio Zelaya, No title available

1997-98

Frank Canino, Yanira Contreras and Beatriz Pizano, No title available

Angelo Parra,
Song of the Coquí

Catriona Rueda, No title available

1998-99

Verónica González, No title available

Patricia Santana,
Motorcycle Ride on the Sea of Tranquility

Francisco X. Stork, No title available

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES

Francisco X. Alarcón
was born in Wilmington, California, and was raised in Guadalajara, Mexico. He is the author of ten books of poetry including
Tattoos
(1985),
Ya vas, Carnal
(1985),
Quake Poems
(1989),
Body in Flames / Cuerpo en llamas
(1990),
Loma Prieta
(1990),
De amor oscuro / Of Dark Love
(1991),
Snake Poems: An Aztec Invocation
(1992),
Poemas zurdos
(1992), and
No Golden Gate for Us
(1993). Two of his books have been translated into Gaelic and one into Swedish. Alarcón has been the recipient of the Danworth and Fulbright fellowships. He won the 1998 Carlos Pellicer-Robert Frost Poetry Honor Award (Third Bi-National Border Poetry Contest) and the 1993 American Book Award. He currently teaches at the University of California, Davis, where he directs the Spanish for Native Speakers Program.

Alfred Arteaga
is Associate Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of numerous books of poetry and theoretical essays. He is the recipient of a Rockefeller Fellowship (1993), the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1995), and the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award for Literary Excellence for
House with the Blue Bed
(1997). Additional publications include
Cantos
(1991),
Red
(2000), and
Frozen Accident
(2006).

Ron Arias
was born in Los Angeles and has lived in the United States, Germany, Spain, Argentina, Peru, and Mexico. Arias taught literature and journalism at the college level for thirteen years and worked as a magazine journalist for eighteen years. Arias also served two years in the Peace Corps. His short novel
The Road to Tamazunchale
, was nominated for the National Book Award in 1978, and in 2002, it was translated into Spanish by Basarai Bilingual Press. His current project is a novel entitled
Ibarra
, a fictional account of the teenage, mid-16th century explorer of northwest Mexico. Arias is a Correspondent for
People
Magazine, AOL-Time Warner.

Deborah Fernández Badillo
lives in California and has worked with La Calaca Review.

Juan Manuel Bernal
lives and teaches in San Diego, California. He is the author of
La Cocina en huelga de hambre
(1986),
La Ventana del ojo rojo
(1986), and
Diaridad
(1988). His most recent publication is entitled
Para llevar amorizando
by Editorial Algo (2001).

Evangeline Blanco
is a native of Puerto Rico. Her current occupation is Payroll Examiner for the state of New York. She currently resides in Queens, New York. Her winning novel
Caribe
was published by Doubleday Press in 1998.

Wilfredo Q. Castaño
is the author of
Small Stones Cast Upon Tender Earth
(1981). He is active at the Poetry Center at San Francisco State University and has had his work reviewed in the
American Poetry Review, The Greenfield Review, Tin-Tan Cósmico Magazine, Kosmos Anthology
, and
City of San Francisco Magazine
. He has translated the work of Otto René Castillo in
Volcán
(1984). He teaches writing and photography at the college level.

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