The University of Guadalajara, through a project created by the Environmental Sciences Museum as part of the University’s Cultural Center, and with the support of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, has established the José Emilio Pacheco City and Nature Award. The prize, which will be given for the first time this year, will be dedicated to poetry. The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will be given a purse of US $10,000. The award is dedicated to poet José Emilio Pacheco, whose work explores the duality between cities and nature.
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The call closed the past June 17th
Created by the University of Guadalajara, and with the collaboration of the National Institute for Indigenous Languages, the Culture Ministry, the National Commission for the Development of the Indigenous Cultures and Jalisco’s Department of Education, the American Indigenous Literature Award is granted to enrich, protect and promote the legacy and richness of Mexico’s indigenous peoples through literature in all its forms, and to and acknowledge and further develop the careers and works of indigenous authors. The award, which carries a purse of US $25,000, will be given for the fourth time at the 2016 FIL Guadalajara.
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The call closed the past July 12th 
The SM Ibero-American Award for Literature for Children and Young People was implemented in 2005, the year of Ibero-American literature, with the goal of promoting literature for children and young people throughout Ibero-America. The award is given out each year during the Guadalajara International Book Fair to recognize writers of literature for children and young people and carries a purse of US $30,000.
Juan Carlos Quezadas
Karime Cardona Cury
With the goal of creating a network that helps to encourage the work of illustrators of books for children and young people in Ibero-America, the SM Foundation and the FIL Guadalajara invites illustrators to submit their work to be included in the Annual Ibero-American Illustration Catalog. The 45 works selected will be displayed in an exposition at the Guadalajara International Book Fair. In addition, illustrators will have the opportunity to work on an illustrated book with Ediciones SM and the winner will be given US $5,000. You can find more information at: www.iberoamericailustra.com
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The call closed the past April 25thProgram Search
The garden letters
FIL Science
The garden letters
Participants: Susana Magallón, Luci Romero
Moderator: María Emilia Beyer
Organiza: Universum, Museo de las Ciencias de la UNAM, Ministerio de Cultura de España, Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) and FIL Guadalajara
The secret life of your house
FIL Science
The secret life of your house
Participant: América Valenzuela
Presenter: Joel Dalmau
Organiza: BBVA Aprendemos Juntos and FIL Guadalajara
Culinary Revolution: Science and Innovation with Ferran Adrià
FIL Science
Culinary Revolution: Science and Innovation with Ferran Adrià
Participant: Ferran Adrià
Presenter: Luis Prendes
Organiza: Fundación Telefónica Movistar México and FIL Guadalajara
Wild sex
FIL Science
Wild sex
Participants: Constantino Macías, María Emilia Beyer
Organiza: Universum, Museo de las Ciencias de la UNAM and FIL Guadalajara
Journey to the origins of Mexican archeology
FIL Science
Journey to the origins of Mexican archeology
Participants: Leonardo López Luján, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
Organiza: El Colegio Nacional and FIL Guadalajara
From the great explosion to the origin of civilizations
FIL Science
From the great explosion to the origin of civilizations
Participants: Susana Lizano, Rosa M. Torres, Ligia Pérez Cruz, Alberto Nigoche
Moderator: Jaime Urrutia Fucugauchi
Coordinates: Luis Felipe Rodríguez, Jaime Urrutia Fucugauchi
Organiza: El Colegio Nacional and FIL Guadalajara
OCD, without prejudices or taboos: a look at obsessive-compulsive disorder
FIL Science
OCD, without prejudices or taboos: a look at obsessive-compulsive disorder
Participants: Lynne M. Drummond, Liz Basáñez, Humberto Nicolini
Organiza: Adjetiva Editorial and FIL Guadalajara
If I were a Neanderthal
FIL Science
If I were a Neanderthal
Participant: Juan Luis Arsuaga Ferreras
Presenter: Claudia Luna Fuentes
Organiza: FIL Guadalajara, with the support of Ministerio de Cultura de España and Acción Cultural Española (AC/E)
Plants are also sapiens
FIL Science
Plants are also sapiens
Participant: Paco Calvo
Presenter: José Luis Navarrete
Organiza: FIL Guadalajara, with the support of Ministerio de Cultura de España and Acción Cultural Española (AC/E)
Literature and science: when reality is stranger than fiction
FIL Science
Literature and science: when reality is stranger than fiction
Participant: Santiago Domínguez
Moderator: Alejandra Vázquez
