[Crwt-undergrad-info] ***ANNOUNCING The 2022 Eluid Martínez Endowed Scholarship Fund in Creative Writing***

[Alex Espinoza]

Please see the attached flier and info below to submit to the Martínez
Creative Writing contest. Winner will receive *$1,000*. Any questions,
please email alex.espinoza2 at ucr.edu.

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*PURPOSE*
The Eliud Martínez Endowed Scholarship Fund in Creative Writing was
established to support an undergraduate student majoring in Creative
Writing who demonstrates academic excellence and shows a commitment to the
Chicanx or Latinx communities. This prize is administered by the College of
Humanities, and Social Sciences and judged by faculty in the Creative
Writing Department.

*SUBMISSION GUIDELINES*
Submit a 5-10 page writing sample (e.g. series of poems, one short story,
or memoir piece) in addition to a one-page description detailing
extra-curricular activities and/or community service in the Chicanx or
Latinx communities. Please remember to number your pages, include your name
and contact information, and title your work. Email materials by *November
21, 2022 *to: MARTINEZPRIZE at GMAIL.COM.

*ABOUT ELIUD*
Eliud Martínez, artist and novelist, is the author of Güero-Güero: The
White Mexican and Other Published and Unpublished Stories (2021, Riverside:
Inlandia Books) and Voice-Haunted Journey (1990, U of AZ, Tempe: Bilingual
Review Press) and editor of American Identities: California Short Stories
of Multiple Ancestries. Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing and
Comparative Literature at the University of California, Riverside campus,
he published several scholarly articles and essays, and a book, The Art of
Mariano Azuela. In 1975 he introduced the first multi-ethnic literature
course at UC Riverside, “Chicano Literature in Comparative Ethnic
Perspective.” In 1985, he designed “Introduction to Race and Ethnicity,” a
course that became a requirement for all students at UC Riverside. In 1991
his course “Creative Writing and Ancestry” also became a required course
for majors and minors in creative writing. Professor Martínez passed away
in 2020.


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*Alex Espinoza*
Associate Professor
Tomás Rivera Endowed Chair
Department of Creative Writing
INTN 3046 | alex.espinoza2 at ucr.edu
www.alexespinoza.com
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