Noah Gallagher Shannon is from northern Colorado. His work has been featured in The New York Times Magazine, Slate, The Washington Post, Runner’s World, and other publications. He teaches undergraduate composition at Columbia University.
The American West: A Collective Denial
Watkins raises the question: “What does a book about the West mean now?” Most stories we think of as Westerns have ignored the region’s defining tragedies....
Open to any author writing in English about the Chicanx/Latinx experience, the Rivera Book Prize is committed to the discovery and fostering of extraordinary writing by a first-time or early career author whose work examines the long and varied contributions of Chicanx/Latinx in the US. The Rivera Book Prize aims to provide a platform that showcases the emerging literary talent of the Chicanx/Latinx community, to cultivate the next generation of Chicanx/Latinx writers, and to continue the rich literary memory of Tomás Rivera, Chicano author, poet, activist, and educator.
Entry Fee: $35. Entry fees are non-refundable.
