Fourth Edition of the Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize Winner
Letras Latinas,
the literary program
of the Institute for Latino Studies
at the University of Notre Dame,
is pleased to announce the winner
of the Fourth Edition
of the Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize:
Emma Trelles is the winner of the 4th edition of the Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize. Her collection Tropicalia is forthcoming from the University of Notre Dame Press in 2011. She is also the author of the chapbook, Little Spells (GOSS183) and a two-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize. She is the editor of OCHO: The Travel Issue and MiPOesias Magazine's American Cuban Issue. She has been a featured author at the Palabra Pura reading series at the Guild Literary Complex in Chicago and at the Miami Book Fair International. Her work has appeared in publications such as Verse Daily, Gulf Stream, 3 AM Magazine, Oranges and Sardines, Newsday, the Miami Herald, Latina magazine, and the Sun-Sentinel, where she was the art critic for three years. She is a regular contributor to the Best American Poetry blog; read her rambles here: http://blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_american_poetry/.
