Nomination Guidelines

Deadline for 2025 submissions: January 31, 2026.

Nominate a Title Published in 2025
View the complete Américas Award Guidelines

The book must be published in 2025.
The title may be for primary or secondary reading levels.
Language of publication may be English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, or any language indigenous to the Americas.
The book must be published in the United States (including Puerto Rico) or by a publisher with offices within the U.S.
Submissions may be fiction, poetry, folklore, or non-fiction.
A book will only be considered in its first year of publication in the United States. A book originally published in the U.S. in English with a translated edition in a subsequent year will only be eligible the first year of the edition.

Process

To nominate a 2025 copyright title, publishers are invited to submit eleven copies of the nominated book to the Américas Review Committee Members (including the ex-officio member) and the Award Coordinators by January 31, 2026. There is no entry fee. For all questions, please reach out to award coordinators: Katrina Dillon (kedillon@arizona.edu) and Cynthia Garza (cgarza@tulane.edu).

The list of award winners, honor books, and commended titles will be announced in June 2026, recognizing works published in in the previous year.

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Please send twelve copies of the nominated book (one each) to the Review Committee Members, the Award Coordinators, and the Ex-officio Member:

REVIEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Julia Byrd
2767 Barry Place
Oakland, CA 94601
juliabyrd@berkeley.edu
2025-2027

Shane Carter
3121 College Ave, Apt 4.
Berkeley, CA 94705
orias@berkeley.edu
2024-2026

Hassael Cazesuz
4490 West Jeffrey Road
Tucson, Arizona 85746
hassael.cazesuz@pima.gov
2024-2026

Jessi Nicholls
3410 Robert Street
New Orleans, LA 70125
Jnicholla@gmail.com
2026-2028

Dr. Marisela Ramos
1807 17th St., Unit 4
Santa Monica, CA 90404
marisela.j.ramos@gmail.com
2026-2028

Vivian Santana Pacheco
3052 Blossom Street
Oakland, CA 94601
vivsantana12@gmail.com
2026-2028

Flavia M. Vidal, Ph.D.
70 Steuben Court
West Lafayette, IN 47906
fmvidal@purdue.edu
2026-2028

Dr. Miriam Villanueva
180 Main Street
Andover, MA 01810
mvillanueva@andover.edu
2025-2027

Kristine Witko
9009 Okeith Court
Springfield, VA 22152
kristinewitko@gmail.com
2026-2028

AWARD COORDINATORS

Dr. Katrina Dillon
1913 Indianhead Road
Dayton, OH 45459
kedillon@arizona.edu
(505) 463-0980

Cynthia Garza
Tulane University
Stone Center for Latin American Studies
6801 Freret Avenue.
100 Jones Hall
New Orleans, LA 70118
cgarza@tulane.edu
(504) 862-3143

Ex-officio

Dr. Monica VanBladel
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
NWQ B 2479 2025 Newport Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53211