{"id":406,"date":"2012-06-11T10:27:27","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T16:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robleswrites.com\/myblog\/?p=406"},"modified":"2012-06-11T10:27:27","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T16:27:27","slug":"my-evening-at-the-latino-literacy-nows-international-latino-book-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robleswrites.com\/myblog\/2012\/06\/11\/my-evening-at-the-latino-literacy-nows-international-latino-book-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"My evening at the  Latino Literacy Now\u2019s International Latino Book Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">My evening at the Latino Literacy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> Now\u2019s International Latino\u00a0Book Awards<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">June 5, 2012 at the Instituto Cervantes in New York City I had the honor of being part of the largest and most important Latino book awards in the United States.<\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">The 14th Annual International Latino Book Awards!<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<table width=\"438\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-408\" title=\"latino book awards-01\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/latino-book-awards-01-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-409\" title=\"latino book awards-02\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/latino-book-awards-02-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/latino-book-awards-03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-410 alignleft\" title=\"latino book awards-03\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/latino-book-awards-03-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a>My first book, Conversations With My Skin, was awarded second place in the category Best Poetry in English!<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">148 authors and publishers were honored<br \/>\nand the awards were presented by the following:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Latino Literacy Now<\/span> &#8211; an organization founded to promote literacy in the Latino community in all forms: educational, financial, reading, and community awareness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Las Comadres Para Las Americas, founded by Nora de Hoyos Comstock PhD<\/span>. &#8211; With informal groups established around the country for over 25 years, Nora Comstock\u2019s desire is to build community and share resources. Using her technological background she wants to take the Comadres groups to a new level using the internet as a resources for empowerment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Instituto Cervantes<\/span> &#8211; A not-for-profit organization created by the Spanish government in 1991 with the goal of promoting the teaching of Spanish and to contribute to the advancement of the culture of the Spanish speaking countries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/latino-book-awards-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-416\" title=\"latino book awards-10\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/latino-book-awards-10-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photographed here with fellow authors and first place winners. Gloria Rodriguez, founder and director of <a title=\"Gloria M Rodriguez\" href=\"http:\/\/dealmas.org\/\">www.DeAlmas.org<\/a><br \/>\nand<br \/>\nGraciela Tiscare\u00f1o-Sato Social Entrepreneur and Chief Creative Officer of Gracefully Global Group, LLC. <a title=\"Latino Ovating\" href=\"www.latinovating.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.latinovating.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-413\" title=\"latino book awards-06\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/latino-book-awards-06-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/>Photographed here with Nora De Hoyos Comstock founder of Las Comadres Para Las Americas.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>It was an evening filled with authors of various genres. Voices from Spain, Colombia, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, Guatemala, and from various parts of the United States all came together to celebrate one another.<\/p>\n<table width=\"438\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/latino-book-awards-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-411\" title=\"latino book awards-04\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/latino-book-awards-04-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/latino-book-awards-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-412\" title=\"latino book awards-05\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/latino-book-awards-05-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"438\" border=\"\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/latino-book-awards-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-414\" title=\"latino book awards-07\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/latino-book-awards-07-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/latino-book-awards-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-415\" title=\"latino book awards-09\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/latino-book-awards-09-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"438\" border=\"\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/latino-book-awards-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-418\" title=\"latino book awards-12\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/latino-book-awards-12-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/latino-book-awards-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-419\" title=\"latino book awards-13\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/latino-book-awards-13-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It was a wonderful evening!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a 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