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The
John Barry Award for New Fiction in Spanish
was inaugurated in September 2004, on the first anniversary of
Professor Barry's untimely death, in order to continue his
objectives of recognizing excellence in the work of established
Chicago authors writing in Spanish, and to encourage the
activities of new 21st-century writers in the significantly
Latin-Americanized city of Chicago. For the first five
years this prize was limited to contestants writing in the
Chicago area; in 2008 it has been expanded to allow contestants
writing in Spanish throughout the United States and Canada.
The award carries a cash prize of $1000 for the best story, as
chosen by a panel of judges from Chicago-based universities,
editorial boards, and other organizations. In 2008 the
Award, as well as travel expenses for the winner to attend the
award ceremony in Chicago, are co-sponsored by
Roosevelt University,
Contratiempo,
National-Louis University, the
University of Chicago College of the Humanities, el
Instituto Cervantes, and
the John Barry Award Foundation.
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