MACONDO
A HOMELAND FOR WRITERS
Chicana Writers and Community Bearers with C.A.S.A. Zamora
Ceasefire: A Call for Peace
The Macondo Writers Workshop is an association of socially-engaged writers working to advance creativity, foster generosity, and serve community. Founded in 1995 by writer Sandra Cisneros and named after the town in Gabriel García Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, the workshop gathers writers from all genres who work on geographic, cultural, economic, gender, and spiritual borders.
Macondo Writers Workshop Off-Site Open Mic
Join us for an awesome line-up of Macondista readers at AWP 2024 Kansas City.
February 8th from 8-10 p.m.
Mattie Rhodes Art Center & Cultural Center
1701 Jarboe Street
Kansas City, MO 64108
phone: 816-221-2349
For questions or more information about the open mic contact Maria Luisa Ornelas-June at: [email protected]
Konch Magazine
Read newly published essays in Konch Magazine by Macondistas Valeka Cruz and Lorena Ortiz who participated in the 2023 Nonfiction workshop with Faculty leader Ishmael Reed.
Announcing the 2024 Recipient of the Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa Award
The Board of the Macondo Writers Workshop has selected long-time Macondista Rachel Jennings for the Macondo Writers Workshop 2024 Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa Award. The award includes registration and fees at the Chuparosa level as well as a travel stipend to attend the Macondo Writers Workshop in the summer of 2024.
Named in honor of Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa, a queer South Texas writer and thinker, who did groundbreaking work and whose life as a writer exemplifies the tenets of the Macondo Writers Workshop, the award honors her life and work. Anzaldúa’s legacy is one of resilience and perseverance and she embodies a lifelong commitment to “the work.” For Anzaldúa, writing meant transformation and discovery. One of her more famous quotes is “By writing I put order in the world, give it a handle so I can grasp it.” We believe the award represents Macondo’s effort to empower a Macondista by offering a space to do the same.
The Macondo Writers Workshop board selects the annual awardee on the basis of an exceptional record of service and generosity to the Macondo Writers Workshop community. Jennings has embodied a spirit of generosity and this award seeks to honor her and support her as a writer and valued community member.
Rachel Jennings
teaches in the English Department at San Antonio College. She also serves on the board, or Conjunto de Nepantleras, of the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center. She is a member of the Macondo Writers Workshop. She has published three volumes of poetry: Hedge Ghosts (2001), Elijah’s Farm (2008), and Knoxville Girl: The Walk to the River (2011). Her poems have appeared in a number of periodicals and anthologies.
MACONDO AT AWP 2024 Kansas City
Macondo Writers Workshop members Karina Muñiz-Pagán, Maria-Luisa Ornelas-June, Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera, and Norma Elia Cantú will be hosting an offsite reading at AWP in Kansas City, Missouri February 7-10, 2024. More details coming soon!
Macondista Readings: Join us for three nights of Macondista Readings. Free and open to the public.
MACONDO WRITERS WORKSHOP OPEN MIC READING
Thursday July 27, 2023 ; 7-8:30 p.m. CST
Trinity University, Dicke Hall, Room 104
1 Trinity Pl, San Antonio, TX 78212
MACONDO WRITERS WORKSHOP OPEN MIC READING
Friday, July 28, 2023 ; 7-9 p.m. CST
Trinity University, Dicke Hall, Room 104
1 Trinity Pl, San Antonio, TX 78212
MACONDO WRITERS WORKSHOP GUEST FACULTY READING AND PACHANGA
Featuring: Rigoberto González, Sharon Bridgforth, John Phillip Santos reading work by Ishmael Reed and Richard Blanco. The MC will be Nely Galán, with music by DJ Despeinada.
Saturday July 29, 2023 ; (doors open at 6:30pm) event begins at 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. CST
The Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, 922 San Pedro Ave, San Antonio.
Texas Public Radio feature on Macondo
Fronteras: ‘It’s a different kind of workshop’: Writers with conciencia gather at this month’s Macondo Writers Workshop
An annual workshop in San Antonio gathers select writers from across the country for an intensive and rewarding five-day experience.
The Macondo Writers Workshop was founded in 1995 at the kitchen table of famed writer, Sandra Cisneros.
The name stems from the fictional town at the center of Gabriel García Márquez’s novel, A Hundred Years of Solitude.
Writers of all genres are able to attend seminars led by esteemed faculty and give public readings of their work. Over the years, featured writers — or Macondistas — have included John Phillip Santos, Richard Blanco, and Reyna Grande.
Read the full article at tpr.org
NEW MACONDISTAS JOINING THE WORKSHOP IN 2023
Rosanna Alvarez • Cathy Arellano • Alondra Ceballos • Margarita Cruz • Valeka Cruz • César L. De León • Maya Garcia • Violeta Garza • Mariana Goycoechea • Christine Kandic Torres • Tracy Mann • Ruthie Marleneé • Maribel Martínez • Jennifer Thuy Vi Nguyen • Maria-Luisa Ornelas-June • Lorena Ortiz • Kimi Ramírez • Yaccaira Salvatierra • Zelene Suchilt • Lesley Téllez • Denise Tolan • Eddie Vega • Kira Witkin
ANNOUNCING THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2023 GLORIA EVANGELINA ANZALDÚA AWARD
VICENTE LOZANO
The Board of the Macondo Writers Workshop has selected long-time Macondista and indefatigable supporter Vicente Lozano for the Macondo Writers Workshop 2022 Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa Award. The award includes registration and fees at the Chuparosa level as well as a travel stipend to attend the Macondo Writers Workshop in the summer of 2023.
Named in honor of Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa, a queer South Texas writer and thinker, who did groundbreaking work and whose life as a writer exemplifies the tenets of the Macondo Writers Workshop, the award honors her life and work. Anzaldúa’s legacy is one of resilience and perseverance and she embodies a lifelong commitment to “the work.” For Anzaldúa, writing meant transformation and discovery. One of her more famous quotes is “By writing I put order in the world, give it a handle so I can grasp it.” We believe the award represents Macondo’s effort to empower a Macondista by offering a space to do the same.
The Macondo Writers Workshop board selects the annual awardee on the basis of an exceptional record of service and generosity to the Macondo Writers Workshop community. Lozano has embodied a spirit of generosity and this award seeks to honor him and support him as a writer and valued community member.
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