NEW YORK, NY [August 31, 2021] -- Latinx in Publishing Inc. (LxP) has selected San Antonio born and raised Tejana poet Claudia Delfina Cardona as the 2021 Inaugural Publishing Fellow. Sponsored by Macmillan Publishers, Delfina Cardona will be paired with Flatiron Books Senior Editor, Caroline Bleeke to remotely shadow the editorial process for a 10-month period. The fellowship kicks off this September and runs until June 2022.
We received nearly 300 applications and our team of judges Yaddyra Peralta, Esther Cajahuaringa and Elizabeth Mendez Berry have selected Claudia Delfina Cardona. In the words of one of our judges, "Claudia's application stood out for its clear expression of mission, the entrepreneurial spirit it embodied, and the way she has built resources and institutions not simply for herself, but for the entire community."
“I have worked in DIY publishing since I was in college...I strongly believe that editorial work is political work. As a Latine editor, I want to make sure marginalized writers have their voice heard and that their vision is still clear after the edits are made,” mentioned Claudia Delfina Cardona.
Macmillan Publishers signed on to be the inaugural sponsor of the Publishing Fellowship and Work-in-Progress Fellowship programs designed to help support and create opportunities for aspiring Latinx publishing professionals and writers earlier this year. As part of the Fellowships, LxP will provide regular check-ins with program participants, and networking opportunities for the fellows, and offer a stipend to all participants.
For more details about these programs, including eligibility requirements and any other criteria, please visit www.LatinxinPublishing.com/programs.
About Claudia Delfina Cardona
Claudia Delfina Cardona (she/they) is a poet from San Antonio, Texas. She received her B.A. in English Communication Arts from St. Mary's University and her MFA in Creative Writing from Texas State University. Alongside Laura Valdez, Cardona co-created Chifladazine, an online and print zine for and by creative Latinas across the U.S. and beyond. Chifladazine was featured in Remezcla, Vice, and archived at University of Texas at San Antonio and Austin. During her time at Texas State University, Cardona was the Editorial Fellow at the Center for the Study of the Southwest. She assisted with the editorial production of Texas Books in Review and Southwestern American Literature. Additionally, she was on the inaugural Sandra Cisneros Symposium committee. In 2019, Cardona, Juania Sueños, and Anthony Bradley founded Infrarrealista Review, a literary journal and press for Texan writers. Cardona is also the author of What Remains, winner of the 2020 Host Publications Chapbook Prize.
About Caroline Bleeke
Caroline Bleeke (she/her), Senior Editor, publishes literary and upmarket fiction at Flatiron Books, with an emphasis on underrepresented voices, historical fiction, clever retellings, family sagas, coming-of-age stories, innovative structure and style, writing with a strong sense of place, and heart. Her authors include Angie Cruz, Saraciea J. Fennell, Nina LaCour, Charlotte McConaghy, Margarita Montimore, Melinda Moustakis, Neel Patel, Bushra Rehman, Jenny Tinghui Zhang, and many others. She began her career at Alfred A. Knopf, and holds a Master’s degree in Eighteenth-Century and Romantic Literature.
About Latinx in Publishing
Latinx in Publishing Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and a network of book publishing professionals committed to supporting and increasing the number of Latino/a/x in the publishing industry, as well as promoting literature by, for, and about Latino/a/x people. Members include professionals in all facets of publishing and at all career stages. Members benefit from this community through shared resources, support, and mentorship. Latinx in Publishing also hosts networking and author events in NYC and online. Latinx in Publishing members are available for outreach and participation in school career fairs and for partnership with organizations and publishers that seek to promote diversity. For more information visit www.latinxinpublishing.com and follow us on social @latinxpublishing.
About Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers is a global trade book publishing company with prominent imprints around the world. Macmillan publishes a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats. U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, St. Martin’s Publishing Group, and Tor Books. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, Macmillan publishes under the Pan Macmillan name. The German company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur. Macmillan Publishers is a division of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large, family-owned media company headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.
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