This contest for high school students encourages historical and cultural awareness and provides students with a vehicle to express themselves. All Arizona high school students in grades 9-12 are encouraged to apply by writing corridos in Spanish and/or English. Three cash prizes (in the amounts of $300, $200, $100) are awarded for the best original corridos. The corrido is a musical ballad form developed in Mexico in the 1800s and originally sung throughout the country. Although still popular in Mexico, over time it has become known as música de la frontera (border music) because of its popularity along both sides of the U.S.–Mexico border.
To submit your entry online, please go to: https://universityofarizonapoetrycenter.submittable.com/submit/22185
Judge: Matt Mendez
Deadline: December 2 by 5:00 p.m.
For more information contact Allie Leach at leach@email.arizona.edu, or (520) 626-0709