Publications

Award-Winning Publications

2024

  • International Latino Book Awards, Bronze Medal, Best History Book
Christina Fernandez: Multiple Exposures, edited by Rebecca Epstein
  • ALAA-Thoma Foundation Exhibition Catalogue Award

2023

Christina Fernandez: Multiple Exposures, edited by Rebecca Epstein
  • Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards, Bronze Medal, Photography
  • International Latino Book Awards, Silver Medal, Best Arts Book
  • International Latino Book Awards, Bronze Medal, Best Cover Illustration or Photo

2022

  • International Latino Book Awards, Gold Medal, Best Biography
  • International Latino Book Awards, Honorable Mention, Best Arts Book
  • International Latino Book Awards, Honorable Mention, Best Nonfiction - Multi-Author
Autobiography without Apology: The Personal Essay in Chicanx and Latinx Studies, edited by Chon A. Noriega, Wendy Laura Belcher, and Charlene Villaseñor Black
  • Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards, Silver Medal, Education II (Commentary/Theory)
The Chicano Studies Reader: An Anthology of Aztlán, 1970-2019, edited by Chon A. Noriega, Eric Avila, Karen Mary Davalos, Chela Sandoval, Rafael Pérez-Torres, and Charlene Villaseñor Black
  • Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards, Bronze Medal, Best Regional Non-Fiction (West Pacific)

2021

The Chicano Studies Reader: An Anthology of Aztlán, 1970-2019, edited by Chon A. Noriega, Eric Avila, Karen Mary Davalos, Chela Sandoval, Rafael Pérez-Torres, and Charlene Villaseñor Black
  • Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards, Gold Medal, Multicultural Nonfiction Adult
José Montoya, by Ella Maria Diaz
  • International Latino Book Awards, Gold Medal, Best Arts Book
  • International Latino Book Awards, Gold Medal, Best Biography - English
Knowledge for Justice: An Ethnic Studies Reader, edited by David K. Yoo, Pamela Grieman, Charlene Villaseñor Black, Danielle Dupuy, Arnold Ling-Chuang Pan
  • Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards, Bronze Medal, Anthologies
  • Association for Ethnic Studies Outstanding Book Award
La Raza, edited by Colin Gunckel
  • 2021 ALAA-Thoma Foundation Exhibition Catalogue Award

2020

The Chicano Studies Reader: An Anthology of Aztlán, 1970-2019, edited by Chon A. Noriega, Eric Avila, Karen Mary Davalos, Chela Sandoval, Rafael Pérez-Torres, and Charlene Villaseñor Black
  • Independent Latino Book Awards, 2nd Place, Best Academic-Themed Book
  • Independent Latino Book Awards, Honorable Mention, Best Nonfiction - Multi-Author
The Chicana/o Education Pipeline: History, Institutional Critique, and Resistance, edited by Michaela J. L. Mares-Tamayo and Daniel G. Solórzano
  • Independent Latino Book Awards, Honorable Mention, Best Academic-Themed Book
La Raza, edited by Colin Gunckel
  • Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards, Gold Medal, U.S. History
  • International Latino Book Awards, 1st Place, Best Arts Book
  • International Latino Book Awards, 1st Place, Best Academic-Themed Book
  • International Latino Book Awards, 1st Place, Best Cover Photo
  • International Latino Book Awards, Honorable Mention, Victor Villaseñor Best Latino Focused Nonfiction Book Award – English

2019

The Aztlán Anthology Series, edited by Chon A. Noriega
  • Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards, Bronze Medal, Book Series Nonfiction
  • International Latino Book Awards, 1st Place, Best Academic-Themed Book
  • International Latino Book Awards, 2nd Place, Best Latino-Focused Nonfiction (English)
Barrio Harmonics, by Steven Loza
  • International Latino Book Awards, Honorable Mention, Best Arts Book
  • International Latino Book Awards, Honorable Mention, Best Cover Design

2018

Laura Aguilar: Show and Tell, edited by Rebecca Epstein
  • Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards, Gold Medal, West Pacific: Best Regional Nonfiction
  • International Latino Book Awards, 2nd Place, Best Latina Themed Book
  • International Latino Book Awards, Honorable Mention, Best Latino-Focused Book Design
  • International Latino Book Awards, Honorable Mention, Best LGBTQ+ Themed Book
Altermundos: Latin@ Speculative Literature, Film, and Popular Culture, edited by Cathryn Josefina Merla- Watson and B. V. Olguín
  • Before Columbus Foundation American Book Awards, Winner
Judith F. Baca, by Anna Indych-López
  • Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards, Silver Medal, Best Multicultural Nonfiction Adult
  • International Latino Book Awards, 1st Place, Best Latino-Focused Book Design
  • International Latino Book Awards, 2nd Place, Best Arts Book
  • International Latino Book Awards, 2nd Place, Best Latina-Themed Book
The Chicano Studies Reader: An Anthology of Aztlán, 1970 – 2015, edited by Chon A. Noriega, Eric Avila, Karen Mary Davalos, Chela Sandoval, and Rafael Pérez-Torres
  • International Latino Book Awards, 1st Place, Best Academic Themed Book
Home—So Different, So Appealing, edited by Chon A. Noriega, Mari Carmen Ramírez, and Pilar Tompkins Rivas
  • International Latino Book Awards, 1st Place, Best Cover Design
  • International Latino Book Awards, 1st Place, Best Cover Photo
  • International Latino Book Awards, 2nd Place, Best Latino-Focused Book Design
  • International Latino Book Awards, 2nd Place, Best Interior Design
  • International Latino Book Awards, Honorable Mention, Best Use of Photos Inside the Book

2017

Altermundos: Latin@ Speculative Literature, Film, and Popular Culture, edited by Cathryn Josefina Merla- Watson and B. V. Olguín Alejandro Anreus
  • International Latino Book Awards, 1st Place, Best Cover Illustration (artwork by Laura Molina)

2015

Luis Cruz Azaceta, by Alejandro Anreus
  • International Latino Book Awards, 1st Place, Best Arts Book (English)

2014

Pepón Osorio, by Jennifer A. González
  • International Latino Book Awards, 2nd Place, Best Arts Book (English)
  • International Latino Book Awards, Honorable Mention, Best Latino-Focused Nonfiction (English)
Ricardo Valverde, by Ramón García
  • International Latino Book Awards, 2nd Place, Best First Book Nonfiction (English)
  • International Latino Book Awards, 2nd Place, Best Latino-Focused Nonfiction (English)
  • International Latino Book Awards, Honorable Mention, Best Arts Book (English)

2013

The Arhoolie Foundation’s Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings, by Agustín Gurza with essays by Jonathan Clark and Chris Strachwitz
  • Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research, Winner, Best Historical Research in Recorded Folk, Ethnic, or Country Music – Discography
  • International Latino Book Awards, 1st Place, Best History Book (English)
  • International Latino Book Awards, 1st Place, Best Reference Book (English)
  • International Latino Book Awards, 2nd Place, Best Nonfiction Multi-Author (English)
Rafael Ferrer, by Deborah Cullen
  • International Latino Book Awards, 1st Place, Best Arts Book (English)
Floricanto en Aztlán (second edition), by Alurista with illustrations by Judithe Hernández  
  • International Latino Book Awards, 1st Place, Best Poetry Book One Author (Spanish)
  • International Latino Book Awards, Honorable Mention, Best Arts Book (Spanish or Bilingual)
  • International Latino Book Awards, Honorable Mention, Best Gift Book (English)
  • International Latino Book Awards, 2nd Place, Best History Book (English)
  • International Latino Book Awards, 2nd Place, Best Reference Book (English)
  • International Latino Book Awards, Honorable Mention, Best Latino-Focused Nonfiction Book (English) 

2012

L.A. Xicano, by Chon A. Noriega, Terezita Romo, and Pilar Tompkins Rivas
  • Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards, Gold Medal, West-Pacific: Best Regional Non-Fiction
  • International Latino Book Awards, 1st Place, Best Arts Book (English)
Malaquias Montoya, by Terezita Romo
  • International Latino Book Awards, 2nd Place, Best Arts Book (English)
The Oscar Castillo Papers and Photograph Collection, edited by Colin Gunckel with essays by Rudy Acuña, Leonardo Castellanos, Ernesto Chábez, Harry Gamboa Jr., Colin Gunckel, Elize Mazadiego, Roberto Tejada, Jesús Salvador Treviño
  • International Latino Book Awards, Honorable Mention, Best Reference Book (English)

2011

Carmen Lomas Garza, by Constance Cortez
  • International Latino Book Awards, 1st Place, Best Arts Book (English)
  • International Latino Book Awards, 2nd Place, Best Reference Book (English)

2010

María Brito, by Juan A. Martínez
  • International Latino Book Awards, 1st Place and Triple Crown Award Winner, Best Arts Book (English)
  • International Latino Book Awards, Honorable Mention, Best Arts Book (English)
  • International Latino Book Awards, 2nd Place, Best Reference Book (English)
Yolanda M. López, by Karen Mary Davalos
  • National Association for Chicano and Chicana Studies (NACCS) Book Awards, Honorable Mention
Celia Alvarez Muñoz, by Robert Tejada
  • International Latino Book Awards, 2nd Place, Arts Book (English)

2009

  • International Latino Book Awards, 1st Place, Best Health Book (English)
Yolanda M. López, by Karen Mary Davalos
  • International Latino Book Awards, Honorable Mention, Best Nonfiction Arts Book (English)
  • International Latino Book Awards, 2nd Place, Best Biography (English)
“Ethno-Racial Profiling and State Violence in a Southwest Barrio," by Pat Rubio Goldsmith, Mary Romero, Raquel Rubio-Goldsmith, Manuel Escobedo, and Laura Khoury (Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies, 34:1)
  • Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Latino Studies Section Article Award

2006

Self-Help Graphics & Art, Art in the Heart of East Los Angeles, edited by Colin Gunckel with essay by Kristen Guzman
  • International Latino Book Awards, 1st Place, Best Reference Book (English)