BOOK NOTES
SouthWest Writers contest will be open for submissions May 1
WRITING CONTEST
SouthWest Writers announced its 2026 Writing Contest will be open for submissions on May 1.
The contest theme is 鈥淏y Human Hands,鈥� which refers to writing by humans 鈥� you, your voice, your story, your passion, by your own hands.
This year鈥檚 contest has 18 categories. Winners receive cash prizes and an opportunity to be included in the SWW Contest Anthology to be published later this year, Judy Castleberry, SWW public relations chair, said in a news release. SWW encourages aspiring and experienced writers of all cultures and backgrounds to enter and welcomes a diversity of creative expressions and points of view, said Castleberry.
Contest entrants do not have to be members of SouthWest Writers, nor do they have to live in the Southwest.
The contest closes at midnight June 8.
For more information and submission rules, go to: .
AT BOOKS ON THE BOSQUE
The Albuquerque bookstore is hosting two authors this week.
At 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 9, Tiffany Yu will talk about her recent book 鈥淭he Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change and Building a Disability-Inclusive World.鈥�
Her book is described as an examination of disability 鈥渇or any ally to go beyond mere awareness to be an active anti-ableist and help form a more equitable society for all.鈥�
At 2 p.m. Saturday, April 11, Chicago author Kathryn Kruse will discuss her book of stories titled 鈥淭o revive my services you must be dying and alone.鈥� Kruse鈥檚 website says the stories take readers 鈥渢o the edge of lived experience and guide them to look back in wonder at essential elements of humanness 鈥� hope, grief, confusion, joy.鈥�
Books on the Bosque is located at 6261 Riverside Plaza Lane NW.
AT COLLECTED WORKS
Poets Jami Macarty and Kyce Bello will read from their recent collections at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, at the Santa Fe bookstore.
Macarty鈥檚 book, 鈥淭he Long Now Conditions Permit,鈥� is described as a tender elegy and an urgent call, urging readers to grapple with the devastating failings of humanity and the saving possibilities of love.
Bello鈥檚 recent collection, 鈥淔ar Country,鈥� documents 鈥渁n unmapped territory in which loss becomes a medium for deepening connections and love.鈥�
They will also be in conversation with artist Cynthia Pirloul-Broshi.
At 6 p.m. Thursday, April 9, Tod Robberson will discuss his book 鈥淕lobemaster Down: Soviet Espionage and the Doomed American Attempt to Sneak Nukes Into Europe.鈥�
It tells of two superpowers in a reckless race toward the brink of nuclear disaster in the early days of the Cold War.
Robberson will be in conversation with Jim Falk, program director of Global Santa Fe.
Collected Works is located at 202 Galisteo St. in Santa Fe.
AT GERONIMO鈥橲 BOOKS
In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Santa Fe bookstore is presenting poets Ann Filemyr and Brent Kie at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 11.
Geronimo鈥檚 Books is located at 3018 Cielo Court, Suite D, in Santa Fe.
IN TAOS
Poets Leslie Ullman of Taos and Kate Kingston of Trinidad, Colorado, will read from their work at 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 10, at SOMOS Salon, 108 Civic Plaza Drive in Taos.
