Sonia Gutiérrez

Poet, Fiction Writer

Oceanside, CA
California US
Email: 
sgutierrez@miracosta.edu
Website: 
www.elmartillopress.com/product-…
RSS feed: 
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Author's Bio

Sonia Gutiérrez is the author of two full-length bilingual poetry collections, Spider Woman / La Mujer Araña (Olmeca Press, 2013) and Paper Birds: Feather by Feather / Pájaros de papel: Pluma por pluma (El Martillo Press, 2024), recipient of an honorable mention for the ILBA’s The Juan Felipe Herrera Best Poetry Book Award—One Author—Bilingual, and the novel, Dreaming with Mariposas (FlowerSong Press, 2020), winner of the Tomás Rivera Book Award 2021, the International Latino Book Awards 2022, and the ILBA Book into Movie Awards 2023. She teaches composition, critical thinking and writing, and creative writing. Sonia Gutiérrez is currently working on her first illustrated book, The Adventures of a Burrito Flying Saucer and Sana Sana Colita de Rana: Poems to Not Perish / Sana sana colita de rana: Poemas para no morir, a bilingual poetry collection. She lives in the Californias. To learn more about Sonia Gutiérrez and her work, visit www.soniagutierrez.com. 

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Anthologies:
Puro Chicanx Writers of the 21st Century (Cutthroat: A Journal of the Arts, 2020)
,
Sunshine/Noir II (San Diego City Works Press, 2015)
,
Lavanderia (San Diego City Works Press, 2010)
Book:
Dreaming with Mariposas (FlowerSong Press, 2020)
Journals:
AlternaCtive PublicaCtions
,
City Works Literary Journal
,
Hinchas de Poesia
,
Huizache
,
Storyacious

Poetry

Anthologies:
The San Diego Annual 2014-15 (Garden Oak Press, 2015)
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The San Diego Poetry Annual 2013-14 (Garden Oak Press, 2014)
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The San Diego Poetry Annual 2012-13 (Garden Oak Press, 2013)
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The San Diego Poetry Annual 2011-12 (Garden Oak Press, 2012)
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The San Diego Poetry Annual 2010-11 (Garden Oak Press, 2011)
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The San Diego Poetry Annual 2009-10 (Garden Oak Press, 2010)
Book:
Paper Birds: Feather by Feather / Pájaros de papel: Pluma por pluma (El Martillo Press, 2024)
Journals:
Crate
,
Fringe Magazine
,
West Trestle Review
Prizes won: 
  1. Honorable  Mention The Juan Felipe Herrera Best Poetry Book Award for Paper Birds: Feather by Feather / Pájaros de papel: Pluma por pluma. International Latino Book Awards, 2024
  2. Dreaming with Mariposas—Latino-Themed Movie—for the Latino Books into Movie Awards, 2023
  3. Bronze for Best Novel—Adventure or Drama—English for Dreaming with Mariposas. International Latino Book Awards, 2022
  4. Gold for Best Cover Design for Dreaming with Mariposas. International Latino Book Awards, 2022
  5. Dreaming with Mariposas Finalist for Fiction: Young Adult for the International Book Awards, 2022
  6. Honorable Mention for The Isabel Allende Most Inspirational Fiction Book Award for Dreaming with Mariposas. International Latino Book Awards, 2021
  7. Tomás Rivera Book Award for Older Readers for Dreaming with Mariposas. Texas State University San Marcos, 2021

 

Watch

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Federico García Lorca, Zora Neale Hurston, Tomás Rivera, W.E.B DuBois, Alex Haley
What I'm reading now: 
Well-Read Black Girl by Glory Edim, Coatlicue Girl by Gris Muñoz, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Mixed-Race
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Sun Valley, CA
California
Raised in: 
Vista, CA
California
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Last update: Oct 04, 2024