In 2015, I partnered with Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore to create the Black and Latino Men Read (BLMR) Essay Contest. Our goal was to promote literacy for Black and Latino young men. Since 2015, the BLMR Essay Contest has clearly shown that young male Black and Latino students across America can and do love to read. We are ending the BLMR Essay contest; however, we are excited to announce a new BLMR literacy contest this fall.
BLMR CONTEST CRITERIA
• Black and Latino male participants are required to be 18 years of age or older.
Type a paragraph providing reasons why this is an important and/or significant book (fiction or nonfiction) that should be read by other men of color.
The paragraph should be typed, 12 font, double-spaced, with a limit of 8 lines.
Type your complete name, job title or college’s name, email, and cell# in the top left-hand corner.
Submission of a typed paragraph and a photo of you reading your recommended book.
Make sure we can clearly see the full title of the book and the author’s name in the photo.
No late entries will be accepted.
Email submission and photo to .