Marie Delgado Travis

MARIE DELGADO TRAVIS is an award-winning writer. Her poetry chapbook, MIRACLES: A BOOK OF (MOSTLY) HUMOROUS POETRY received Honorable Mention, 10th Annual Latino Book Awards, Best Poetry Book in English Category (2008). MIRACLES is now featured in BLOSSOM: COLLECTED POEMS IN ENGLISH. This is Marie's second Honorable Mention in this prestigious competition, which promotes Latino Literacy. At the 9th Annual International Latino Book Awards (2007), her bilingual (Spanish English) poetry collection, LA VENTANA / THE WINDOW took that honor in the Best Poetry Book in Spanish category. The title poem, "The Window" earned SECOND PLACE in the TOM HOWARD POETRY CONTEST (over 1, 600 entries received) in 2005. Two of Marie's poems were COMMENDED in the same competition. Marie's work has been featured in PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE FOR NINTH GRADERS (2009), ACROSS THE LONG BRIDGE: An Anthology of Award-Winning Poetry (2006) and CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE LATINO SOUL (2005), as well as its Spanish translation, SOPA DE POLLO PARA EL ALMA LATINA (2008), among others. She was named Juried Poet at the last Houston Poetry Fest (2007). For more information, visit Marie's web site at www.mariedelgadotravis.com