Andrés Montoya Prizes 2024

Headshot photos of Stefan Leiva and Guadalupe Salgado Partida

Stefan Leiva (left) and Guadalupe Salgado Partida


Fresno State’s Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing each spring awards its annual Andrés Montoya Memorial Scholarships, supported by the Montoya family, the Department of English, and community donors. Each writing prize is $500. Here are the 2024 recipients.

Judge: Steven Sanchez, author of Phantom Tongue

Recipient: Stefan Leiva, second-year MFA fiction student

Recipient: Guadalupe Salgado Partida, incoming MFA poetry student

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