Alejandro Pérez-Cortés’s poems and short stories have been published in newspapers in his home state of Colima, Mexico since 1996.

In 2000 his work was included in the Anthology Cage of Verses / Jaula de Versos, published by the literary workshop Chessboard / Tablero, coordinated by the local poet Efrén Rodríguez. In 2002 his manuscript won first place in the XVI Literary Creation Contest of ITESM, Zacatecas, Mexico.

In 2018 Alejandro’s first English poems were included in the anthology Soundings from the Salish Sea, A Pacific Northwest Poetry Anthology (Edmonds, Washington). In 2021 his manuscript Ima and Coli are the tree that was never a seed won the Octavio Paz Poetry Prize organized by the National Poetry Series and the Miami Book Fair at Miami Dade College (Spanish – English bilingual edition). In 2024, his poem “Alejandra Pizarnik and her 4 sister dolls” won first place in the fifth poetry contest organized by DePaul University and the literary magazine Contratiempo in the city of Chicago.

The Colibrí publishing house will publish his new book of poetry in mid 2026. He currently teaches Spanish in Washington State.

2026 Writers Program