Amalia Ortiz
Amalia Ortiz is a Tejana spoken word performer, playwright, and author of two award-winning books of poetry. She was awarded the 2020 American Book Award for Oral Literature, and appeared on three seasons of Def Poetry on HBO and the NAACP Image Awards on FOX. NBC Latino named her book Rant. Chant. Chisme. one of "10 Great Latino Books of 2015." It won the 2015 Writers' League of Texas Poetry Discovery Prize. Amalia was chosen to speak at TEDx McAllen 2015. She was awarded a City of San Antonio Individual Artist Grant. She was in the Spring 2025 cohort of Music to Life's Musician Changemaker Accelerator Academy. Amalia received her MFA in Creative Writing from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Photo by Hector Hugo Garza.
Additional information
| Discipline | Words |
|---|---|
| Contact name | Amalia Ortiz |
| Contact address | 127 E Drexel Avenue San Antonio TX 78210 |
| Phone 1 | 512-940-0228 |
| Phone 2 | |
| Public Performance | $500 – $2, 000 |
| School performance | $500 – $1, 000 |
| Workshop fees | $500 – $2, 000 |
| Travel per diem lodging | $0 – $1, 500 |
| City | San Antonio |
| Website | |
| Special audiences | Festivals/special events, Hands-on/participatory activities, Libraries, Schools |
| School audiences | High school audiences |
| Venue size | Larger venues (concert hall), Medium-sized venues (theater), Smaller venues (library/club), Unplugged events/venues, Very large or outdoor venues |