 Due to the growing diversity of genres and categories, awards in some categories are now presented in alternate years, and awards are not always presented in every category.Juries for the awards are made up of prominent writers, academics, and intellectuals from throughout Latin America.Scholars and writers who have won the prize include Edward Brathwaite, Humberto Costantini, Eduardo Galeano, Renato Prada Oropeza, Susana Rotker, Françoise Perus, Beatriz González-Stephan and Luis Britto García.