Juan Carlos Reyes Vázquez (fiction writer, screenwriter, filmmaker; Mexico) is the author of five books of short fiction, including Impala (2021), Para subir y caer (2015), Iktumbe (2014), Circo de pulgas (2010), and Imagínate lejos (2002). His fiction often explores memory, loss, violence, childhood, altered bodies, and the fragile border between the intimate and the strange.  

His work has appeared in the literary journals Crítica and Blanco Móvil, as well as in the anthologies Cuentistas de Tierra Adentro 2007–2017 and Cuerpos Rotos. He has also written and directed twelve short films, including Silla eléctrica para moscas, winner of Best Animated Short Film at the San Diego Latino Film Festival, and Absoluto vacío ensordecedor, winner of Best Experimental Short Film at the Dubai International Shortfilm Festival.  

He holds a PhD in Creation and Cultural Theories and is a Senior Research Professor at Universidad de las Américas Puebla, where he has taught literature, film, narrative, and screenwriting for more than fifteen years. He is a member of Mexico’s National System of Researchers. 

His participation is made possible by the support of Universidad de las Américas Puebla, University of Iowa International Programs, and generous donations made to the International Writing Program.