Carmelo Urso is a Venezuelan writer and journalist. In his country he has won journalism awards from the Vargas municipality (2000) and Chacao (2001). He has also won literary awards such as the "Libreria Mediatica" (Venezuela, 2010), "Microficciones" (Argentina, 2010) and "Simon Rodriguez University" (Venezuela, 2013). He has taught microliterature in several Latin American countries.