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Subject: 2006 Kundiman Asian American Poets' Retreat
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:01:41 -0800
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Dear all--

This year's deadline for the 20006 Kundiman Emerging Asian American
Poets'
Retreat at the university of VA, Cahrlottesville is fast approaching.=20
Please forward to all near and dear.

Warm regards,
Joseph


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Kundiman Asian American Poetry Retreat
June 21 =96 25, 2006
Deadline:  Postmark March 1, 2006

In order to help mentor the next generation of Asian-American poets,
Kundiman is sponsoring an annual Poetry Retreat at The University of
Virginia. During the Retreat, nationally renowned Asian American poets
will conduct workshops and provide one-on-one mentorship sessions with
participants. Readings and informal social gatherings will also be
scheduled. Through this Retreat, Kundiman hopes to provide a safe and
instructive environment that identifies and addresses the unique
challenges faced by emerging Asian American poets. This 5-day Retreat
will
take place from Wednesday to Sunday. Workshops will be conducted from
Thursday to Saturday. Workshops will not exceed six students.

Faculty

Arthur Sze is a second-generation Chinese American. Educated at the
University of California, Berkeley, Sze is the author of five volumes of
poetry, including most recently The Redshifting Web: Poems 1970-1998
(Copper Canyon Press, 1998), a finalist for the 1999 Lenore Marshall
Poetry Prize. His poems have also appeared in numerous magazines,
including American Poetry Review, The Paris Review, Mother Jones,
Conjunctions, and The Bloomsbury Review. Translations of Sze=92s work =
have
been published in Italy and China. The recipient of a Lannan Literary
Award for Poetry, three Witter Bynner Foundation Poetry Fellowships, and
two Creative Writing Fellowships from the National Endowment for the
Arts,
Sze currently directs the Creative Writing Program at the Institute for
American Indian Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he has taught for
more
than a decade.

Kazim Ali is the author of The Far Mosque (Alice James Books). His poems
and essays have appeared in such journals as The Iowa Review, Colorado
Review, Hayden=92s Ferry Review and Catamaran, and in the anthologies
Writing the Lines of Our Hands and Risen From the East. A graduate of
the
Creative Writing Program at New York University, he is the author of a
novel, Quinn=92s Passage. He is the publisher of Nightboat Books and
assistant professor of English at Shippensburg University.

Jennifer Chang holds degrees from the University of Chicago and the
University of Virginia. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in
Barrow Street, Gulf Coast, New England Review, Pleiades, Virginia
Quarterly Review, Asian American Poetry: The Next Generation, Best New
Poets 2005, and other publications. The title poem of her manuscript The
History of Anonymity received the 2004 Campbell Corner Poetry prize. She
is the 2005 Van Lier Fellow in Poetry at the Asian American Writers=92
Workshop and was awarded the Louis Untermeyer scholarship to the 2005
Bread Loaf Writers=92 Conference. She teaches in the creative writing
program at Rutgers University.

Jon Pineda is the author of Birthmark (Southern Illinois University
Press,
2004), winner of the Crab Orchard Award Series in Poetry Open
Competition.
A recipient of a Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Artist
Fellowship, he is a graduate of James Madison University and of the MFA
program in creative writing at Virginia Commonwealth University, where
he
received an AWP Intro Award for Poetry. His recent work has appeared in
Prairie Schooner, Sou=92wester and various anthologies.

Fees &amp; Financial Aid

Requests for financial aid should be made after acceptance to the
retreat.
As Kundiman is a new non-profit, there is a very limited amount of
financial aid available. Awards will be given on a need-based basis.
Average award amount is $100. To keep the cost of the retreat low for
all
participants, fees are not charged for workshops or programming. Room
and
Board for the retreat is $300.

Application Process

Send five to seven (5-7) paginated, stapled pages of poetry, with your
name included on each page. Include a cover letter with your name,
address, phone number, e-mail address and a brief paragraph describing
what you would like to accomplish at the Kundiman Asian American =
Poets=92
Retreat. Include a SAS postcard if you want an application receipt.
Manuscripts will not be returned. No electronic submissions, please.

Mail application to:

Kundiman
245 Eighth Avenue #151
New York, NY 10011

Submissions must be postmarked by March 1, 2006


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&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Dear all--&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;/P&gt;

&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;This year's deadline for the 20006 Kundiman Emerging =
Asian American Poets'&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Retreat at the university of VA, Cahrlottesville is =
fast approaching. &lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Please forward to all near and dear.&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;/P&gt;

&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Warm regards,&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Joseph&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;BR&gt;

&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;****************************&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Kundiman Asian American Poetry Retreat&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;June 21 &amp;#8211; 25, 2006&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Deadline:&amp;nbsp; Postmark March 1, 2006&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;/P&gt;

&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;In order to help mentor the next generation of =
Asian-American poets,&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Kundiman is sponsoring an annual Poetry Retreat at =
The University of&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Virginia. During the Retreat, nationally renowned =
Asian American poets&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;will conduct workshops and provide one-on-one =
mentorship sessions with&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;participants. Readings and informal social gatherings =
will also be&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;scheduled. Through this Retreat, Kundiman hopes to =
provide a safe and&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;instructive environment that identifies and addresses =
the unique&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;challenges faced by emerging Asian American poets. =
This 5-day Retreat will&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;take place from Wednesday to Sunday. Workshops will =
be conducted from&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Thursday to Saturday. Workshops will not exceed six =
students.&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;/P&gt;

&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Faculty&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;/P&gt;

&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Arthur Sze is a second-generation Chinese American. =
Educated at the&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;University of California, Berkeley, Sze is the author =
of five volumes of&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;poetry, including most recently The Redshifting Web: =
Poems 1970-1998&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;(Copper Canyon Press, 1998), a finalist for the 1999 =
Lenore Marshall&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Poetry Prize. His poems have also appeared in =
numerous magazines,&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;including American Poetry Review, The Paris Review, =
Mother Jones,&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Conjunctions, and The Bloomsbury Review. Translations =
of Sze&amp;#8217;s work have&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;been published in Italy and China. The recipient of a =
Lannan Literary&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Award for Poetry, three Witter Bynner Foundation =
Poetry Fellowships, and&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;two Creative Writing Fellowships from the National =
Endowment for the Arts,&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Sze currently directs the Creative Writing Program at =
the Institute for&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;American Indian Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he =
has taught for more&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;than a decade.&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;/P&gt;

&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Kazim Ali is the author of The Far Mosque (Alice James =
Books). His poems&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;and essays have appeared in such journals as The Iowa =
Review, Colorado&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Review, Hayden&amp;#8217;s Ferry Review and Catamaran, =
and in the anthologies&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Writing the Lines of Our Hands and Risen From the =
East. A graduate of the&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Creative Writing Program at New York University, he =
is the author of a&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;novel, Quinn&amp;#8217;s Passage. He is the publisher of =
Nightboat Books and&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;assistant professor of English at Shippensburg =
University.&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;/P&gt;

&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Jennifer Chang holds degrees from the University of =
Chicago and the&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;University of Virginia. Her poems have appeared or =
are forthcoming in&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Barrow Street, Gulf Coast, New England Review, =
Pleiades, Virginia&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Quarterly Review, Asian American Poetry: The Next =
Generation, Best New&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Poets 2005, and other publications. The title poem of =
her manuscript The&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;History of Anonymity received the 2004 Campbell =
Corner Poetry prize. She&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;is the 2005 Van Lier Fellow in Poetry at the Asian =
American Writers&amp;#8217;&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Workshop and was awarded the Louis Untermeyer =
scholarship to the 2005&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Bread Loaf Writers&amp;#8217; Conference. She teaches in =
the creative writing&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;program at Rutgers University.&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;/P&gt;

&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Jon Pineda is the author of Birthmark (Southern =
Illinois University Press,&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;2004), winner of the Crab Orchard Award Series in =
Poetry Open Competition.&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;A recipient of a Virginia Commission for the Arts =
Individual Artist&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Fellowship, he is a graduate of James Madison =
University and of the MFA&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;program in creative writing at Virginia Commonwealth =
University, where he&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;received an AWP Intro Award for Poetry. His recent =
work has appeared in&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Prairie Schooner, Sou&amp;#8217;wester and various =
anthologies.&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;/P&gt;

&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Fees &amp;amp; Financial Aid&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;/P&gt;

&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Requests for financial aid should be made after =
acceptance to the retreat.&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;As Kundiman is a new non-profit, there is a very =
limited amount of&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;financial aid available. Awards will be given on a =
need-based basis.&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Average award amount is $100. To keep the cost of the =
retreat low for all&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;participants, fees are not charged for workshops or =
programming. Room and&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Board for the retreat is $300.&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;/P&gt;

&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Application Process&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;/P&gt;

&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Send five to seven (5-7) paginated, stapled pages of =
poetry, with your&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;name included on each page. Include a cover letter =
with your name,&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;address, phone number, e-mail address and a brief =
paragraph describing&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;what you would like to accomplish at the Kundiman =
Asian American Poets&amp;#8217;&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Retreat. Include a SAS postcard if you want an =
application receipt.&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Manuscripts will not be returned. No electronic =
submissions, please.&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;/P&gt;

&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Mail application to:&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;/P&gt;

&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Kundiman&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;245 Eighth Avenue #151&lt;/FONT&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;New York, NY 10011&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;/P&gt;

&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;Submissions must be postmarked by March 1, 2006&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;/P&gt;
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