[Crwt-undergrad-info] Linda J. Albertano Poetry Fellowship

[Allison Hedge Coke]

https://www.beyondbaroque.org/lindaalbertano25.html

Linda J. Albertano Poetry Fellowship

Linda J. Albertano Poetry Fellowship
Application Deadline: March 15, 2025



The Linda J. Albertano Fellowship is named in honor of the late Linda J.
Albertano, a poet and legendary performance artist who worked closely with
members of the Beyond Baroque community throughout her career until her
passing in 2022. To further her legacy, Beyond Baroque has established a
fellowship that will continue her commitment to supporting women and
non-binary poets, and her spirit of artistic experimentation.

Through this fellowship, Beyond Baroque seeks to support emerging women and
non-binary poets who are interested in developing their artistic practice.
The fellowship, which will be awarded annually, allows one Southern
California-based woman or non-binary poet to enroll in all Beyond Baroque
workshops for free by providing $1,000 in credits, which are valid for two
years.

*APPLICATION DEADLINE: MARCH 15, 2025*

*FELLOWSHIP DETAILS:*
- Open to Southern California-based emerging women and non-binary poets.
Applicants can have published no more than one book of poetry at the time
of selection.
- Fellow will receive $1,000 in credits to enroll in all Beyond Baroque
workshops for free, valid for two years after the award.
- Fellow will have the opportunity to read their own work at Beyond Baroque
and curate one reading/performance event in April following the year
awarded, with a $650 budget awarded for the project.
- Fellow will be paid to facilitate Beyond Baroque’s historic Wednesday
Night Workshop for three months in the spring of the year following the
fellowship.
*APPLICATION GUIDELINES:*

- All applications must be submitted by the MARCH 15, 2025 deadline.
- All entries must be primarily in English.
- Entrants may submit 10-12 pages of poetry.
- Poems must be submitted as Word or PDF files.
*ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES:*
- Selected fellow will need to attend all Beyond Baroque workshops in
person at Beyond Baroque, unless the workshop being attended is one hosted
online or elsewhere.
- Selected fellow will need to use their $1000 Beyond Baroque workshop
credit within two years of accepting the fellowship.
*ABOUT LINDA J. ALBERTANO:*

*Linda J. Albertano* was an acclaimed performance artist who appeared on
more than a dozen spoken-word albums including her solo CD, Skin. From 1980
onward, she unleashed her vocabulary at countless language meccas in Europe
as well as America, at venues including the John Anson Ford Theater,
Lollapalooza, and South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. She was among those
representing Los Angeles at the One World Poetry Fest in Amsterdam and also
performed in London and Edinburgh. Selected by the Los Angeles Theatre
Center, she unveiled a full-length original work Joan of Compton, complete
with poets, dancers, and a 30-piece marching band from South Central Los
Angeles. For the Santa Monica Arts Council, she mounted Calisaladia–a
condensed history of California–with a large multicultural cast on the
beach in Ocean Park. With Anne Waldman, Lewis MacAdams, and others,
Albertano presented at Allen Ginsberg’s Memorial at the Wadsworth Theater.
She’s featured on the Venice Poetry Monument with such local notables as
Wanda Coleman and Charles Bukowski. In the new millennium, she studied West
African music and instruments with traditional masters in Conakry, Guinea,
returning to perform in Los Angeles for more than a decade, including at
The Getty, Royce Hall, California Plaza, and the World Festival of Sacred
Music, with kora (West African harp) virtuoso Prince Diabate.

*APPLY FOR THE LINDA J. ALBERTANO POETRY FELLOWSHIP HERE
<https://beyondbaroque.formstack.com/forms/lja_fellowship_2025>*.

*Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, **Distinguished Professor of **Creative Writing*
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