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s) in 12 pt. font from your forthcoming poetry collection</p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.444444rem;font-size:1.166667rem;line-height:1.777778rem">An author bio (max: 250 words)</p></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.444444rem;font-size:1.166667rem;line-height:1.777778rem">For more information, please send an email to<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:tkehou@pw.org?subject=Get%20the%20Word%20Out%20Query" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,96,136);font-weight:600">tkehou@pw.org</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.444444rem;font-size:1.166667rem;line-height:1.777778rem"><a class="gmail-button" href="https://poetsandwriters.formstack.com/forms/gtwo_poetry_24" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:league-spartan,Arial,Helvetica,"Nimbus Sans L",sans-serif;font-size:0.666667rem;line-height:1.333333rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:1px;background-color:rgb(196,61,39);border:medium;border-radius:3px;color:rgb(255,255,255);padding:0.555556rem 0.555556rem 0.222222rem;text-transform:uppercase;text-decoration:none;margin-right:0.5em">CLICK THIS BUTTON TO APPLY!</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.444444rem;font-size:1.166667rem;line-height:1.777778rem"> </p><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.333333rem;line-height:1.444444rem;margin:1.444444rem 0px;font-weight:400;font-family:janson,Georgia,"Times New Roman","DejaVu Serif",serif;color:rgb(38,38,38)"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box"><a id="gmail-Application Timeline" name="Application Timeline" style="box-sizing:border-box">Application Timeline</a></strong></h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.444444rem;font-size:1.166667rem;line-height:1.777778rem">Poetry Cohort – Spring 2024</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:1.444444rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 20px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.444444rem;font-size:1.166667rem;line-height:1.777778rem">January 8 – Application posted</p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.444444rem;font-size:1.166667rem;line-height:1.777778rem">February 9 – Application deadline</p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.444444rem;font-size:1.166667rem;line-height:1.777778rem">March 11 – Applicant notifications sent</p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.444444rem;font-size:1.166667rem;line-height:1.777778rem">March 27 – Poetry Cohort Orientation</p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.444444rem;font-size:1.166667rem;line-height:1.777778rem">April 10 – Poetry Publicity Incubator Begins</p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.444444rem;font-size:1.166667rem;line-height:1.777778rem">July 3 – Poetry Publicity Incubator Ends</p></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.444444rem;font-size:1.166667rem;line-height:1.777778rem"></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.444444rem;font-size:1.166667rem;line-height:1.777778rem"><a class="gmail-button" href="https://poetsandwriters.formstack.com/forms/gtwo_poetry_24" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:league-spartan,Arial,Helvetica,"Nimbus Sans L",sans-serif;font-size:0.666667rem;line-height:1.333333rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:1px;background-color:rgb(196,61,39);border:medium;border-radius:3px;color:rgb(255,255,255);padding:0.555556rem 0.555556rem 0.222222rem;text-transform:uppercase;text-decoration:none;margin-right:0.5em">CLICK THIS BUTTON TO APPLY!</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.444444rem;font-size:1.166667rem;line-height:1.777778rem"> </p><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.333333rem;line-height:1.444444rem;margin:1.444444rem 0px;font-weight:400;font-family:janson,Georgia,"Times New Roman","DejaVu Serif",serif;color:rgb(38,38,38)"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Meet the 2024 Poetry Publicity Mentor</strong></h2><h2 class="element-invisible" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.333333rem;line-height:1.444444rem;margin:1.444444rem 0px;font-weight:400;font-family:janson,Georgia,"Times New Roman","DejaVu Serif",serif;color:rgb(38,38,38);height:1px;width:1px;overflow:hidden"><a href="https://www.pw.org/files/morganlaroccagtwojpeg" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,96,136);font-weight:600">morganlaroccagtwo.jpeg</a></h2><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.333333rem;line-height:1.444444rem;margin:1.444444rem 0px;font-weight:400;font-family:janson,Georgia,"Times New Roman","DejaVu Serif",serif;color:rgb(38,38,38)"><div class="gmail-media gmail-media-element-container gmail-media-default gmail-media-float-right" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div id="gmail-file-62883" class="gmail-file gmail-file-image gmail-file-image-jpeg" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-content" style="box-sizing:border-box"><img class="gmail-media-element gmail-file-default" src="https://www.pw.org/files/morganlaroccagtwo.jpeg" width="331" height="331" alt="" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: 300px; width: 300px; float: right;"></div></div></div></h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.444444rem;font-size:1.166667rem;line-height:1.777778rem"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Morgan LaRocca</strong><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>is the publicist at Milkweed Editions. Prior to joining Milkweed in 2022 they worked as a freelance publicist, publicity associate at Graywolf Press and served as marketing and publicity intern at Tin House Books. They are a graduate of Towson University and a proud Baltimorean.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.444444rem;font-size:1.166667rem;line-height:1.777778rem"> </p><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.333333rem;line-height:1.444444rem;margin:1.444444rem 0px;font-weight:400;font-family:janson,Georgia,"Times New Roman","DejaVu Serif",serif;color:rgb(38,38,38)"> </h2><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.333333rem;line-height:1.444444rem;margin:1.444444rem 0px;font-weight:400;font-family:janson,Georgia,"Times New Roman","DejaVu Serif",serif;color:rgb(38,38,38)"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Meet the 2023 Fiction Cohort and Publicity Mentor</strong></h2><div class="gmail-media gmail-media-element-container gmail-media-default" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div id="gmail-file-69803" class="gmail-file gmail-file-image gmail-file-image-jpeg" style="box-sizing:border-box"><h2 class="element-invisible" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.333333rem;line-height:1.444444rem;margin:1.444444rem 0px;font-weight:400;font-family:janson,Georgia,"Times New Roman","DejaVu Serif",serif;color:rgb(38,38,38);height:1px;width:1px;overflow:hidden"><a href="https://www.pw.org/files/gtwo_fall_2023_fiction_cohortjpg" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,96,136);font-weight:600">gtwo_fall_2023_fiction_cohort.jpg</a></h2><div class="gmail-content" style="box-sizing:border-box"><img class="gmail-media-element gmail-file-default" src="https://www.pw.org/files/gtwo_fall_2023_fiction_cohort.jpg" width="2500" height="1000" alt="" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.444444rem;font-size:1.166667rem;line-height:1.777778rem">Congratulations to<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Alisa Alering</strong>,<strong style="box-sizing:border-box"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Bruna Dantas Lobato</strong>,<strong style="box-sizing:border-box"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Christina Cooke</strong>,<strong style="box-sizing:border-box"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Esinam Bediako</strong>,<strong style="box-sizing:border-box"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Jessie Marshall</strong>,<strong style="box-sizing:border-box"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Kathya Alexander</strong>,<strong style="box-sizing:border-box"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Lena Valencia</strong>,<strong style="box-sizing:border-box"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Lynn Stansbury</strong>,<strong style="box-sizing:border-box"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Marissa Higgins</strong>, and<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Parul Kapur</strong>, our 2023 Get the Word Out fiction cohort!</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.444444rem;font-size:1.166667rem;line-height:1.777778rem"> </p><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.333333rem;line-height:1.444444rem;margin:1.444444rem 0px;font-weight:400;font-family:janson,Georgia,"Times New Roman","DejaVu Serif",serif;color:rgb(38,38,38)"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">2023 Fiction Publicity Mentor</strong></h2><h2 class="element-invisible" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.333333rem;line-height:1.444444rem;margin:1.444444rem 0px;font-weight:400;font-family:janson,Georgia,"Times New Roman","DejaVu Serif",serif;color:rgb(38,38,38);height:1px;width:1px;overflow:hidden"><a href="https://www.pw.org/files/limmayzhee_credit_juliana_sohnpng" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,96,136);font-weight:600">lim-mayzhee_credit_juliana_sohn.png</a></h2><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.333333rem;line-height:1.444444rem;margin:1.444444rem 0px;font-weight:400;font-family:janson,Georgia,"Times New Roman","DejaVu Serif",serif;color:rgb(38,38,38)"><div class="gmail-media gmail-media-element-container gmail-media-default gmail-media-float-right" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div id="gmail-file-68391" class="gmail-file gmail-file-image gmai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 style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,96,136);font-weight:600">Read the press release here</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.444444rem;font-size:1.166667rem;line-height:1.777778rem"> </p><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.333333rem;line-height:1.444444rem;margin:1.444444rem 0px;font-weight:400;font-family:janson,Georgia,"Times New Roman","DejaVu Serif",serif;color:rgb(38,38,38)"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">2022 Fiction Publicity Mentor</strong></h2><h2 class="element-invisible" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.333333rem;line-height:1.444444rem;margin:1.444444rem 0px;font-weight:400;font-family:janson,Georgia,"Times New Roman","DejaVu Serif",serif;color:rgb(38,38,38);height:1px;width:1px;overflow:hidden"><a href="https://www.pw.org/files/laurencerandgtwojpg" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,96,136);font-weight:600">laurencerandgtwo.jpg</a></h2><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.333333rem;line-height:1.444444rem;margin:1.444444rem 0px;font-weight:400;font-family:janson,Georgia,"Times New Roman","DejaVu Serif",serif;color:rgb(38,38,38)"><div class="gmail-media gmail-media-element-container gmail-media-default gmail-media-float-right" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div id="gmail-file-60802" class="gmail-file gmail-file-image gmail-file-image-jpeg" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-content" style="box-sizing:border-box"><img class="gmail-media-element gmail-file-default" src="https://www.pw.org/files/laurencerandgtwo.jpg" width="440" height="350" alt="" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: 239px; width: 300px; float: right;"></div></div></div></h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.444444rem;font-size:1.166667rem;line-height:1.777778rem">Get the Word Out will launch in November 2022 with the program’s inaugural cohort of debut fiction authors. The Publicity Mentor for this group will be<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Lauren Cerand</strong>.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.444444rem;font-size:1.166667rem;line-height:1.777778rem"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.16667rem">Cerand has twenty years of experience running her own thriving global communications consultancy, driven by an intensive personal focus on each client’s needs and desires, a vast network of relationships, and unparalleled expertise and ingenuity. She helps creative professionals to connect with audiences and inspire community, often through the lens of media. Cerand has advised writers, artists, publishers, and media and cultural organizations that are household names throughout her career and guided many more that are still finding their path. After two decades in New York and a year in Florence, Italy, she now lives in Baltimore and continues to work internationally. For more information, visit<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.laurencerand.com/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,96,136);font-weight:600;font-size:1.16667rem">LaurenCerand.com</a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.16667rem">.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.444444rem;font-size:1.166667rem;line-height:1.777778rem"> </p><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.333333rem;line-height:1.444444rem;margin:1.444444rem 0px;font-weight:400;font-family:janson,Georgia,"Times New Roman","DejaVu Serif",serif;color:rgb(38,38,38)"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box"><a id="gmail-Supporters" name="Supporters" style="box-sizing:border-box">Supporters</a></strong></h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.444444rem;font-size:1.166667rem;line-height:1.777778rem"><em style="box-sizing:border-box">Get the Word Out was developed with funding from Leonard and Louise Riggio, with additional support from Macmillan Publishers.</em></p></div></div></div></span></div></div><div class="gmail-block gmail-block-openx gmail-first gmail-odd gmail-subscribe-link-processed" id="gmail-block-openx-49" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.444444rem 29.8125px;border:medium;float:right;width:300px;max-width:16.666667rem;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px"><div class="gmail-block__content" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px"><ins id="gmail-revive-0-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://fast.poets-writers.org/openx/www/delivery/cl.php?bannerid=3227&zoneid=62&sig=03ce3270051da93dc66975ed103d23eff4a590fad438a8015e094e90141e1d0c&oadest=https%3A%2F%2Fssl.drgnetwork.com%2Fflex%2FPOE%2FNEWSUB%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,96,136);font-weight:600;text-decoration:none"><img src="https://fast.poets-writers.org/images/fb26ee123e2f1e00f80bf4e090143b17.jpg" width="300" height="250" alt="" title="" border="0" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0p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