<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Beyond Baroque Foundation</strong><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:Beyond_Baroque_Foundation@mail.vresp.com" target="_blank">Beyond_Baroque_Foundation@mail.vresp.com</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM<br>Subject: Last Call for Linda J. Albertano Poetry Fellowship Applications + Upcoming Events<br>To: <<a href="mailto:hedgecokeaa@gmail.com" target="_blank">hedgecokeaa@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><u></u><div bgcolor="#ffffff" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center" style="margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr style="display:inline"><td style="display:inline;border-width:0px"><a href="https://cts.vresp.com/fbl?656706b2ac/b66b767bba/https://facebook.com/dialog/share?app_id=123263689855&href=http%3A%2F%2Fhosted-p0.vresp.com%2F702820%2F656706b2ac%2FARCHIVE&quote=Last%20Call%20for%20Linda%20J.%20Albertano%20Poetry%20Fellowship%20Applications%20+%20Upcoming%20Events&redirect_uri=https://facebook.com" target="_blank"><img src="https://img-ak.verticalresponse.com/social_sharing/social_sharing.placeholder.facebook.png" class="gmail-CToWUd"></a><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></td><td style="display:inline;border-width:0px"><a href="https://cts.vresp.com/ts?656706b2ac/b66b767bba/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Last+Call+for+Linda+J.+Albertano+Poetry+Fellowship+Applications+%2B+Upcoming+Events%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fhosted-p0.vresp.com%2F702820%2F656706b2ac%2FARCHIVE" target="_blank"><img src="https://img-ak.verticalresponse.com/social_sharing/social_sharing.placeholder.twitter.png" class="gmail-CToWUd"></a><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></td><td style="display:inline;border-width:0px"><a href="https://cts.vresp.com/ls?656706b2ac/b66b767bba/https://linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhosted-p0.vresp.com%2F702820%2F656706b2ac%2FARCHIVE" target="_blank"><img src="https://img-ak.verticalresponse.com/social_sharing/social_sharing.placeholder.linkedin.png" class="gmail-CToWUd"></a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"><tbody><tr><td align="center" colspan="2" height="15" valign="top"><p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><img align="none" alt="Beyond Baroque - tagline" border="0" height="150" src="https://img-ak.verticalresponse.com/media/f/6/7/f67e58f5c0/656706b2ac/41e574468c/library/Beyond%20Baroque%20-%20tagline.jpg" title="Beyond Baroque - tagline" width="300" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; width: 300px; height: 150px;"></span></span></span><br><a href="https://cts.vresp.com/c/?BeyondBaroqueFoundat/656706b2ac/b66b767bba/6610c39602" target="_blank" style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><img align="none" alt="CFC-donate-button-1" border="0" height="40" src="http://img-ak.verticalresponse.com/media/f/6/7/f67e58f5c0/a456e847da/CFC-donate-button-1.jpg?__nocache__=1" title="CFC-donate-button-1" width="80" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="width: 80px; height: 40px;"></span></a></p><hr><p><font color="#990000" face="trebuchet ms, helvetica, sans-serif" size="5"><b style="font-size:24px;color:rgb(0,51,102)">Linda J. Albertano Poetry Fellowship</b></font></p><hr><p><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Deadline March 15, 2025</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><img align="none" alt="linda" border="0" height="300" hspace="0" src="https://img-ak.verticalresponse.com/media/f/6/7/f67e58f5c0/656706b2ac/41e574468c/library/linda.jpg" title="linda" vspace="0" width="600" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; width: 600px; height: 300px;"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Get your applicatipns in now, because this is the last week to apply for Beyond Baroque’s 2025<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><a href="https://cts.vresp.com/c/?BeyondBaroqueFoundat/656706b2ac/b66b767bba/4bdaed8825" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><strong>Linda J. Albertano Poetry Fellowship!</strong></span></a></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Named in honor of the late<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Linda J. Albertano</strong>, a poet and legendary performance artist who worked closely with Beyond Baroque throughout her career, this fellowship honors her groundbreaking legacy by providing support to new generations of poets.<br><br>The fellowship is open to emerging women and non-binary poets who are interested in developing their artistic practice. Offered annually, the fellowship provides $1,000 in Beyond Baroque workshop credits, the opportunity to curate one event with a programs budget, and a paid opportunity to facilitate our historic Wednesday Night Poetry Workshop!<br> <br>Applications are being accepted until this<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Saturday, March 15, 2025</strong>. The winner will be selected by a diverse panel of poets, writers, and performance artists.<br><br>Beyond Baroque will host a reading officially announcing the Linda J. Albertano Poetry Fellow on Saturday, April 12, 2025. More information about the event will be announced soon and can be found at<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://beyondbaroque.org" target="_blank">beyondbaroque.org</a><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>and on social media platforms at @bblitarts.<br></span></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><font size="1"><font face="georgia, serif"><i>Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, </i></font><i style="font-family:georgia,serif">Distinguished Professor</i></font></div><div><font size="1"><i style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="https://coffeehousepress.org/collections/shop/products/look-at-this-blue" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Look at This Blue </a></i></font></div><div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><i>    Weird Times, Be Kind</i></div></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">If this correspondence arrives past your work hours, please do not feel obligated to respond until an appropriate time. </span><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">Respecting work/life balance is important to me.</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="1"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>