[Cwgrad-announcements] FW: Call for Applications: Kundiman Asian American Poetry Retreat

[Amanda J Labagnara]

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KUNDIMAN ASIAN AMERICAN POETRY RETREAT

The University of Virginia, Charlottesville
June 20 – 24, 2007

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

Myung Mi Kim’s books of poems include Commons (University of California
Press), DURA (Sun & Moon), The Bounty (Chax Press), and Under Flag, winner
of the Multicultural Publisher’s Exchange Award (Kelsey St. Press).
Anthology appearances in Asian-American Literature: An Anthology, Moving
Borders: Three Decades of Innovative Writing by Women, Premonitions: The
Kaya Anthology of New Asian North American Poetry, Primary Trouble: An
Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry and other collections. Honors
include a residency at Djerassi Resident Artists Program and awards from
The Fund for Poetry. She is Professor of English at SUNY-Buffalo.

Regie Cabico is a spoken word pioneer having won top prizes in the 1993,
1994 and 1997 National Poetry Slams. His work appears in over 30
anthologies including Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Café, Spoken
Word Revolution and Slam. He has appeared on two seasons of HBO’s Def
Poetry Jam, PBS’ “In The Life” and MTV’s “Free Your Mind” Spoken Word
Tour. Regie is the recipient of the 10th annual Writers for Writers Award
sponsored by Poets & Writers and has received three New York Foundation
for the Arts Fellowships for Poetry and Multi-Disciplinary Performance.

Prageeta Sharma is the author of Bliss to Fill (subpress books, 2000) and
The Opening Question (Fence Books, 2004). Her work has also appeared in
Agni, Art Asia Pacific, Boston Review, Combo, Fence, Indiana Review,
Women’s Review of Books and other periodicals. She received her MFA in
poetry from Brown University and an MA in Media Studies from The New
School.


Fees

To keep the cost of the retreat low for all participants, fees are not
charged for workshops or programming. Thus, all accepted applicants are
given an automatic tuition scholarship.  Room and Board for the entire
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’
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, 2007

For more info, please visit: http://www.kundiman.org/index.php?id=4