Palm Beach Poetry Festival 2017 Partners to Offer Fellowships for Minority Poets Attending 13th Annual Festival

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Palm Beach Poetry Festival 2017 Partners to Offer Fellowships for Minority Poets Attending 13th Annual Festival, January 16-21

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Festival Fellowships Now Available for African-American, Asian American & Latina/Latino Poets

Deadline to Apply is November 14, 2016

(Delray Beach, FL – August 10, 2016) Susan R. Williamson, Director of The Palm Beach Poetry Festival, today announced that it will offer three fellowships that provide full workshop tuition and lodging in Delray Beach for the upcoming 13th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival, January 16-21, 2017. “The fellowships are offered to open the festival workshop doors widely to qualified poets and to insure the festival’s workshops provide an enriching variety of experiences through working with poets from a wide variety of cultures,” says Williamson.

The three fellowships are the Palm Beach Poetry Festival African American Fellowship, the CantoMundo Palm Beach Poetry Festival Fellowship and the Kundiman Palm Beach Poetry Festival Fellowship.

Each fellowship recipient will be an outstanding poet who will benefit from, and contribute to participation in the workshop. A writing sample, letter of introduction, and description of need are an integral part of the application and selection process. Fellowships applications are now open. For details, please visit the links below to each for specifics, details and to apply. The deadline to apply for these fellowships is November 14, 2016.

The Palm Beach Poetry Festival African American Fellowship is available to African American poets who wish to attend the 13th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival. A writing sample, letter of introduction, and description of need are an integral part of the application and selection process. The deadline to apply for these fellowships is November 14, 2016. To apply, please go to: http://www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.org/fellowship-african-american-2017/

CantoMundo nurtures and support the numerous aesthetic and philosophical approaches of Latin@ poetry in the USA, and builds on the aesthetically, culturally, and linguistically diverse work of Latina/o poets, who have historically—and with limited economic resources—formed supportive literary spaces. CantoMundo’s first gathering convened in 2010. To apply, please go to: http://www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.org/fellowship-cantomundo-2017/

Kundiman is dedicated to the creation and cultivation of Asian American literature, offering a comprehensive spectrum of arts programming that gives writers opportunities to inscribe their own stories, transforming and enriching the American literary landscape. To apply, please go to:
http://www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.org/fellowship-kundiman-2017/

“These fellowships are supported by generous donations of individuals who wish to remain anonymous. We welcome inquiries from donors who may be interested in our efforts to expand the availability of these fellowships and seek to support the festival’s dedication to inclusiveness and enrichment of its workshops and public events. Donors may contribute to the PBPF Diversity Fellowship Fund, established to support these efforts,” says Williamson.

About the Palm Beach Poetry Festival 2017:
The 13th annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival will be held January 16-21 at Old School Square in Delray Beach. The Festival features top poets at numerous ticketed public events, including readings, talks, interviews, panel discussions and more. Nine workshops will be offered for which applications are required.

Special Guest Poet in 2017 will be Charles Simic, past United States Poet Laureate (2007-2008) and 1990 Pulitzer Prize winner. Nine distinguished poets will lead poetry writing workshops at the Festival: David Baker, Tina Chang, Lynn Emanuel, Daisy Fried, Terrance Hayes, Dorianne Laux, Thomas Lux, Carl Phillips and Martha Rhodes, and individual conferences will be offered by nationally acclaimed poets: Sally Bliumis-Dunn, Nickole Brown and Ginger Murchison. Performances at the Field House will offer sizzling spoken word by The Mayhem Poets: Mason Granger and Scott Raven.

The 2017 Palm Beach Poetry Festival is sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; Morgan Stanley & The Legacy Group of Atlanta; the Cultural Council of Palm County, the Palm Beach County Tourism Development Council and the Board of Commissioners of Palm Beach County; The Palm Beach Post; Visit Florida; WLRN; and Murder on the Beach, Delray Beach’s independent bookseller.

For more information about the Palm Beach Poetry Festival, please visit http://www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.org/.

Available for Interview:
Susan R. Williamson, Festival Director
Palm Beach Poetry Festival
434-409-1352
srw@palmbeachpoetryfestival.org

Miles Coon, Founder & President
Palm Beach Poetry Festival
palmbeachpoefest@aol.com

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