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Enter our Merida Fellowship Award competition!
Kimiko Hahn will judge. The recipient will receive a tuition-free week participating in our workshops and festival in Puebla and will also give a half-hour reading. We also include seven nights (double occupancy) at either Hotel Royalty (contemporary) or Hotel Colonial (colonial). Lodging info here. Travel info here. Your entry must be received by September 1st. Recipient announced on September 30th. Entry fee is $25 Enter here
Kimiko Hahn is the author of eight collections of poetry, including Toxic Flora (W.W. Norton, 2010), The Narrow Road to the Interior (2006); The Artist's Daughter (2002); Mosquito and Ant (1999); Volatile (Hanging Loose Press, 1998); and The Unbearable Heart (Kaya, 1995), which received an American Book Award. Other honors include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, The New York Foundation for the Arts, as well as a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers' Award; also, the Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize, an Association of Asian American Studies Literature Award, the Shelley Memorial Prize. She received a bachelor's degree in English and East Asian studies with a certificate in creative writing from the University of Iowa, and a master's degree in Japanese literature from Columbia University. She is a Distinguished Professor in the MFA Program and committed to exploring new pedagogical avenues in this discipline.
Guest Workshop or Lecture Presentation
M.F.A./Poetry or Literary Translation Candidate
Nominations for our Puebla 2012 program will be accepted through October 15th.
We are accepting nominations from creative writing professors for a student currently pursuing an MFA in Poetry or Literary Translation (with a focus on Mexican poetry or Latin American Studies) to participate in our workshops for 1/2 tuition ($300). In exchange, the candidate will present one translation workshop or lecture for participants. This is a unique opportunity for a student to gain experience conducting a workshop or presenting a lecture in a foreign country. Professional introductions for future projects abound. The candidate will also give a half-hour public reading, which will include their own poetry and/or English language translations of a contemporary Latin American poet.
Please write to uspoetsinmexico@verizon.net to nominate a candidate and include a brief description of the candidate's particular focus on Latin American Studies or Mexican poetry. Include the student's email and a brief recommendation.
A follow-up email from USPiM to candidates of interest will request a description of their proposed workshop or lecture. The nominee will be selected and notified by November 15th.
Questions? Kindly contact:
U.S. Poets in Mexico
P.O. Box 4150
Grand Central Station
New York, NY 10163
Tel: 917-406-4378
uspoetsinmexico@verizon.net
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