The Palm Beach Poetry Festival is pleased to announce the 2022 fellowships and scholarships for the 18th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival.
Fellowships included the Langston Hughes Fellowships for African-American Poets; Kundiman Fellowships for Asian-American Poets; Canto-Mundo Fellowships for Latinx Poets, and the Thomas Lux Scholarship specifically for first time festival participants who would not otherwise be able to attend. A total of 18 fellowships and scholarships were awarded. These fellowships and scholarships are funded through the generosity of several donors who wish to remain anonymous.
“All of us at the Palm Beach Poetry Festival thought for sure we would be gathering together in person as we had for 16-years of January festivals from 2005 through 2020,” said Miles Coon, Palm Beach Poetry Festival Founder and President. “Alas, as it did last year, nature has besieged us with more waves, from Delta to Omicron, necessitating online presentation of our 18th Annual Festival, January 10-15, 2022. Not only is our line-up of faculty and other featured poets absolutely fabulous, but we also are proud and pleased to award fellowships and scholarships to these gifted poets who hail from all over the USA.”
“A diverse community of poets will once again create a vital and energetic atmosphere in our workshops this year. We were pleased to be able to offer more virtual fellowships than at prior in-person festivals. And, as we did last year, we have discovered a new kind of community and participation can happen online,” said Festival Director, Susan R. Williamson.
We are pleased to announce the following fellowship and scholarship recipients attending the virtual 18th Palm Beach Poetry Festival, January 10-15, 2022:
2022 CantoMundo Fellow: Cristina Correa, Gambler, OH
2022 Langston Hughes Fellows:
Marlanda Dekine, Georgetown, SC; Yolanda Franklin, Sandy Springs, GA; Oak Morse, Houston, TX; Tila Neguse, St. Louis, MO; Edythe Rodriguez, Upper Darby, PA
2022 Kundiman Fellows:
Ryan Artes, Baltimore, MD; Nicole W. Lee, Sydney, Australia; April H. Lim, Stillwater, OK; Michelle Peñaloza, Covela, CA; Maria Picone, Myrtle Beach, SC; Hua Xi, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Thomas Lux Scholars:
Alecia Marie Beymer, Madison, WI; Julie Daniels, Studio City, CA; Remi Recchia, Stillwater, OK; Bradley Samore, Fresno, CA; Felicity Sheehy, Princeton, NJ; L.J. Sysko, Wilmington, DE
Find out more about the fellows & scholars on their bio page.
CantoMundo nurtures and supports the numerous aesthetic and philosophical approaches of Latinx poetry in the USA, and builds on the aesthetically, culturally, and linguistically diverse work of Latinx poets, who have historically—and with limited economic resources—formed supportive literary spaces. CantoMundo’s first gathering convened in 2010.
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.
The Palm Beach Poetry Festival – Langston Hughes Fellowship includes the application fee, tuition, and admission to all festival events. The fellow will be an outstanding African American 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 are open by application to poets who identify as Black or African American. We are grateful to the administrators of the Langston Hughes Estate who assisted us by granting permission to name this fellowship.
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. Interested donors may contact Festival Director, Susan R. Williamson or Founder, Miles Coon.
These fellowships are supported by the generous donations of individuals who wish to remain anonymous. In addition, the festival also offers a limited number of partial scholarships to applicants for whom partial assistance makes attendance possible. Email query must be made after applications are submitted.
