CRWROPPS Post : Announcing the 2021-2022 CAAPP Fellowship in Creative Writing

Cc: Center for African American Poetry and Poetics <caapp@pitt.edu>
Subject: Announcing the 2021-2022 CAAPP Fellowship in Creative Writing

 

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Dear Friend of the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics, 

 

We are thrilled to announce an open fellowship position with CAAPP at the University of Pittsburgh: the 2021-2022 CAAPP Fellowship in Creative Writing. 

 

The position is a two-year fellowship in a "creative think tank" for African American and African diasporic poetry and poetics, housed in a lively English/ creative writing program, beginning fall 2021.Poets who have completed an MFA or PhD with creative writing experience are eligible to apply, provided they do not yet have more than one full-length book of poetry or other creative writing published or under contract by the application deadline.  

 

Applicants should upload a cover letter, C.V., writing sample of up to 15 pages to the application portal (link below), and have three letters of recommendation sent to caapp@pitt.edu by January 31, 2021. 

 

A full description and application for the Fellowship can be found at http://bit.ly/CAAPPFellowship2021 

 

Please spread to any poets you think might be interested. 

 

Thanks & Best, 

Steffan Triplett 

Steffan Triplett

Visiting Lecturer
Interim Assistant Director, Center for African American Poetry and Poetics
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University of Pittsburgh

School of Arts and Sciences

526 Cathedral of Learning

English Department

4200 Fifth Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15260