MACONDO CELEBRATES NATIONAL POETRY MONTH

  

From Macondo Writers, https://macondowriters.com

 

 

We are thrilled to announce our partnership with Northern Arizona Book Festival in celebrating National Poetry Month! As in the past, we will be hosting an online Zoom webinar reading, MACONDO CELEBRATES NATIONAL POETRY MONTH SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISER, on Sunday, April 14th at 5PM MST / 6 PM CST / 7PM EST, featuring a wonderful lineup of poets including: Rigoberto González, Diana Marie Delgado, Sherwin Bitsui, Yaccaira Salvatierra, Saúl Hernández, and hosted by Josslyn Luckett. We invite all members of the Macondo community to please join us for this special event. Register to attend by clicking 

https://nau.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqf-ivpz4qH9KkvnIntYFCgG9q_JWRS6Ro#/registration

 

Please share the link to this event with your network. Macondo would not be what it is without the support of Macondistas and those who believe in our mission. We encourage you, to urge your friends and family as well as your social network to donate to this summer’s scholarship fund for the Macondo Writers Workshop. Your generosity helps us provide a nurturing space for creativity to flourish, benefiting both emerging and established writers working for social change in their community. Since its inception, the workshop has been sustained by the generosity of our membership and supporters. Your donation, whether it's $25, $250, or even $2,500, or a gift of any amount will go directly to support full and partial scholarships for this year’s workshop participants. Our goal is to match 100% of the need-based scholarship requests. 

 

Help us achieve this by making a tax-deductible contribution, here today.

https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1599/giving19/giving.aspx?sid=1599&gid=2&pgid=402&cid=1056&dids=375

 

 If you prefer to donate by check, please make it payable to Trinity University and include "Macondo Writers Workshop" in the note section of your check, and mail it to:

 

Prof. Norma E. Cantú

Northrup Hall 244

Trinity University

One Trinity Place

San Antonio, TX 78212

MACONDO WRITER'S WORKSHOP: FREE THREE NIGHTS OF READINGS

The Macondo Writers Workshop is an association of socially-engaged writers working to advance creativity, foster generosity, and serve community through their writing. Founded in 1995 by writer Sandra Cisneros and named after the mythical town in Gabriel García Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, the workshop gathers writers from all genres who work on geographic, cultural, economic, gender, and spiritual borders for an annual summer workshop with leading guest faculty from around the country. A guiding principle of our community is generosity and we are sustained by the ongoing support of donations like yours. As an entirely volunteer-run organization, all donations and gifts are used to fund and support the annual summer workshop. For more information, please visit www.macondowriters.com. If you have questions please email info@macondowriters.com.

 

 

THREE NIGHTS OF READINGS

Open Mic Reading: Thursday, July 28, 7-8:30 p.m. CST

Guest Faculty Reading: Friday, July 29, 7-8:00 p.m. CST

Open Mic Reading: Saturday, July 30, 5:30-6:30 p.m. CST

 

 

Register for all free three nights of readings. at 

https://trinity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Uh93iuEvQ_mW2bnaG_zMDg?utm_campaign=

 

 

Readings are free and open to the public.

 

 

Donations are welcomed.

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APPLICATIONS FOR MACONDO WRITERS WORKSHOP 2022

 

For more information and to apply visit, 

https://macondowriters.com

 

APPLICATIONS FOR MACONDO WRITERS WORKSHOP 2022 OPEN ON JANUARY 3, 2022

 

We are a group of experienced writers who demonstrate a professional or master’s level of writing. The workshop gathers writers from all genres who work on geographic, cultural, economic, gender, and spiritual borders. Qualified applicants must meet both high writing standards and dedicated community involvement.

MACONDO WRITERS WORKSHOP – VIRTUAL EDITION

 

JULY 26- JULY 30, 2022 

SAN ANTONIO, TX       

 

The Macondo Writers Workshop is an association of socially-engaged writers working to advance creativity, foster generosity, and serve the community. Founded in 1995 by writer Sandra Cisneros and named after the town in Gabriel García Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, the workshop gathers writers from all genres who work on geographic, cultural, economic, gender, and spiritual borders. An essential aspect of the Workshop is a global sense of community; participants recognize their place as writers in our society and the world. We are also seasoned writers who demonstrate a professional or master’s level of writing. Qualified applicants must meet both criteria. Excellent writing does not excuse poor community spirit; vice-versa, an impressive record of community involvement does not excuse poor writing. Macondo is a gift we give to one another, with willing hands and open hearts. 

 

THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 20, 2022 (11:59 PM PACIFIC TIME). ACCEPTED PARTICIPANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED NO LATER THAN MARCH 31, 2022 AND ANNOUNCED NO LATER THAN APRIL 9, 2022.