Linda J. Albertano Poetry Fellowship
 Application Deadline: March 15, 2025



The Linda J. Albertano Fellowship is named in honor of the late Linda J. Albertano, a poet and legendary performance artist who worked closely with members of the Beyond Baroque community throughout her career until her passing in 2022. To further her legacy, Beyond Baroque has established a fellowship that will continue her commitment to supporting women and non-binary poets, and her spirit of artistic experimentation.

Through this fellowship, Beyond Baroque seeks to support emerging women and non-binary poets who are interested in developing their artistic practice. The fellowship, which will be awarded annually, allows one Southern California-based woman or non-binary poet to enroll in all Beyond Baroque workshops for free by providing $1,000 in credits, which are valid for two years.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: MARCH 15, 2025

FELLOWSHIP DETAILS:
  • Open to Southern California-based emerging women and non-binary poets. Applicants can have published no more than one book of poetry at the time of selection.
  • Fellow will receive $1,000 in credits to enroll in all Beyond Baroque workshops for free, valid for two years after the award.
  • Fellow will have the opportunity to read their own work at Beyond Baroque and curate one reading/performance event in April following the year awarded, with a $650 budget awarded for the project.
  • Fellow will be paid to facilitate Beyond Baroque’s historic Wednesday Night Workshop for three months in the spring of the year following the fellowship.
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    APPLICATION GUIDELINES:

  • All applications must be submitted by the MARCH 15, 2025 deadline.
  • All entries must be primarily in English.
  • Entrants may submit 10-12 pages of poetry.
  • Poems must be submitted as Word or PDF files.

    • ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES:
  • Selected fellow will need to attend all Beyond Baroque workshops in person at Beyond Baroque, unless the workshop being attended is one hosted online or elsewhere.
  • Selected fellow will need to use their $1000 Beyond Baroque workshop credit within two years of accepting the fellowship.
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    ABOUT LINDA J. ALBERTANO:

    Linda J. Albertano was an acclaimed performance artist who appeared on more than a dozen spoken-word albums including her solo CD, Skin. From 1980 onward, she unleashed her vocabulary at countless language meccas in Europe as well as America, at venues including the John Anson Ford Theater, Lollapalooza, and South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. She was among those representing Los Angeles at the One World Poetry Fest in Amsterdam and also performed in London and Edinburgh. Selected by the Los Angeles Theatre Center, she unveiled a full-length original work Joan of Compton, complete with poets, dancers, and a 30-piece marching band from South Central Los Angeles. For the Santa Monica Arts Council, she mounted Calisaladia–a condensed history of California–with a large multicultural cast on the beach in Ocean Park. With Anne Waldman, Lewis MacAdams, and others, Albertano presented at Allen Ginsberg’s Memorial at the Wadsworth Theater. She’s featured on the Venice Poetry Monument with such local notables as Wanda Coleman and Charles Bukowski. In the new millennium, she studied West African music and instruments with traditional masters in Conakry, Guinea, returning to perform in Los Angeles for more than a decade, including at The Getty, Royce Hall, California Plaza, and the World Festival of Sacred Music, with kora (West African harp) virtuoso Prince Diabate.

    APPLY FOR THE LINDA J. ALBERTANO POETRY FELLOWSHIP HERE.