Please see below: Dear Karen, I would love to inform your students in the English Department that applications are open for the spring 2020 semester of DREAMing Out Loud at Queens College. Would you please pass this email and the attached flyer to them at your earliest convenience? DREAMing Out Loud<https://pen.org/dreaming-out-loud/> is a tuition-free creative writing workshop program for undocumented immigrant youth from the City University of New York. We primarily seek to serve those who came to the United States when they were children, but we also welcome DACA recipients, new citizens, and young immigrants in search of community. The program seeks to counter rising anti-immigrant sentiment in the U.S. and to amplify the voices of many living in this country who are marginalized because of their immigration status. The program was founded in 2016 by award-winning novelist Álvaro Enrigue and PEN America, the only organization working at the intersection of human rights, literature, and free expression in New York City. The 2020 season of DREAMing Out Loud will host workshops at Queens College, Medgar Evers College, Lehman College, and PEN America. It will take place for eight two-hour sessions from the first week of February through the last week in March. Cherry Lou Sy, an accomplished playwright and educator, will lead the workshop for Queens College. Major benefits of the program also include: * publication in our annual anthology; * career development support from publishing professionals; * opportunities to share work in public readings; * a $400 honorarium for participation. The deadline to apply is Friday, January 17, 2020. The form is brief and applications are rolling, so apply here today<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKRM53WApU-PZ7xJqpsnqinPUNMfmiKVM9RVWNRS6TTDZ0ew/viewform?usp=sf_link>! If you or your students have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the program's manager, Nicole Gervasio, at ngervasio@pen.org<mailto:ngervasio@pen.org>, or student coordinator, Yesica Balderrama, at ybalderrama@pen.org<mailto:ybalderrama@pen.org>. All the best, Nicole Gervasio, Ph.D. -- Nicole Marie Gervasio, Ph.D. she / her / hers Festival Programs Manager, PEN America Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow ngervasio@pen.org<mailto:ngervasio@pen.org> | t. +1 646.779.4816 | PEN AMERICA 588 Broadway Suite 303, New York, NY 10012, USA<https://maps.google.com/?q=588+Broadway+Suite+303,%C2%A0New+York,+NY+10012,+USA&entry=gmail&source=g> pen.org<http://pen.org/> | facebook.com/penamerican<http://facebook.com/penamerican> | @penamerican The Freedom to Write Be an active literary citizen. Join PEN America today!<http://www.pen.org/join> Help PEN America defend free expression. Subscribe to the DARE newsletter Sent via Mail Merge<https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mail-merge-with-attachmen/nifmcbjailaccmombpjjpijjbfoicppp> -- Nicole Marie Gervasio, Ph.D. she / her / hers Festival Programs Manager, PEN America Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow ngervasio@pen.org<mailto:ngervasio@pen.org> | t. +1 646.779.4816 | PEN AMERICA 588 Broadway Suite 303, New York, NY 10012, USA<https://maps.google.com/?q=588+Broadway+Suite+303,%C2%A0New+York,+NY+10012,+USA&entry=gmail&source=g> pen.org<http://pen.org/> | facebook.com/penamerican<http://facebook.com/penamerican> | @penamerican The Freedom to Write Be an active literary citizen. Join PEN America today!<http://www.pen.org/join> Help PEN America defend free expression. Subscribe to the DARE newsletter Please note: This email is being sent to you for informational purposes only. This event is not endorsed by the English Department at Queens College. For more information on an event, please locate the contact person within the email.