See below and attached. Sincerely, The English Department http://english.qc.cuny.edu/ Klapper 607 718-997-4600 From: Nicole Marie Gervasio <ngervasio@pen.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2021 2:39 PM To: English <english@qc.cuny.edu> Subject: Applications Open for Spring 2021 DREAMing Out Loud Program EXTERNAL EMAIL: please report suspicious content to the ITS Help Desk. Dear Karen, My name is Nicole Gervasio, and I manage DREAMing Out Loud<https://pen.org/dreaming-out-loud/>, PEN America's paid, tuition-free writing program for young, aspiring immigrant writers, especially those who are undocumented. Would you please pass along the news that applications are now open<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfTi1WfOhkbTu0dA9xnhNE4fhYcaqc-a0DtDnk9576X4SfCTQ/viewform?usp=sf_link> for the spring 2021 semester to students in any relevant clubs, programs, or departmental listserves you may manage at Queens College? Here are some details they may want to know: Program Benefits * Mentorship & instruction from published immigrant writers * $200 student stipend for participation * Publication in our annual anthology * Career development support on getting published and breaking into the publishing industry * Public speaking opportunities at the annual PEN World Voices Festival * Access to a thoughtful, supportive, and socially conscious writing community Eligibility The workshop primarily serves undocumented students and DACA recipients, though we also welcome new citizens, recent émigrés, and young immigrants in search of community. Applicants must be students and/or residents in New York City to receive a stipend. Dates & Times Workshops take place once a week for eight sessions from the second week of March through the first week in May. To make scheduling easy, a variety of dates and times are available from our 2021 teaching artists, Álvaro Enrigue, Charlie Vázquez, Cherry Lou Sy, and Victor I. Cazares. The deadline to apply is Monday, February 22, 2021 by 11:59pm ET. The form is brief and applications are rolling, so apply today<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfTi1WfOhkbTu0dA9xnhNE4fhYcaqc-a0DtDnk9576X4SfCTQ/viewform?usp=sf_link>! For your convenience, we have also penned a post suitable for any social media platform: Applications are open for @PENAmerica’s 2021 season of DREAMing Out Loud, a paid, tuition-free writing workshop for young undocumented and immigrant writers in NYC this spring. Submit yours today! https://forms.gle/dR8FuBCaJBJGMShG9 It would mean so much to us if you could share this program with any immigrant students in your network, especially those who are undocumented and/or DACA. You and your students are also welcome to email me questions at ngervasio@pen.org<mailto:ngervasio@pen.org> anytime. Thank you in advance, Nicole Marie Gervasio DREAMing Out Loud is a project of PEN America in collaboration with the National Queer Theater and the CUNY Mexican Studies Institute, with public funds from the New York City Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment. -- Nicole Marie Gervasio, Ph.D. she / her / hers Literary Festival & Public 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/penamerica<https://www.facebook.com/PENamerica/> | @penamerica 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<https://mailchi.mp/pen/dare>.