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- Please submit a brief biography. (Limit: 100 words)
- Please list 10 published works and/or performances. (Limit: 150 words)
- Please submit a statement explaining why you should be selected to be the Austin Poet Laureate. (Limit: 300 words)
- Please describe how your past projects have engaged culturally diverse audiences. How does your poetry work to amplify the voices of these historically disenfranchised audiences? (Limit: 300 words)
- Please submit a statement outlining your ideas to enhance the literary arts within the community, specifically aiming to involve and represent diverse communities across the city. (Limit: 500 words)
- Please upload a resume or curriculum vitae (maximum of three pages) highlighting your publication and award history, experience in public speaking, teaching, and/or public performances, and community service or volunteer work.
- Please upload a writing sample consisting of 1–3 selected poems (maximum of 10 pages) OR a transcript of a spoken word performance.
- If you uploaded a writing sample, please provide a link to a video of yourself reciting one of your poems (maximum length: 3:30 minutes). If, instead, you submitted a transcript of a spoken word performance, please provide a link to a video of your spoken word performance (maximum length: 10:00 minutes).
