Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets

#2019junies are heeeeere! Even at the cafeteria they are

By former Junie Marissa Davis!

From former Junie Maya Catherine P!

check out this feature of the 2020 junies in this issue!!!! thank you to @adroitjournal & to @tweeterlabird for giving them a space to be together in poems we’ll spotlight each junie on our story in the next coming days!!

For the past thirty-five years, the Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets has awarded fellowships to undergraduates from U.S. colleges to participate in a 3-week June gathering at Bucknell, which affords them housing, food, workshops, readings, and writing time. Alumni of the program have gone on to win National Book Awards, Lannan Foundation Fellowships, and Ruth Lilly Fellowships; to publish with such presses as Copper Canyon, Graywolf, and Knopf; and to appear in such v...enues as Poetry Magazine and The New Yorker. For the first time in its history, due to pandemic-related restrictions on in-person gatherings and spending at Bucknell and beyond, the 2020 Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets has been cancelled. The program conducted its admissions process and made selections and preparations before a cancellation became necessary. This is a loss for each person involved with the program, but especially so for the students. If you’re a friend or an alum of the Seminar, or just someone who loves poetry, we hope you’ll reach out by commenting below, welcoming the 2020 accepted students to the community of poets connected to this program. Hajjar Baban, University of WisconsinMadison 2020 Prairie Dalton, North Carolina State University 2022 Isabella Escamilla, Purdue University 2022 Helli Fang, Bard College 2020 Taylor Garrison, Muhlenberg College 2020 Eileen Huang, Yale College 2022 George Jensen, Knox College 2020 Lily Lauver, Knox College 2021 Anika Potluri, Cornell University 2022 Miyah Powe, Bucknell University 2020 Emily Pursel, Bucknell University 2020 Vitasta Singh, Purdue University 2021 Heath Wooten, University of Mississippi 2020

Undergraduate poets, only 1 WEEK left to apply to BSYP 2020! Spend three wonderful, all-expense-paid weeks with master poets and brilliant peers. Did we mention it's free to apply?! http://ow.ly/YUdk50xpHB6

Only TWO WEEKS left to apply to the inimitable Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets, to work FOR FREE this summer with @VChangPoet @AnaliciaSotelo Marcus Jackson, and more! Get those apps in! http://ow.ly/2QLF50xWs1k

College students, apply to the Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets by 1/31! Spend 3 weeks with master poets, including Victoria Chang, Marcus Jackson, and Analicia Sotelo, taking workshops, giving readings, & bonding over poems. Totally free, & free to apply! http://ow.ly/npEG50xpHrx

We interviewed beloved current Stadler Fellow and 2015 BSUP alum @noahbaldino about their time at the seminarread their responses below and get inspired to apply by January 31 (or reminisce over your own joyous memories!) . . Q: What’s something you loved about the seminar? A: sharing meals every day w/ not just the other undergrad poets, but the visiting and staff poets tooI learned as much there as in talks and workshops, by getting to know everyone wholly as people, ...not just as poets . . Q: Which poets visited in your year? A: @danalevinpoet & Mary Szybist . . Q: Which Junies are you still in touch with? A: Joe Gutierrez was a Junie w me & we talk most daysthey’re one of my most beloved friends; we just reunited with @danalevinpoet in St. Louis this fall (swipe for proof)! & I keep in touch w most of the 2015 Junies, like @unsinkmollyb, @tweeterlabird & @bellamymouse & am friends w Junies from other years too, like @sammiecarrots, @joshie_t_birdie & @laptitevaliserouge . . Q: Where can we read a recent poem of yours? A: i have a new one up at @southeastreviewswipe to read! @ Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts See more

Poets: only two days left to apply for the Stadler Fellowship! Come spend a year with us at Bucknell University, writing poems and gaining valuable professional experience in journal editing and arts administration. Apply (for FREE!) by 10/1!

Final reading of the 2019 Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets #2019junies