Artist Initiative
ACHF Arts Access
To write and revise thirty pages of poetry and to develop a coherent and expansive writing style by working with a consultant to finalize my second book-length poetry manuscript. I will complete at least thirty pages of poetry, meet with my consultant three times to receive both oral and written feedback on my work, and submit the final manuscript to my publisher and to at least fifteen poetry book contests.
Jennifer Kwon Dobbs met twice with a writing consultant to review earlier manuscript drafts. She received oral and written feedback and followed up over email and phone to discuss revision. Progress was assessed by tracking the number of actual pages and poems against the proposed outcome outlined in the grant application along with noting professional successes that exceeded the grant's original benchmarks. Artistic growth was observed by the level of deep revision to the manuscript as manifested by several working drafts marked up with author notes and consultant feedback. 2: Of twenty-one new poems, eleven appeared or are forthcoming in national literary journals. Three will appear in an anthology by Tupelo Press. One poem won The Freshwater Review's Rose Warner Prize, and another was a runner-up for Indiana Review's 1/2K Prize. Progress was assessed by tracking the number of actual pages and poems against the proposed outcome outlined in the grant application along with noting professional successes that exceeded the grant's original benchmarks.
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