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Writing and Arts Residency Focusing on Prison Issues

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

*Prison Issues Residency * Blue Mountain Center is pleased to invite you and your colleagues to apply to a special two week session, May 8-25, that will be dedicated to artists and writers who are working on material pertaining to incarceration: the system itself, the alternatives, the inmates, the stories, the data, etc. The corrosive effect of our jail and prison systems on human life and society is a primary focus of the BMC program, and we hope that providing this opportunity for artists and activists will help to advance progressive thinking on the issue. To apply, simply submit a letter postmarked by February 23 to: Ben Strader Blue Mountain Center PO Box 109 Blue Mountain Lake, NY 12812-0109 or to ben@bluemountaincenter.org. The letter should include: (A) a brief description of what you plan to work on at BMC, (B) your history with the issue, (C) a list of two references who are familiar with prison issues and with your work, (D) A short (up to 10 pages) writing sample...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 02, 2009 (boomark / email).