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2026-27 confluence Fellowship Application

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Poet Name

Email

City

State or Province

Country

Cover Message

A brief cover message explaining why you want to become a Fellow. Please address how your work innovates the substance and form of haiku or tanka, and your interest in the Fellowship community.

Submission

A substantial body of work, between 15-25 pieces of haiku or tanka and 0-3 pieces in related forms such as haibun, tanka prose, haiga, tanka art, tan renga, or sequences. Please see the submission guidelines for details.

Biography

A short biography (100-200 words).

Essay

A short essay on your philosophy of poetry (300-400 words).

File Upload

If your submission requires special formatting, you may upload a PDF or Word file.

Prior Publication Credits

If you are submitting previously published work, please include a list of venues where your work was first published. For example: #FemkuMag, Frogpond, Modern Haiku. Please use only this field to include publication credits, and do not include the publication credit next to your poem.

Fellowship Participation