RETREAT
What is the CAntoMundo Retreat?
Our retreat is an intensive, three-day poetry gathering for our fellows that provides space to create, document, and celebrate Latine poetry. CantoMundo aims to bring various Latinidades into conversation with each other; these represent diverse poetic styles and heritages in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and indigenous languages. Over the course of the retreat, CantoMundo fellows attend poetry workshops led by established Latine poets and participate in public readings, panel discussions, and informal conversations. Poetry is not critiqued at the CantoMundo retreat workshops. The workshops are generative, and accepted fellows participate in two workshops, one with each faculty member.
Throughout the rest of the year, we sponsor (or work with other organizations to co-sponsor) events such as readings or workshops that provide opportunities for our CantoMundo community of poets to teach and to learn from one another. Now that a full-time director has been hired and CantoMundo now has a permanent home at Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University, additional work is inprogress to bring CantoMundo poets and activities to the wider Phoenix area.
Past retreats have been held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Austin, Texas, New York City, Tucson, Arizona, and now, Tempe, Arizona.
Applying
Admission to CantoMundo is granted through a competitive process and is not guaranteed. The pool of applicants changes each year, so if you are not admitted the first time you apply, we encourage you to resubmit in subsequent years. Accepted fellows are invited to attend three retreats.
Expenses
Fellows accepted to CantoMundo cover their travel and housing during the four-day retreat. We aim to reserve rooms that are affordable and accessible to all abilities, and we provide most meals. If travel and housing is cost prohibitive for you, fellows may apply for a travel scholarship.
LEARN MORE
You can check out our Past Retreats page to see what we’ve done over the years, or visit our Upcoming Retreats page if you’re interested in knowing more information about our next annual retreat.
Thank you to our funders
CantoMundo’s programming is made possible with the generous support of our funders: Hawthornden Foundation, Academy of American Poets, and the Poetry Foundation.
