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Patricia Bibby First Book Award
Tebot Bach is pleased to announce the Patricia Bibby First Book Award 2007 is Richard Fox. His manuscript title is Swagger and Remorse and will be released in October, 2007.
Richard Fox
Richard Fox’s poems have appeared in Court Green, Diagram, TriQuarterly, Borderlands, Folio, Spinning Jenny, Painted Bride Quarterly, Paper Streets and other journals. His work was featured on-line at VerseDaily.com.
He recorded a CD of his work in 2001. In 2006, he participated in the exhibition Shared: Blue Bikes at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. Currently, his video installation is on view at Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago.
He received fellowships for poetry from the City of Chicago and the Illinois Arts Council. He holds a BFA in Photography from Tyler School of Art and lives in Chicago.
Honorable Mentions are:
Jackie White, The Chameleon House
Christine Stewart-Nuñez, Syllables Rising
Patricia Bibby was a beginning poet whose poems expressed her love of life while living with cancer. Her kindness, humor, and optimism inspired the love of many new friends in the poetry community. She died in 2004, at 43, without having been published.
In naming the First Book Award after Patricia Bibby, Tebot Bach honors the aspirations and spirit of all beginning poets. David St. John served as judge for this competition that looks for a fresh, new voice in poetry.
Tebot Bach Receives Two Major Grants
Tebot Bach has received a $5,000 grant to support workshops for the homeless who reside at the Orange County Rescue Mission, and to support a collection
of their writing to be published in late June. Faculty members are Cecilia Woloch and Brendan Constantine.
This project is made possible, in part, by a grant from the California Council for the Humanties as part of the Council’s statewide California Stories Initiative. The Council is an independent non-profit organization and a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information on the Council and the California Stories Initiative, visit www.californiastories.org
Verbena Foundation
Tebot Bach has received a $10,000 grant to support workshops for Veterans who reside at the New Directions shelter at The Veterans Facility, and The Mitchell House. Both shelters are in Los Angeles. This grant also supports a collection of their writing to be published in 2007. Faculty members are currently being recruited.