Announcing Priscila Uppal as the first Roger’s Cup Tennis Tournament Poet-in-Residence August 6th-14th, 2011, Toronto!
Priscila will be channeling the tennis muse to create daily original poetry on all things tennis. Enjoy the poetry in motion:
- By clicking on the Roger’s Cup Tennis website Poetry Corner
- By visiting the Tennis Canada onsite Booth
- By opening up your Roger’s Cup Tennis Daily Draw Sheet
- And click on her daily blog, The Art of Tennis, to find out about tennis books, tennis films, tennis songs and more.
- Plus write a poem of your own and enter the free tennis poetry contest, judged by Uppal. The winning poem will be published in the finals Sunday daily draw sheet and in a souvenir chapbook sent to all the players.
- To book media or interviews contact Priscila Uppal at prisuppal@gmail.com
SPONSORSHIP NEEDED!
Help Priscila Uppal realize her dream of bringing sport poetry to our Canadian athletes.
The first ever poet-in-residence for CANFund (Canadian Athletes Now) during the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Games, Uppal wrote and performed winter sport poems throughout the games celebrating the athletes, all winter sports, and special Olympic and Paralympic games moments. The poems were collected together and published as Winter Sport: Poems. Uppal will be resuming her position for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and will produce the companion book Summer Sport: Poems.
Uppal is currently seeking sponsors to fund giving a copy of the books to each Canadian Olympian and Paralympian who competed in Vancouver and who will compete in London.
Please contact her at prisuppal@gmail.com if you are interested in exploring sponsorship possibilities.
Most Recent Books
From Mansfield Press (Winter 2010)
From Bloodaxe Books (UK) (Spring 2010)
Successful Tragedies: Selected Poetry 1998-2010
From Exile Editions (Spring 2010)
