news for bianca spriggs

January 20—The Lexington Herald-Leader covers "The Thirteen" here.

December, 2012—Announced as recipient for an Artist Enrichment Grant through the Kentucky Foundation for Women. Bianca will produce a live exhibition and performance entitled "The Thirteen" which pays homage to thirteen Black women and girls lynched or executed in Kentucky throughout the late 19th-early 20th centuries. The exhibition and performance will take place at Transylvania University in 2013.

July, 2012—Announced as a recipient of the 2013 Al Smith Fellowship sponsored by the Kentucky Arts Council.

June, 2012—Announced as recipient for an Arts Meets Activism Grant through the Kentucky Foundation for Women. Bianca will continue to facilitate writing workshops for incarcerated women in Kentucky for "The SwallowTale Project" in partnership with the Kentucky Domestic Violence Association (KDVA).

March, 2012—Announced as commencement speaker for Transylvania University in May, 2012.

December, 2011—Announced as a recipient for an Artist Enrichment Grant through the Kentucky Foundation for Women. Bianca will attend the AWP Conference in Chicago, IL, Feb29-March 3, 2012.

December, 2011—Announced as a Pushcart Prize Nominee for "All That Glitters" (Muzzle, 2011).

December, 2011—Announced as a Weatherford Award Nominee for "How Swallowtails Become Dragons" (Accents Publishing, 2011).

June, 2011—Announced as recipient for an Arts Meets Activism Grant through the Kentucky Foundation for Women. Bianca will facilitate writing workshops for incarcerated women in Kentucky for "The SwallowTale Project" in partnership with the Kentucky Domestic Violence Association (KDVA).

May, 2011—Named "Tuesday Poet" by The Black Bottom.

April, 2011—Named one of The Top Black Performance Poets by The Root.

August, 2010—Announced as one of eight new authors to be published by Accents Publishing.  "How Swallowtails Become Dragons" will be released March 1, 2011.

December, 2010—Announced as a recipient for an Artist Enrichment Grant through the Kentucky Foundation for Women. Bianca will complete a manuscript in 2011 revolving around women in states of transition, transformation, and reinvention. 

Photo by Rebecca Gayle Howell