Events from December 12, 2024 – February 22, 2025 – Nick VIrgilio Haiku Association

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April 2025
HIA* in Action

January 19, 2025 @ 2:00 pm

Weekly Submissions Deadline
Ending haiku classes @ CPS

Featured April 14, 2025

Ending haiku classes at Cooper’s Poynt School
HIA* Prompt Announced

January 15, 2025

Prompt Announcement
Ending haiku classes at Davis Family School.

Featured April 17, 2025
HIA* Winners Announced

January 17, 2025

Winners Announcement
Midnight Notes @ Rutgers Camden

April 29, 2025 @ 7:00 pm
June 2025
Landmark Award

June 1, 2025 @ 2:00 pm

2 pm 1801 Broadway The Nick Virgilio Writers House Celebrates the 2025 Literary Landmark Award From the US Library of Congress’s Center for the Book
HIA* in Action

June 1, 2025 @ 2:00 pm

Weekly Submissions Deadline
Nick Virgilio Annual Memorial Celebration

Featured June 28, 2025

Harleigh Cemetery

Join us at 2:00 PM EST on June 28th, 2026 at Harleigh Cemetery in Camden NJ for a free public celebration of the life of haiku poet (and NVHA's eponym), […]
August 2025
Midnight Notes @ Rutgers Camden

August 12, 2025 @ 7:00 pm

Nick Virgillio Writers House 1801 Broadway, Camden, NJ, United States

The Midnight Notes will return to The Writers House at Rutgers-Camden once again, next Tuesday, Aug. 12th, from 7 PM - 9 PM, hosted by poet and storyteller Reet Starwind. […]
September 2025
Midnight Notes at the Writers House

September 27, 2025
October 2025
Collingswood Book Festival

October 4, 2025 @ 10:00 am

Collingswood Book Festival 729 Haddon Ave., Collingswood, NJ, United States

Location: Poetry Tent Pop Up | 729 Haddon Ave

Albert J. Dansbury, Sr

Alfred taught English to junior and senior high school students in New Jersey and Massachusetts prior to working for the municipal government of the City of Camden, New Jersey. He began working with the City of Camden Department of Planning & Development, Division of Housing Services, as a Cost Estimator for Property Improvement in 1984.

He spent the next thirty-eight years working in both the Division of Housing Services, and the Finance Department Bureau of Grants Management, helping the City administer state and federally funded affordable housing projects in Camden.

Alfred spent ten years working with the Bureau of Grants Management, where he reviewed and evaluated grant applications and proposals for funding from non-profit and for- profit housing developers. These agencies included St. Joseph’s Carpenter Society, Heart of Camden, Camden County OEO, Habitat for Humanity,

Camden Lutheran Housing, RPM Development and others. He also worked with social service agencies such as Dooley House, Respond Inc., Sikora House, Center for Family Services, and Volunteers of America, that applied for grant funding.

He also played a significant role in the planning and implementation of the Annual Consolidated Plan grant application submitted to the Department of Housing and Urban Development each year. The Bureau holds an annual grant funding seminar along with public meetings and technical assistance sessions concerning the C-Plan.

Working for the City of Camden Division of Housing Services Alfred also served as the coordinator of the federal funded HOPWA housing Program for 14 years.

HOPWA funds provided safe, affordable, secure, housing for persons with HIV/AIDS, by issuing housing vouchers to their participants. He managed the delivery of services to 80-90 clients a year, covering Camden, Burlington and Gloucester counties.

During his time working for the City of Camden Mr. Dansbury was a member of the CPAC Homeless Network Planning Committee, the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Advisory Committee and United Neighbors of Whitman Park.

Outside of his work with the City of Camden, Alfred worked as an Adjunct Instructor of Reading Skills and Writing Skills at Camden County College, teaching at both the Camden and Blackwood campuses. In 2022 Alfred published,

“The Strength of Courage” a novel he embarked on as a graduate student in Rowan University’s M.A. in Writing program in 2014-2018.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and Journalism from Rutgers University, a Master’s of Arts degree in Business Administration from Eastern University, a Master’s of Arts in Education from Eastern Michigan University and a Master’s of Arts in Writing from Rowan University.

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Albert J. Dansbury, Sr