This time last year, Canton native and former North Carolina poet Laureate Fred Chappell passed away; however, this year, his life will be honored with a memorial at a place he loved — the ...

As it stood, being poet laureate had few guidelines ... She’ll be the poet in residence for Women’s Voices Chorus based in North Carolina. A poem from her “Carrying Water to the Field ...

Nancy Miller Gomez is the county’s new poet laureate for 2025-26, having officially been announced to the position at the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors’ Jan. 28 meeting.

North Park resident Paola Capó-García, an educator and teaching mentor originally from Puerto Rico, has been selected by the city as its third Poet Laureate from 2025 through 2027. The City’s ...

She will continue to facilitate conversations about Georgetown’s history and culture in her new role as the first official poet laureate of ... was awarded a South Carolina Arts Commission ...

Chapel Hill poetry scene and was recently named one of four mentees in the central region of North Carolina for the Gilbert-Chappell Mentor Series.

Ready to give new voices a chance to fill the role she’s held for a decade, Minnesota Poet Laureate Joyce Sutphen is resigning. Sutphen, 71, is the state’s second poet laureate, ...