City Of Alexandria: City Of Alexandria Searches For Poet Laureate

Press release from the City of Alexandria:

Dec 22, 2021 at 4:05 PM

The City of Alexandria is accepting nominations for a new poet laureate for a three-year term to begin April 1, 2022. Online nominations are being accepted through January 10, 2022, at 5 p.m.

The role of the City's poet laureate is to promote an appreciation of poetry as an art form; to encourage creative writing and reading of all forms of literature; and to promote literacy through poetry. The individual selected as Alexandria’s poet laureate will succeed KaNikki Jakarta, whose term will end on March 31, 2022.

The Alexandria poet laureate program was reestablished by the City of Alexandria in 2007. Past incumbents have included Mary McElveen, Amy Young, Tori Lane Kovarik, Ryan Wojanowski, and Wendi Kaplan.

Visit alexandriava.gov/Arts for more information about Alexandria’s Poet Laureate and Literary Programs.

For inquiries from the news media only, contact Andrea Blackford, Editorial Communications Manager, at andrea.blackford@alexandriava.gov or 703.746.3959.

For reasonable disability accommodation, contact cherylanne.colton@alexandriava.gov or call 703.746.5565, Virginia Relay 711.

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This news release is available at alexandriava.gov/125541.

This press release was produced by the City of Alexandria. The views expressed here are the author’s own.