<div dir="ltr"><div>Good morning, <br></div><div><br></div><div>Nominations are open for the next Oregon Poet Laureate. Please help spread the word!</div><div><br></div><div>Take care,</div><div>Kelly<br></div><div><br><div class="gmail-page" title="Page 1">
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"UniversLTStd";font-weight:700">Call for Nominations for the Tenth Oregon Poet Laureate
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"UniversLTStd";color:rgb(52,52,52)">Think you know someone who would be an outstanding Poet Laureate of
Oregon? We are accepting nominations for the tenth Oregon Poet Laureate, to
begin their two-year term in April 2020. This nomination submission period
closes January 10, 2020.
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"UniversLTStd";color:rgb(52,52,52)">The role of Poet Laureate is to foster the art of poetry, encourage literacy and
learning, address central issues relating to the humanities and heritage, and
reflect on public life in Oregon. The Poet Laureate will participate in a minimum
of ten public readings/events per year in urban and rural settings across the state
that educate community, business, and state leaders about the value and
importance of poetry and creative expression. One goal of the Poet Laureate will
be to undertake a significant cultural project or projects during their term, such
as bringing poetry to people or to a region of the state that might otherwise be
underserved in this regard. They will receive an honorarium of $15,000 per year,
and reimbursement for travel expenses up to $10,000 per year.
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"UniversLTStd";color:rgb(52,52,52)">Nominees must meet the following criteria:
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"UniversLTStd";color:rgb(52,52,52)">Be current residents of Oregon
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"UniversLTStd";color:rgb(52,52,52)">Have lived in Oregon for at least ten years (time spent in out-of-state artist</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"UniversLTStd";color:rgb(52,52,52)"> residencies during those ten years are accepted, as long as nominee maintained Oregon as their home state)
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"UniversLTStd";color:rgb(52,52,52)">Be publicly recognized as poets and well regarded for excellence in their</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"UniversLTStd";color:rgb(52,52,52)"> work
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"UniversLTStd";color:rgb(52,52,52)">Have a significant body of published and/or performed work
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"UniversLTStd";color:rgb(52,52,52)">Agree to the conditions and the two-year term of the appointment
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"UniversLTStd";color:rgb(52,52,52)">Review Criteria<br>
Oregon’s Poet Laureate must be committed to bringing poetry to a wide range
of places and people, have a significant body of publicly accessible work, agree
to the period of the appointment, and be prepared to undertake a significant
cultural project and the public role required of the laureate. Poets of all
subgenres and styles, including prose, slam poetry, and cowboy poetry, will be
considered.
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"UniversLTStd";color:rgb(52,52,52)">To nominate a poet, please fill out the nomination form on the
<a href="http://oregonpoetlaureate.org">oregonpoetlaureate.org</a> website. Once we receive your nomination, we will
contact the nominee and have them fill out the application for nominees. Letter of
recommendations are not required. For questions, please contact
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"UniversLTStd";color:rgb(5,99,193)"><a href="mailto:info@oregonpoetlaureate.org">info@oregonpoetlaureate.org</a> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"UniversLTStd";color:rgb(52,52,52)">or (503) 241-0543 ex. 110.
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</div><div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div>"Nothing is more impotent than an unread library." John Waters</div></div></div></div>