Are You A Poet…And Know It?-4/7/2025

The official application for the role of U.P. Poet Laureate will open on Monday, April 14, 2025.
Application guidelines can be found on the U.P. Poet Laureate Foundation website:
https://uppoetlaureate.org/. The submission deadline is May 14, 2025.
The Upper Peninsula Poet Laureate will promote poetry and the spoken word. The laureate will
encourage appreciation of the art form and creative expression by a wide-range of residents of
the region through public readings, workshops, virtual events, and digital platforms. The laureate
will celebrate the U.P. and its cultural heritage through poems in online or print publications and
champion past and present U.P. poets. The Upper Peninsula Poet Laureate serves a two-year
term, which may be renewed one time.
The Upper Peninsula Poet Laureate Foundation embraces the diversity of human experience and
identity. All applications are welcome, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation,
cultural heritage, socio-economic background, or physical ability.
A review panel has been established of librarians, poets, and academics from across the U.P. to
evaluate the applications and choose the U.P. Poet Laureate based on the candidate’s
qualifications, sample work and references.
Members of the media may contact: Martin Achatz, President, U.P. Poet Laureate Foundation,
machatz@pwpl.info. For application information or more information on the U.P. Poet Laureate
Foundation, please visit https://uppoetlaureate.org/.