The program is a reflection of the 2018 Dallas Cultural Plan, said arts and culture director Jennifer Scripps in a release. The Dallas Poet Laureate program provides a new and important way to nurture a professional poet and bring more poetry to more parts of Dallas.
The poet laureate, who will be announced in April 2022, will receive a $20,000 honorarium and a publishing contract with Deep Vellum Books.
“There is no doubt that Dallas, is, and has always been, a literary city, and the Dallas Poet Laureate will nurture new generations of readers and writers from right here in Dallas, cementing the literary arts among the city’s proudest culture offerings,” said Deep Vellum director Will Evans in the release.