Short Description

The City of Redmond seeks applications for the position of Redmond Poet Laureate. The purpose of the Redmond Poet Laureate program is to make a significant contribution to the cultural life of the city and reveal new ways of understanding throughout our diverse community.  

The Poet Laureate will generate a work plan within the allocated budget each year that includes community engagement opportunities or projects; i.e. public poetry readings, workshops, classes, lectures, text-based visual art, composing and pushing original works, public art projects or other literary based performance or activity. 

Submission Requirements

  1. Statement of Interest (not to exceed 500 words), including: 
    • Why are you interested in being Redmond’s Poet Laureate?
    • Past work or experience with community engagement components
  2. Resume (not to exceed two pages) 
    • Current professional resume 
  3. References 
    • Name, email address, and phone number of two references that can speak to your professional history
  4. Work Samples 
    • Submit up to five work samples
    • Can include audio and/or video file links, digital images (portraying any community-focused events, public art, or public readings), teaching materials, or poems
    • Final page of PDF should be a work sample list, include brief description of each sample and relevant information (i.e. event, publication, collaborators, budgets, dates, etc.)

How to Apply

Online Application

Program Benefits & Awards

  • Finalists receive a $250 stipend for preparation for the interview during the week of August 4, 2025
  • The Poet Laureate receives an annual stipend of $5,000
  • The City of Redmond will provide staff support and an annual budget of $5,000 to complete events and projects proposed by the Poet Laureate 
  • Poet Laureate can increase the scale of projects through outside funding sources pursued by the Poet Laureate

Entry Fee

None

Location

Redmond, United States

Timeline

  • Application Deadline: 13 July 2025

Website Link: https://www.redmond.gov/FormCenter/Parks-Recreation-11/2026-City-of-Redmond-Poet-Laureate-Call-242

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