{"id":461730,"date":"2025-12-21T07:18:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T07:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/461730\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T07:18:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T07:18:45","slug":"as-deadlines-loom-dallas-seeks-it-next-poetic-guides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/461730\/","title":{"rendered":"As deadlines loom, Dallas seeks it next poetic guides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/author\/mar\u00eda-ramos-pacheco\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"aspect-ratio:50 \/ 50\" class=\"dmnc_generic-article-byline-byline-module__7CCQK rounded-circular mr-5 dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/arc-authors\/dmn\/01a72c04-705e-48f7-8cf6-ac6785b89dbc.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_generic-article-byline-byline-module__Fwoyu text-gray-medium secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20\">Local government reporter<\/p>\n<p>Dec. 18, 2025<\/p>\n<p>|<\/p>\n<p>Updated Dec. 19, 2025 at 11:35 a.m. CST<\/p>\n<p>|<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The story of a city is told in everyday moments, in words, conversations and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallaslibrary.org\/programs\/current--dallas-poet-laureate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallaslibrary.org\/programs\/current--dallas-poet-laureate\">memories that linger<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Dallas is seeking guides to help define the city\u2019s voice, with applications <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallaslibrary.org\/programs\/poet-laureate-program-guidelines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallaslibrary.org\/programs\/poet-laureate-program-guidelines\">now open through Dec. 31 <\/a>for the next poet laureate and the youth poet laureate program. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The honor recognizes local writers and gives them a platform to encourage creative writing and literacy in the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The adult winner serves a two-year term, from April 2026 to March 2028, during which the poet laureate will appear at community events and schools. The laureate, who receives a $20,000 honorarium, also hosts literary workshops and produces two annual reports.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Get the latest breaking news from North Texas and beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">At the end of the term, the poet\u2019s works will be published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deepvellum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.deepvellum.org\/\">Deep Vellum, an independent literary press.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The current poet laureate is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smu.edu\/simmons\/about-us\/directory\/human-centered-interdisciplinary-studies\/gabbert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.smu.edu\/simmons\/about-us\/directory\/human-centered-interdisciplinary-studies\/gabbert\">Mag Gabbert, a clinical assistant professor at Southern Methodist University<\/a>. The current youth poet laureate is Naisha Randhar. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The youth poet laureate program, which provides a $1,000 scholarship, aims to amplify the voices of young poets and encourage civic engagement through writing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The Dallas Public Library runs the programs, and the winners will be announced in the spring. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Applications are submitted electronically through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallaslibrary.org\/programs\/poet-laureate-program-guidelines\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the library website<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-related-story-module__2UraD flex-none object-cover dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain dmnc_images-modern-image-module__P3kZ4 w-full\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EEAAH75IXRHUPIIO2ZJ7L3S5FE.jpg\" alt=\"Patron Ana Pena looks through fabrics at the fiber arts workroom on Wednesday, Oct. 22,...\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local government reporter Dec. 18, 2025 | Updated Dec. 19, 2025 at 11:35 a.m. CST | The story&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":461731,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,14841,50,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-461730","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-city-hall","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-tx","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115756342037276250","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}