Heights Arts
Announces Search for Next Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate
Heights Arts has begun the process of selecting the
Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate who will serve from April 2018, to March 2020.
The term of Christine Howey, the current Cleveland Heights poet laureate, will
end on March 31, 2018.
Poets across the northeast Ohio region are encouraged to
apply. Candidates are not required to live in Cleveland Heights, but must
demonstrate a strong connection to
the city.
Applications will be accepted at the Heights Arts website
(
www. heightsarts.org) from mid-October, 2017 to December 31, 2017. Detailed information
about the responsibilities of the Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate are available
on the Heights Arts website. The Heights Writes Committee of Heights Arts will
review applications and conduct interviews in January and February
. They will make a final
selection by March 2018.