Town of Hillsborough Poet Laureate

On June 19, 2018, the Town of Hillsborough named Dee Stribling as its next Poet Laureate for 2018-2020. Read more about Dee here and here. 

Volunteers from the Hillsborough Arts Council help to facilitate the selection process and support the Poet Laureate in their community engagement efforts. ​​The selection criteria were that nominees must live in the Hillsborough area, have a fair record of publishing and/or performing their own original work, and must be willing to foster poetry as an integral part of the community.

The Poet Laureate Selection Committee included:

• William Davis (Poet Laureate)

• Aaron Belz (Poet Laureate emeritus)

• Barbara Kenyon (Poet Laureate emeritus) 

• John Claude Bemis (Piedmont Laureate emeritus) 

• Erin Sapienza (OC Public Library) 

• Sara Stephens (Burwell School)

• Sharon Wheeler (Purple Crow) 

• Jerry Eidener 

Former Hillsborough Poet Laureates include:

• William Davis, 2016-2018 

• Aaron Belz, 2014-2016 

• Barbara Kenyon, 2012-2014 

• Mike Troy, 2010-2012