Applications Open December 1, for the Town of Westwood’s Next Poet Laureate

The Town of Westwood’s inaugural Poet Laureate, Lynne Viti, has begun forming  a search committee to help choose the second Westwood Poet Laureate, to serve a two-year term beginning June 1, 2025.  The Poet Laureate Search Committee, headed up by Library Director Elizabeth McGovern and current Poet Laureate Lynne Viti, consists of: Westwood Library trustee and member of the  Friends of the Westwood Library Maria Ryan;High School Mandarin teacher Lisa Spollen; Mike Dwyer, poet and Westwood resident; and Karen Michaelson, poet and Westwood resident.

Applications may be submitted between December 1, 2024 and January 8, 2025.
Details on the requirements for this honorary position appear on the Westwood Public Library website, at https://www.westwoodlibrary.org/news/call-for-applications-for-next-poet-laureate-of-westwood.  All applications must be submitted by the deadline in order to be considered.

For further information, contact Lynne Viti at westwoodpoetlaureate@townhall.westwood.ma.us