{"id":21,"date":"2025-11-02T21:40:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T21:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2025-11-02T21:40:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T21:40:30","slug":"sb-poets-laureate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/sb-poets-laureate\/","title":{"rendered":"SB Poets Laureate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Santa Barbara Poet Laureate is selected by a formal process. The poet serves a two-year term which begins in April, coinciding with National Poetry Month. More about the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250420040509\/http:\/sbpoetry.net\/word\/santa-barbara-poets-laureate\/about-the-santa-barbara-poet-laureate-program\/\">Santa Barbara Poet Laureate Program<\/a>&nbsp;here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Santa Barbara has recognized the following poets as Laureates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250420040509\/http:\/barryspacks.net\/\">Barry Spacks<\/a>\u00a0(2005-2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250420040509\/https:\/www.perielongo.com\/\">Perie Longo<\/a>\u00a0(2007-2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250420040509\/https:\/davidstarkey.net\/\">David Starkey<\/a>\u00a0(2009-2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250420040509\/https:\/pauljwillis.com\/\">Paul J. Willis<\/a>\u00a0(2011-2013)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250420040509\/https:\/chryssyost.net\/\">Chryss Yost<\/a>\u00a0(2013-2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250420040509\/https:\/www.pw.org\/directory\/writers\/sojourner_kincaid_rolle?fbclid=IwAR1G2cL2Ywj0Gc4x4jLNZR5Mz2Ztq0IaIfmS6iQ4a5jt0EE4BxW6NSAjzuc\">Sojourner Kincaid Rolle<\/a>\u00a0(2015-2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250420040509\/http:\/www.bigyespress.com\/when\">Enid Osborn<\/a>\u00a0(2017-2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250420040509\/https:\/laureanne.net\/\">Laure-Anne Bosselaar<\/a>\u00a0(2019-2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250420040509\/https:\/emmatrelles.com\/\">Emma Trelles<\/a>\u00a0(2021-2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250420040509\/https:\/melindapalacio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Melinda Palacio<\/a>\u00a0(2023-2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250420040509\/https:\/georgeyatchisin.com\/\">George Yatchisin<\/a>\u00a0(2025-2027)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Santa Barbara Poet Laureate is selected by a formal process. The poet serves a two-year term which begins in April, coinciding with National Poetry Month. More about the&nbsp;Santa Barbara Poet Laureate Program&nbsp;here. Santa Barbara has recognized the following poets as Laureates:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22,"href":"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}