Please use this form to submit Final Reports for the 2026 Ulster County Cultural Services and Promotion Fund. All Final Reports are due on September 15, 2027. 

 The information provided on this form helps us advocate for increased and continued funding from the Ulster County Legislature. Please be as detailed as possible, especially in describing how this funding has positively impacted your organization and Ulster County.        

Failure to submit a final report may jeopardize future grant requests. Questions?  Contact Arts Mid-Hudson Grants Team: grants@artsmidhudson.org or 845-454-3222. 

Please use this form to submit Interim Reports for the 2026 Ulster County Cultural Services and Promotion Fund. All Interim Reports are due on February 10, 2027.  

The information requested on this form helps us advocate for increased and continued funding from the Ulster County Legislature. Please be as detailed as possible, especially in describing how this funding has positively impacted your organization and Ulster County.             

Questions?  Contact Arts Mid-Hudson Grants Team: grants@artsmidhudson.org or 845-454-3222. 

Please note: If you've received funding for both Programmatic Support and Capacity Building Initiatives, ensure you complete one form at a time: one form for each grant award. 

Only one application can be submitted at any given time. Once you submit one entry, you will be able to create a new entry for the other. Thank you for your cooperation.

Program Overview:

Ulster County established the Ulster County Poet Laureate in 2023 to honor local outstanding poets, integrate poetry into the community, enrich the education of our young people, and enhance the County’s position as a cultural center in the Mid-Hudson region. Kate Hymes served as the first Ulster County Poet Laureate in 2023, and Mike Jurkovic served in 2025 and 2026. We are now welcoming new nominations for 2027. 

Overview of the role:

• Appointment is for a one-year term, allowing for one additional consecutive one-year term based on the availability of the poet.
• This position is an honorary appointment without salary.
• The Poet Laureate will have a webpage on the AMH website.

Nominations: Nominations may come from individuals or organizations within or outside Ulster County. Poets may self nominate.     

Duties: The Poet Laureate should shape the position in their own way. Duties typically include public activities with schools, community groups, and the press during the year and contact with writers and readers by mail, email and/or through a website. Other duties will include:   

• Presentations at appropriate public events, such as National Poetry Month in April.
• Advocacy of poetry in the community, including, but not limited to, bringing poetry to school children, projects or programs that promote the appreciation of poetry, or poetry workshops with underserved populations in the community.

AMH strives toward broad inclusion and true access to arts and cultural programming for all. AMH strongly encourages thoughtful outreach to underserved audiences. These are groups who may have limited access to art programs, services, or resources due to location, race, economic status, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, or other demonstrable factors. Some groups underserved by the arts in Ulster County may include Black, Latino, Indigenous, Asian, People of Color, LGBTQIA+, disabled, elder, youth, rural, and/or low-income audiences.

 Criteria:  Nominees for the Ulster County Poet Laureate must:

• Reside in Ulster County for at least two years.
• Be a published author with a body of high quality work.
• Be comfortable in the performance of poetry in public.
• Be interested in presenting a sense of the community through poetry.
• Be willing to advocate and educate people about poetry.

Review Process:  All nominees for the Ulster County Poet Laureate will be reviewed by a selection panel consisting of published poetry writers and community members. Using the criteria listed above, the panel will make a recommendation for official approval by the Ulster County Executive's office.      

Deadline to apply is December 10, 2026. AMH welcomes all questions regarding this program and nomination form. Questions may be directed to Laura G. Doe, Grants Manager at email: grants@artsmidhudson.org or phone: 845-454-3222 ex 11.

Program Overview:  Dutchess County established the Dutchess County Poet Laureate in 2016 to honor local outstanding poets, integrate poetry into the community, enrich the education of our young people, and enhance the County’s position as a cultural center in the Mid-Hudson region. Robert Kelly served as the first Dutchess County Poet Laureate and Ruth Danon served in 2025 and 2026. We are now welcoming new nominations for 2027.  

Overview of the role:  

• Appointment is for a one-year term, allowing for one additional consecutive one-year term based on the availability of the poet.
• This position is an honorary appointment without salary.
• The Poet Laureate will have a webpage on the AMH website with a live link on the Dutchess County Government website.

Nominations:  Nominations may come from individuals or organizations within or outside Dutchess County. Poets may self nominate.     

Duties:  The Poet Laureate should shape the position in their own way. Duties typically include public activities with schools, community groups, and the press during the year and contact with writers and readers by mail, email and/or through a website. Other duties will include:      

• Presentations of his/her poetry at the State of the County Address in 2027, usually scheduled in the first quarter of the year. 
• Presentations at other appropriate public events, such as National Poetry Month in April.
• Advocacy of poetry in the community, including, but not limited to, bringing poetry to school children, projects or programs that promote the appreciation of poetry, or poetry workshops with underserved populations in the community.

AMH strives toward broad inclusion and true access to arts and cultural programming for all. AMH strongly encourages thoughtful outreach to underserved audiences. These are groups who may have limited access to art programs, services, or resources due to location, race, economic status, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, or other demonstrable factors. Some groups underserved by the arts in Dutchess County may include Black, Latino, Indigenous, Asian, People of Color, LGBTQIA+, disabled, elder, youth, rural, and/or low-income audiences.      

Criteria:  Nominees for the Dutchess County Poet Laureate must:

• Reside in Dutchess County for at least two years.
• Be a published author with a body of high quality work.
• Be comfortable in the performance of poetry in public.
• Be interested in presenting a sense of the community through poetry.
• Be willing to advocate and educate people about poetry.

Review Process:  All nominees for the Dutchess County Poet Laureate will be reviewed by a selection panel consisting of published poetry writers and community members. Using the criteria listed above, the panel will make a recommendation for official approval by the Dutchess County Executive's office.      

Deadline to apply is December 10, 2026. AMH welcomes all questions regarding this program and nomination form. Questions may be directed to Laura G. Doe, Grants Manager at email: grants@artsmidhudson.org or phone: 845-454-3222 ex 11.