The Read Write Poem directors (Dana, Andre, Nathan and Deb) are happy — we are actually thrilled — to announce that Carolee Sherwood and Jill Crammond Wickham have consented to be our newly appointed site managers.
This newly created role emphasizes acting as community liaisons, promoting Read Write Poem through viral and traditional promotions efforts, and weighing in on important site and community decisions.
Carolee and Jill are an important part of Read Write Poem’s ongoing effort to nurture a welcoming creative community for poets. Not only will they continue to lead the groups Revisionaries, Poetry Mini-Challenges and Poetry Avengers, they will be helping all of us by:
- helping to greet and orient new members
- keeping an eye out for spammers
- answering general questions that come up from members
- consulting with the team on “big picture” items that can use a broader perspective
- writing prompts on an ongoing and rotating basis
- promoting our site’s activities and editorial content
This new joint role is our way of recognizing Carolee and Jill’s hard work as senior contributors, as well as their investment and participation in the site since its inception, when they co-launched the site back in 2007.
We are grateful for their love of poetry and their love for Read Write Poem. We are excited to have them step into these new roles. Please join us as we say, Thank you, Carolee and Jill!
*STANDS AND CLAPS*
This is great news! A round of Huzzahs!
i just got home from an evening out spilling my guts (poetry guts and all other gut genres) to jill over beers at swifty’s (yes, on a wednesday) and then coffee at a local coffee house and am so thrilled to see the announcement. happy to be on board in a more intimate capacity.
yay, read write poem. and thank you, dana, deb, nathan and andre for the offer!
p.s. poetry guts and other guts = not pretty at the moment. you’ll have to wait for the lifetime movie. stay tuned!
Hooray!
[...] While you’re there, check out the news: Jill and I are rolling up our sleeves and getting more involved in RWP. [...]
Congratulations to Carolee and Jill — two young women with lots of intelligence, creativity, passion for poetry, and a talent for old-fashioned hard work. Brilliant move on the part of RWP!
That’s good news. Thanks to Jill and Carolee for their generosity.
Oh, hooray! I am so excited. I keep saying this. I love RWP.
i covet a RWP t-shirt. hey, guys, in honor of the expanding team, any chance we can get that going?