William Billiter, director of foundation, corporate and government relations, is a 2010 winner in the National Poetry Series, a literary awards program which sponsors the publication of five books of poetry each year. The manuscripts, solicited through an annual Open Competition, are selected by poets of national stature and published by a distinguished group of trade, university, and small presses. There were more than 1,250 submissions to the 2010 competition. Billiter’s book is titled Stutter and will be published by University of Georgia Press in the summer of 2011.

The National Poetry Series was established in 1978 to ensure the publication of five poetry books annually through participating publishers. Publication is funded by the Lannan Foundation, Stephen Graham, Joyce & Seward Johnson Foundation, Glenn & Renee Schaeffer, Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds and the Edward T. Cone Foundation.