English: Lee H. McCormack is the first Martha's Vineyard Poet Laureate in the history of the island of Martha's Vineyard.

In the summer of 2012, Lee H. McCormack was selected by a jury of ten judges representing the 168-member Martha's Vineyard Poetry Society. Mr. McCormack was one out of a field of seventeen participating poets. Each poet submitted five of their finest poems to the founder of the MV Poetry Society. The poems were then copied and distributed to the judges without any identifying marks except for a number assigned to each poet. All judging was based solely on the merits of submitted poems. Each of the ten judges did not know the names of the poets they were judging. As well, participating poets did not know the names of the judges.

The names of the winning poet was revealed to the judges after their numerical judging results were submitted and calculated.

The Martha's Vineyard Poet Laureate is a two-year term. The MV Poet Laureate is responsible for promoting poetry and educating the public about the merits of this high-art form. This effort includes outreach poetry programs through schools; senior centers; social institutions; churches; media; writers groups; memorials, and appropriate political gatherings on and off the island of Martha's Vineyard.