Dionne Hunter

Dionne Hunter is an internationally featured performance poet, award winning producer, author, speaker, live typewriter poet, and creative wellness facilitator based in Charlotte, North Carolina. A United States Navy veteran, she uses poetry, storytelling, and authentic conversation to explore healing, resilience, identity, grief, purpose, and the power of the human spirit. Dionne has presented her work nationally and internationally, including a live performance in Athens, Greece, during the Athens International Video Poetry Festival. Her productions have received several film festival honors, including Best Spoken Word Film at the Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival and Best Docuseries at the Virginia Black Film Festival. Through performances, speaking engagements, and interactive workshops, Dionne helps people find their voices, express their emotions constructively, build confidence, and use creativity as a pathway toward personal and community wellness. She also creates personalized poetry live on a vintage typewriter, transforming individual stories and meaningful moments into original keepsakes for guests. Dionne is the founder, curator, and host of A Night of Artistic Renewal, a multidisciplinary experience bringing poetry, music, dance, visual art, and storytelling together on one stage. Her honors include the 2024 AMG Heritage Awards Spoken Word Artist of the Year, second place in the 2025 North Carolina Poetry Society Jaki Shelton Green Performance Poetry Contest, and selection as a finalist for the inaugural Poet Laureate of Charlotte position in 2022. Whether speaking, performing, producing, facilitating, or creating poetry in the moment, Dionne invites audiences to feel, reflect, connect, heal, and move forward with renewed hope.