Evan Wang, a graduating senior at Upper Merion Area High School, has been named this year’s national youth poet laureate. He is the first male youth poet laureate in the program’s nine-year history.

Gov. Tate Reeves appointed accomplished poet Ann Fisher-Wirth, of Oxford, as the state's new Poet Laureate.The state's Poet Laureate creates and reads appropriate poetry at state occasions, promotes ...

Arlington County is seeking its official Poet Laureate for the 2025-2027 term. The poet selected as Arlington’s next poet laureate will serve as an advocate for poetry and the literary arts, and ...

Current state poet laureate David Harrison of Springfield will complete his term on Sept. 30, giving way to his successor. The next poet to fill the role will serve a two-year term through ...

Nominations for Missouri's next poet laureate are open until June 30. The new poet laureate will serve a two-year term, succeeding current laureate David Harrison. Responsibilities include ...

As of Tuesday, the new Illinois Poet Laureate is named Mark Turcotte and this is a portion of one of his poems, the beginning stanza of “Flies Buzzing.” “Mark Turcotte’s work reflects the ...

The Poet Laureate Search Committee — a group of poets and literary figures representing University of Central Florida, Rollins College, Valencia College, ...

Now in the second year of her term as poet laureate of Athens, Mikhayla Robinson Smith continues to raise the accessibility of poetry in the community.

Andrew Bell, known as the the Sacramento Poet Laureate Andru Defeye, sits below a poem by José Montoya, also a former Sacramento Poet Laureate, amid regional artist Troy Corliss’ “Poet’s ...

There’s a lot going on in the poetry community right now. My Santa Barbara Independent colleague, George Yatchisin, will become Santa Barbara’s next Poet Laureate. I will be passing the laurels onto ...

As I gaze upon Milwaukee’s newly appointed Poet Laureate, Shelly Conley, it’s unfathomable that she once trembled at the mere prospect of stepping onto a stage, as she wields the potent medium ...

Shelly Conley, a prominent figure in Milwaukee's poetry slam scene, has been named the city's new Poet Laureate. Conley is known for her vulnerable storytelling, particularly in her poem "Papa'z ...