This year, nearly 110,000 teens submitted works of art to the competition. Only 2,800 students received national gold medals.

Detroit poet laureate jessica Care moore talks new children's book "Your Crown Shines," film tour, Juneteenth poetry event ...

Behind the scenes, Parsons serves as poetry editor for Madville Publishing and works as copy editor for Chapter 16, ...

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Jonathan Carney took the spotlight in a performance of Glazunov’s “Violin Concerto,” led by guest conductor Xian Zhang ...

Wirth will serve in the position for four years. "I am thrilled to be chosen as Mississippi's Poet Laureate for 2025-2029," said Fisher-Wirth. "I look forward to continuing the wonderful work that ...

Applications are due by 5 p.m. on June 2, 2025, with the selected poet laureate’s two-year term beginning after July 1, 2025, to coincide with the fiscal year.

Candidates will face formidable Republican opposition.Baraka grew up in Newark, the son of the poet LeRoi Jones, who later changed his name to Amiri Baraka—a controversial figure who moved from black ...

In 1997, he was named the U.S. Poet Laureate and Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, and went on to serve three terms, the most of any Poet Laureate.

New Poet Laureate Mark Turcotte greets people during a 60th anniversary celebration of the Illinois Arts Council on April 29, 2025, at the Illinois Governor’s Mansion in Springfield.

Knoxville's Poet Laureate Black Atticus shares a poem capturing Knoxville's deep ties to baseball ahead of the 2025 State of the City address at Covenant Health Park on April 25, 2025 Newark Mayor ...

As Newark’s Poet Laureate, she will receive an annual honorarium of $5,000 and a programmatic budget of up to $10,000, administered by the City’s Division of Arts and Cultural Affairs.