CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The Academy of American Poets has awarded Cincinnati poet Manuel Iris a prestigious national award.

Howard County Arts Council is seeking young people to apply for the 2025-2026 Howard County Youth Poet Laureate position, ...

ST. LOUIS – Applications are being accepted for the position of St. Louis Poet Laureate. Poets of all genres and styles will be considered. The public is encouraged to nominate eligible ...

Shelly Conley, a prominent figure in Milwaukee's poetry slam scene, has been named the city's new Poet Laureate. Conley is ...

There’s a lot going on in the poetry community right now. My Santa Barbara Independent colleague, George Yatchisin, will ...

Jane Ellen Ibur recites some of her poetry after becoming St. Louis city's third poet laureate, Friday, April 12, 2019, during a ceremony in the rotunda of City Hall. The appointment is a 2-year term.

For 176 years, the city Austin had no poet laureate. Plenty of creative people hung out here. The official post, however, did not exist. The first to fill that position, administered by the Austin ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The city of Austin named its first-ever poet laureate on Tuesday. Zell Miller III will hold a two-year position to promote poetry, literacy and literary arts in Austin ...

Professor of Literary Arts Kwame Dawes began his three-year term as the fourth poet laureate of Jamaica in January, taking on a role that seeks to foster greater appreciation for Jamaican poetry and ...

has been named the city's new Poet Laureate. Conley is known for her vulnerable storytelling, particularly in her poem "Papa'z Song," which explores her relationship with her absent father.