The Santa Barbara City Council is getting ready to appoint a new Poet Laureate. George Yatchisin is slated to be appointed by ...

Dutchess County announced on Tuesday (March 25) that it has named Beacon resident Ruth Danon as its 2025 poet laureate to ...

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San Francisco’s Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin has been awarded Yale University’s prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize. The $175,000 literary award aims to provide writers the financial means to focus ...

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

Aside from being Clark County’s current poet laureate, Ashley “Ms. AyeVee” Vargas has represented Las Vegas in the ...

National Poetry Reading series makes a comeback in Reno, Nevada, breathing additional life into the city's literary landscape ...

Margie “Mia X” Johnson has been named Newark’s first poet laureate, Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced on March 12. The newly created position, which will be filled every two years, aims to ...

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.

The city’s first poet laureate under that ordinance was Castro. He and LeFlore died in 2019. The program lapsed during the pandemic, and there is no current city poet laureate. The city appoints ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. The New Mexico Poet Laureate Program is a partnership between New Mexico Arts and the New Mexico State ...

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 Song, ...