Autumn Rose Smith was named as the 2025 Youth Poet. Smith is currently a junior at Boylan, and had her first poem published in Futures, a book by Appelley Publishing, while she was in the 4th Grade.

Long Beach will soon get its first youth poet laureate, with the inaugural program offering one teen a scholarship to spend a year engaging young people in the literary arts, the city announced on ...

This summer, 19-year-old Amanda Gorman sat down to outline her priorities. As the very first U.S. youth poet laureate, a position she earned for her literary talent as well as her record of ...

will select up to two youth poet laureates and an adult poet laureate. Once selected, these poets will serve as poetry ambassadors to the city of Eureka for a two-year period. To be eligible ...

With her performance of The Hill We Climb, America’s youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman stole the show at yesterday’s inauguration. But on top of all of this, there was one moment in particular ...