Applications are open to find Worcestershire's next Young Poet Laureate, with those aged 10-18 invited to submit poems on the theme of "courage". The winner will be announced in April. The latest ...

the Northampton poet laureate from 2017 to 2019. "Whenever folks are in an extreme situation, even people who don't ordinarily read poetry, go to poetry — for solace or celebration or protest ...

People aged 10-18 are invited to enter a competition to become Worcestershire's Young Poet Laureate. It is hoped the project will celebrate the poet's life and attract more visitors to Millom.

Maura Healey on Monday signed an executive order creating a position of poet laureate in Massachusetts for the first time.

In partnership with Culture Works, the City of Dayton will soon announce its first poet laureate. A media event is planned for 10 a.m. Friday at the Paul Laurence Dunbar House, where the ...

Prior to the announcement, Massachusetts was one of just three states, along with New Jersey and Pennsylvania, without a poet ...

Ready to give new voices a chance to fill the role she’s held for a decade, Minnesota Poet Laureate Joyce Sutphen is resigning. Sutphen, 71, is the state’s second poet laureate, beginning in ...

Minneapolis’ Arts and Cultural Affairs department and The Loft Literary Center selected Junauda Petrus as the new poet laureate on Jan. 30. While the city’s first poet, Heid Erdrich, served for one ...