For 176 years, the city Austin had no poet laureate. Plenty of creative people hung out here. The official post, however, did ...

There’s a lot going on in the poetry community right now. My Santa Barbara Independent colleague, George Yatchisin, will become Santa Barbara’s next Poet Laureate. I will be passing the laurels onto ...

The State Library of Louisiana announced that Julie Kane, professor emerita of English at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches was named the winner of the 26th Louisiana Writer Award.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Juan Felipe ...

"Do you have an instrument? What are you going to do?" songwriter Jen Sygit said to Masaki when he showed up to an open mic at Dagwood’s Tavern & Grill in Lansing. Masaki is a poet — people ...

It was a night of celebration and literary excellence as the 2025 Fenland Poet Laureate Awards honoured the district’s finest poetic talent. With 71 entries across two age categories, this year proved ...

South Dakota’s Poet Laureate Bruce Roseland wants to hear from you. He’s putting together an anthology of poems about South Dakota persons, events, fauna, flora … anything that happened in ...

The Staffordshire Poet Laureate runs poetry events and encourages more people in Staffordshire to enjoy poetry and creative writing. The Laureate also acts as an ambassador for Staffordshire, ...