Birmingham’s poet laureate, Salaam Green, is a recipient of the prestigious Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship ...

Caridad Moro-Gronlier was selected as one of the Academy of American Poets' 2025 Poet Laureate Fellows.

The Academy of American Poets announces its list of 23 new poet laureate fellows, awarding them a total of $1.1 million dollars across the United States.

The Academy will award $50,000 fellowships to 23 poets laureate across the U.S., while also providing more than $95,000 in ...

She leads B-REAL Academy in Kansas City, a freedom school focused on Black resistance, education, and leadership.

Shreveport contemporary artist and poet, Poetic X, has been awarded for his poetry programs that uplift the arts.

Kiya Vance, is making history as Corpus Christi’s youngest and first Black Poet Laureate. Vance is using his passion for ...

Andrea Gibson, acclaimed poet and performance artist, died on July 14 at age 49, following a diagnosis with ovarian cancer.

America’s first ever National Youth Poet Laureate —captured the public imagination in her canary yellow suit as she delivered ...

B rockton is searching for its next poet laureate and youth poet laureate. According to a community announcement, the city has partnered with Paul Engle, director of the Brockton ...

On May 30, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts gained its first poet laureate, joining 46 other states and the District of ...

Poet laureates were first recognized in Italy during the fourteenth century. Ben Jonson became England’s first poet laureate in 1616, although the first “official” poet laureate, John Dryden ...