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The inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman, performing at the Library of Congress. [1]National Youth Poet Laureate is a title held in the United States by a young person who demonstrates skill in the arts, particularly poetry and/or spoken word, is a strong leader, is committed to social justice, and is active in civic discourse and advocacy.
Teen Voices hosted an annual event, Poetically Speaking, where teen girls performed their poetry. [15] From 2009 until 2012, the event was held at Emerson College and was the only spoken word and poetry event for teen girls in the Greater Boston Area. [16] In 2011, the magazine celebrated “20 years of girls speaking truth to power.”
Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The Los Angeles Times. 1998. Given in about a dozen categories, including Young Adult Fiction. Margaret A. Edwards Award. YALSA / School Library Journal. 1988. Awarded annually to recognize authors for lifetime contributions to popular young adult literature. Michael L. Printz Award.
The Academy of American Poets was created in 1934 in New York City by 23-year-old Marie Bullock [8] with a mission to "support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry." In 1936, the Academy of American Poets was officially incorporated as a nonprofit organization.
Pushcart Prize. The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize published by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" [1] published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are invited to submit up to six works they have featured. [2]
Louder Than a Bomb. Rooted & Radical Youth Poetry Festival (formerly named Louder Than a Bomb) is an annual youth poetry slam in Chicago every spring. Founded in 2001 by Kevin Coval and Anna West of the nonprofit organization Young Chicago Authors. [1] It is now the largest youth slam in the world with over 1,000 teams competing in 2014. [2]
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