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2010 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: S-5 Category – Grades 9 & 10. 1st place Amber Brown, Oak Park, IL for the poem "Moon" 2nd place Alexis Mia Phillips, Oak Park IL for the poem “Case# 07CR0304” 3rd place Damiano R. Girona, Newport News, VA for the poem "Natural Love" 2010 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: S-4 Category – Grades 7 & 8
Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry – offered by the Library of Congress for the best book of poetry published by a living U.S. author during the preceding two years Bollingen Prize – offered by Yale University every two years to one or more living U.S. poets for the best collection published in that period, or for lifetime achievement in poetry
A middle schooler pens a poem of flowers and friendships growing at Brewster Community Garden; a widow honors her husband: August winning Cape poets
The Academy of American Poets administers several programs: National Poetry Month; [13] the website Poets.org, which includes a curated collection of poems and essays about poetry, over 800 recordings and videos of poets dating back to the 1960s, and free materials for K-12 teachers, including lesson plans; [14] the syndicated series, Poem-a ...
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.
The poet laureate presents an annual lecture and reading of their poetry and usually introduces poets at the Library's poetry series, the oldest in the Washington area and among the oldest in the United States. This annual series of public poetry and fiction readings, lectures, symposia, and occasional dramatic performances began in the 1940s.
The category for Poetry was established in 1950 and has been awarded annually apart from the period 1984 to 1990. [3] The Poetry award and many others were eliminated from the program when it was revamped in 1984. It was restored in 1991, for current-year publications, with a standard five finalists announced a few weeks prior to the main event.
2011 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: Category 8: Virginia Student Prize :: Judge: Dr. Kate Simpson, Winchester, VA 1st Place – Jake Robinson of Virginia Beach, VA for the poem "Makings of Men" 2nd Place – Mikal Cardine of Midland, VA for the poem "Remember" 3rd Place – Kira Tomlin of Front Royal, VA for the poem "Caught In Silence"