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The Marin County Youth Poet Laureate Program seeks to support arts leadership in younger generations of poets by providing them with platforms to use their art to build social change in their community actively.
The Youth Poet Laureate and Youth Poet Ambassador (runner-up) serve for one year (April -April), during which they participate in ceremonial, educational, and cultural activities that encourage community members to develop their voices within the county.
Qualifications
Candidates for Youth Poet Laureate should be between the ages of 13 and 19 (incoming high school, college, or gap year), currently reside in Marin County, and demonstrate a commitment to poetry, community, and social change. Candidates for YPL Ambassador may reside within the 9 Bay Area counties, as long as they can occasionally travel to and from Marin County for public events. Please see the application for details.
Application here: https://forms.gle/
Deadline: March 2, 2025, at 11:59 pm Pacific Standard Time
This program is made possible by the Marin Free Library, Marin Charitable Foundation, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Marin Poetry Center, Mill Valley Library, and Urban Word NYC.
Marin Youth Poet Laureate & Ambassador Page (click text for more information)
Questions? Contact Maxine Flasher-Düzgüneş, YPL Coordinator at youthpoetlaureate@
How teachers can help:
- If your poetry unit coincides with the contest submission period, encourage your students to submit their best work.
- Talk to students about the contest to stimulate interest.
- Set aside some class time for students to create their Submittable accounts and submit their poems.
- Encourage students to refine and submit poems they may be working on.
- Encourage students to submit poems created for slam or other poetry clubs.
- Post the flyer and contest guidelines in your classroom, on Google Classroom, or in your school’s newsletter.
- Please help us spread the word and let other interested teachers know about the contest
