The Marin County Youth Poet Laureate Program seeks to support arts leadership in younger generations of poets by providing them with platforms that allow them to use their art to actively build social change in their community. The Youth Poet Laureate and Youth Poet Ambassador (runner-up) serve for one year (April -April), during which they […]

Submissions open November 18, 2024 - February 28, 2025.

Honorable Mention: Mourning You Already, by Emma Lawson

Honorable Mention: palmful, by Anaya Ertz

Honorable Mention: Arachnid, by Ethan Ramm

Honorable Mention: A Careless Wind Blows Through Me, by Ava Isabelle

Honorable Mention: The Cry of Broken Cycles, by Story Hadfield

Third Place: Breaking the Old, Bad Habits, by V Cunningham

Second Place: first breakfast after coming out, by Sophia DeMoe

First Place: Slim's Nocturne, by Elina Kumra