The National Youth Poet Laureate Competition is an initiative of Urban Word, in collaboration with local youth literary arts organizations across the country. Our program identifies powerful youth poets that have a history of artistic success, civic and community engagement, social justice, and youth leadership.
Urban Word will present our 2018 National Youth Poet Laureate Ambassadors and announce our second National Youth Poet Laureate. We will see performances from 201 National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman and the national finalist from Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City and Nashville.
This event has limited seats, and you must RSVP in advance. To RSVP please email [email protected].