Get the Official Poster

For the first time, the official National Poetry Month poster features artwork by a high school student: tenth grader Julia Wang from San Jose, California, who has won the inaugural National Poetry Month Poster Contest. Wang's artwork was selected by contest judges Naomi Shihab Nye and Debbie Millman from among twelve finalists and more than 450 student submissions. It incorporates lines from the poem "An Old Story" by current U. S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith. Read more about Wang's winning artwork, including the judges' citations.   

The poster request line for the 2019 National Poetry Month poster is now closed. To purchase this year's poster or posters from previous years, please visit the poster gallery.

If you're able to support our efforts, please consider a donation to the Academy of American Poets. Contributions from poetry lovers like you help us send more than 100,000 free posters each year to teachers, librarians, booksellers, and event organizers nationwide to help celebrate April events. 

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