A rubric is provided to a panel of judges which, this year, included first-ever Bronx poet laureate and native Bronxite Haydil Henriquez.

Source: https://www.bxtimes.com/young-bronx-poets-joes-pub/

“Belfast has a long and vivid history as a center of poetry in Maine,” Moore told the council, “with its poet laureate and its annual poetry festival each October, and also with its many readings, events and workshops.”

Source: https://waldo.villagesoup.com/2023/03/03/belfast-seeks-a-bard/

Dr. Madeline Yvonne Tham, U Soso Tham’s great-grandniece, supported the idea of erecting a museum in honour of the poet laureate.

Source: https://theshillongtimes.com/2023/12/19/govt-mulls-museum-to-honour-preserve-soso-thams-literary-accomplishments/

He’s also West Hollywood’s current poet laureate.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/02/14/free-love-poems-offered-at-long-beach-airport-for-valentines-day/

Lynn Kincanon, Loveland’s poet laureate, poses for a photo Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at the Loveland Public Library in downtown Loveland.

Source: https://www.reporterherald.com/2023/12/10/loveland-choral-society-and-local-poets-will-present-programs-sunday/

Maya Williams (ey/em, they/them, and she/her) is a religious Black multiracial nonbinary suicide survivor who is currently an Ashley Bryan Fellow and the seventh poet laureate of Portland.

Source: https://www.pressherald.com/2023/05/28/deep-water-in-the-beginning-by-maya-williams/

One of the poets he thinks does that well is Ada Limón, the United States poet laureate who makes a home in Lexington but is from Sonoma, California.

Source: https://www.harlanenterprise.net/2023/05/08/a-conversation-with-silas-house-kentuckys-new-poet-laureate/

She was joined by City Council President Nicole Morell, School Committee Vice Chair Jenny Graham and Medford’s first-ever poet laureate, Terry Carter, who opened the event with a poem.

Source: https://tuftsdaily.com/archives/2023/01/30/mayor-lungo-koehn-delivers-the-2023-state-of-the-city-address/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mayor-lungo-koehn-delivers-the-2023-state-of-the-city-address&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=m

The poet laureate, who, however, could not attend the award ceremony, at the 2022 Boao International Poetry Festival in Shanghai, greets the recognition with mixed feelings.

Source: https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2023/02/13/nigeria-not-reckoned-with-due-to-leadership-failure-osundare/