Youth Poet Laureate Program

CALLING ALL 
Poets, Spoken-Word Artists, Writers, Rappers, & Emcees

Fostering the creative spirits and intelligent minds of our youth community 

ARTSPEAKSgnv / ARTSPEAKS "Courageous Young Voices" is excited to announce a partnership with Alachua County, Urban Word and The National Youth Poet Laureate Program.

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Through these partnerships we have established the North Central Florida Youth Poet Laureate Program.

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Our goal is to select both an Alachua County Youth Poet Laureate and a North Central Florida Youth Poet Laureate in Fall of 2022.

An amazing opportunity available to teens throughout North Central Florida

The North Central Florida Youth Poet Laureate Program is open to teens in the following North Central Florida counties:  

Alachua, Marion, Putnam, Clay, Baker, Columbia, Union, Bradford, Gilchrist, Levy, Dixie, Lafayette, Suwannee, Hamilton, Madison, & Taylor

Literary organizations working together to support powerful voices

THE NATIONAL YOUTH POET LAUREATE PROGRAM is an initiative of "Urban Word", in collaboration with local youth literary arts organizations across the United States, The President's Committee on The Arts and Humanities, and championed by the leading national literary organizations, including the Academy of American Poets, Poetry Society of America, PEN Center USA, and Cave Canem.