Please join us this Thursday 5/9 for the 2024 Youth Poet Laureate Finals Ceremony at the Edison Theater, 6-7:30 pm. The event will feature readings from the finalists before the new Youth Poet Laureate and poetry ambassadors are announced. Come out to support our talented, brilliant young poets!

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