Young People's Poet Laureate

Young People's Poet Laureate is a position and award that was established by the Poetry Foundation in 2006. The position is to promote children's poetry in the United States.{{cite web |url=https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2017/05/young-peoples-poet-laureate|title=Young People's Poet Laureate |work=Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) |author=Paige Bentley-Flannery |date=May 26, 2017 |access-date=October 30, 2018}} The organization changed the name from Children's Poet Laureate to capture a broader range of ages.

Laureates

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2006 – 2008

|Jack Prelutsky

|{{cite web |author=Nomi Schwartz |date=May 8, 2007 |title=Children's Poet Laureate Aims to Foster Lifelong Love of Poetry |url=https://www.bookweb.org/news/childrens-poet-laureate-aims-foster-lifelong-love-poetry |access-date=October 30, 2018 |work=American Booksellers Association}}

2008 – 2011

|Mary Ann Hoberman

|{{cite web |title=Mary Ann Hoberman |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-ann-hoberman |access-date=October 30, 2018 |work=Poetry Foundation}}{{cite web |date=October 8, 2008 |title=Mary Ann Hoberman Appointed as Children's Poet Laureate |url=https://pen.org/press-release/mary-ann-hoberman-appointed-as-childrens-poet-laureate |access-date=October 30, 2018 |work=Pen America}}

2011 – 2012

|J. Patrick Lewis

|{{cite web |author=Sally Lodge |date=May 12, 2011 |title=J Patrick Lewis Named Children's Poet Laureate |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/47174-j-patrick-lewis-named-children-s-poet-laureate.html |access-date=October 30, 2018 |work=Publishers Weekly}}

2013 – 2015

|Kenn Nesbitt

|{{cite web |author=Claire Kirch |date=June 13, 2013 |title=Kenn Nesbitt Named Children's Poet Laureate |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/57804-poetry-foundation-names-kenn-nesbitt-children-s-poet-laureate.html |access-date=October 30, 2018 |work=Publishers Weekly}}

2015 – 2017

|Jacqueline Woodson

|{{cite web |author=Carolyn Kellogg |date=June 3, 2015 |title=Jacqueline Woodson Named the new Young People's Poet Laureate |url=http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-jacqueline-woodson-young-peoples-poet-laureate-20150603-story.html |access-date=October 30, 2018 |newspaper=LA Times}}{{cite web |author=Natasha Gilmore |date=June 3, 2015 |title=Jacqueline Woodson Named Young People's Poet Laureate |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/67004-jacqueline-woodson-named-young-people-s-poet-laureate.html |access-date=October 30, 2018 |work=Publishers Weekly}}

2017 – 2019

|Margarita Engle

|{{cite web |author=Emma Kantor |date=May 16, 2017 |title=Margarita Engle Named Young People's Poet Laureate |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/73621-margarita-engle-named-young-people-s-poet-laureate.html |access-date=October 30, 2018 |work=Publishers Weekly}}

2019 – 2021

|Naomi Shihab Nye

|{{cite web |date=May 7, 2019 |title=Poetry Foundation Announces 2019 |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/press/149926/poetry-foundation-announces-2019-pegasus-awards-winners-marilyn-nelson-awarded-ruth-lilly-poetry-prize |access-date=May 7, 2019 |work=Poetry Foundation}}

2022 - 2024

|Elizabeth Acevedo

|{{Cite web |last=Schaub |first=Michael |date=2022-09-09 |title=Elizabeth Acevedo Is Young People's Poet Laureate |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/elizabeth-acevedo-is-young-peoples-poet-laureate/ |access-date=2022-09-10 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}

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2024 -

|Carole Boston Weatherford

|{{Cite web |last=Italie |first=Hillel|date=2024-09-10 |title=Poet Li-Young Lee receives $100,000 lifetime achievement prize from Poetry Foundation |url=https://apnews.com/article/ruth-lilly-prize-poetry-foundation-85ffbe4f83db53bf88757e6ce1c083ab |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=AP News |language=en}}

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