The wait is over, the hour has come. In December, we asked you for verse on the theme of “Time”, for our annual poetry competition. And now it’s finally time to reveal the winner. But words like “now” ...

Holland High School held a poetry contest in honor of Black History Month. Sophomore Cherlande Stout won the contest with the poem "Rise Up." Holland Middle School also celebrated Black History Month ...

The following poem, written by Kennedy Ervin, a New Tech High School student, was one of the winning pieces from a climate action contest titled, “Our Future Is in Your Hands.” Emily Bit and Alisa ...

Earlier this month, University of Minnesota graduate student torrin a. greathouse won a major award from Poetry, a leading monthly poetry magazine, for her poem “On Confinement.” The poem, which was ...

PROSPECT HEIGHTS —12-year-old Sasha Keehner is a Brooklynite, a student at Saint Ann’s, and most recently, a first-place winner of Brooklyn Public Library’s (BPL) 2025 Teen Writing Contest. On Monday, ...

Here are the 10 best books to read this month, including poignant fiction, a Hollywood satire, and a work by Nobel winner ...

from the spirits of the past," a woman recited from a poem written by Buffy Aakaash, of Marshfield, Vermont, on Saturday during a poetry parade in Montpelier. Each April, the country’s smallest ...

A framed poster of a stamp depicting Langston Hughes, who wrote some of the best poems in American history. Poetry provides the perfect way to indulge in the escapism of reading without the commitment ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The annual Literacy Volunteers Poetry Contest is free for all ages and open ...

Nicole Smede's bio includes poet, musician, singer and composer, and she talks about how all of these things have come to ...