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Youth Poet Laureate
The Hawai‘i Youth Poet Laureate Fellowship is a program of the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in partnership with Urban Word. This fellowship will build youths’ skills in literary excellence, civic engagement, and social impact. During the fellowship, students, ages 10-19 will apply to become the Youth Poet Laureate of Hawai‘i!
Youth Poet Laureate
2022 Youth Poet Laureate Commencement
Check out the April 30th, 2022 live streamed event!
Youth Poet Laureate
Hawai'i's 2nd Annual
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Click images to view each participant's performance
Miya
Peterson
Lyric
Ono
Shea
Noland
Kealoha
Comcowich
Koren
Kano
Mika
Hiroi
Esther
Chan
Nicole
Dao
Rachel
Waggoner
Finalists
Makaela
Cooper
Korion
Williams
Vaiva
Peroff
Junior Poets
Instructors/ Mentors
Ittai Wong
Le Jardin
Academy
Travis Thompson
Youth Speaks Hawai'i
Pacific Tongues
Honorary Guest Performers
Sara
Tekula
The Merwin Conservancy
Lua
Bowman
Hawai'i's 1st Youth Poet Laureate
Featured Judges
Michael Cirelli
Executive Director of Urban Word NYC
Meera Dasgupta
2020 United States Youth Poet Laureate
Teresa Siagatonu
Award Winning Poet & Educator
Mahalo to:
This program is made possible in part by funding from Hawaiʻi Council of the Humanities through the Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act.
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Photos: Bryan Berkowitz
Video: Markus Kuenzel- MACC
Audio: Harrison Tatik- MACC