Mississippi will name its first Youth Poet Laureate on April 25 at a live virtual ceremony hosted by Urban Word’s National Youth Poet Laureate program. Tune into the livestream at 7 PM CT to find out who wins!

The Mississippi Youth Poet Laureate program is led by Mississippi Poet Laureate Ann Fisher-Wirth in partnership with the Friendly City Books Community Connection, the Mississippi Arts Commission, the English Department in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Mississippi, and Urban Word.