An Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship Goes to New Hampshire

I'm beyond thrilled to announce that I've received a 2020 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship in support of my two initiatives as New Hampshire Poet Laureate. The first initiative involves the development of mindful poetry writing workshops for child survivors of the state's opioid crisis. The second initiative is the establishment of a youth writing conference in the North Country. It means everything to me to receive funding to start these initiatives for New Hampshire. 

For more info, here's the press release on Poets.org: https://poets.org/academy-american-poets-awards-11-million-poets-laureate. New York Times' article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/books/poets-laureate-fellowships.html.

Stay tuned! I'll post updates about both initiatives on this blog as they unfold over the next year.