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The National Youth Poet Laureate Program
The 2022 Youth Poet Laureate is Alyssa Gaines Pictured), the Midwest Regional Finalist and the first-ever Indianapolis Youth Poet Laureate. Her work was published by Teach for America and has appeared in Scholastic’s “Best Teen Writing,” the Indianapolis Recorder.