Young People's Poet Laureate

Young People's Poet Laureate is a position and award that was established by the Poetry Foundation in 2006. The position is to promote children's poetry in the United States.^[1] The organization changed the name from Children's Poet Laureate to capture a broader range of ages.

Laureates

Term	Laureate	Ref.
2006 – 2008	Jack Prelutsky	[2]
2008 – 2011	Mary Ann Hoberman	[3][4]
2011 – 2012	J. Patrick Lewis	[5]
2013 – 2015	Kenn Nesbitt	[6]
2015 – 2017	Jacqueline Woodson	[7][8]
2017 – 2019	Margarita Engle	[9]
2019 – 2021	Naomi Shihab Nye	[10]
2022 - 2024	Elizabeth Acevedo	[11]
2024 -	Carole Boston Weatherford	[12]