Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards Ceremony
| 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Poetry Foundation
61 West Superior Street
Free Admission
A reception follows the program
Celebrate the winners of the Illinois state-wide Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards. Miss Brooks created and continued these awards for thirty years—honoring the poems of exceptional young Illinois poets in Kindergarten through 12th grade. Host Kenyatta Rogers leads this lively event of poetry readings, food, and family.
Hosted by the Poetry Foundation and the Illinois Humanities
