Simon Armitage
U.K. Poet Laureate Forward Prize
Richard Blanco
Obama's Inaugural Poet
Poetry Education Ambassador
Joy Harjo
US Poet Laureate (2019-22)
NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award
Memoirs: Crazy Brave, Poet Warrior
Juan Felipe Herrera
US Poet Laureate (2015-17)
Performer & Activist
Ted Kooser
US Poet Laureate (2004-2006)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Sir Andrew Motion
U.K. Poet Laureate (1999-09)
Dylan Thomas Prize
Natasha Trethewey
US Poet Laureate (2012-2014)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet