Simon Armitage
U.K. Poet Laureate Forward Prize
Richard Blanco
Obama's Inaugural Poet
Poetry Education Ambassador
Carol Ann Duffy
U. K. Poet Laureate
T. S. Eliot Prize
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 Winner
Natasha Trethewey
US Poet Laureate (2012-2014)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet