2014 Poet Laureate – Kristina Moriconi

Poet Laureate 2014 KRISTINA MORICONI    Kristina Moriconi is a poet and essayist. She is the author of the chapbook, No Such Place (Finishing Line Press, 2013), and her work has appeared most recently in Blood Lotus, Under the Sun, and Crab Creek Review. She is...

2015 Poet Laureate – David Escobar-Martin

MaPoet Laureate 2015   DAVID ESCOBAR- MARTIN    David Escobar-Martín is the product of spoken word and written poetry. A Philadelphia Youth Poetry Movement Alumni, David has performed at poetry slams since the age of fifteen. David’s current goal is to...

2016 Poet Laureate – Autumn Konopka

Poet Laureate 2016 AUTUMN KONOPKA  Autumn Konopka is a poet, mother, teacher, and coffee addict. Her poems have appeared in Literary Mama, Crab Orchard Review, Philadelphia Stories, Apiary, Mad Poets Review, and others. In 2014, her chapbook a chain of paper dolls was...

2017 Poet Laureate – Chad Frame

Poet Laureate 2017 CHAD FRAME  Chad Frame’s work has appeared in decomP, Rust+Moth, Menacing Hedge, Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, and elsewhere. He has been nominated for Best of the Net 2016 and The Best Small Fictions 2017. He earned his MFA at Arcadia...

2018 Poet Laureate – Megan Gillespie

Poet Laureate 2018 MEGAN GILLESPIE  Megan Gillespie is a poet, actor, educator and mother. Her work has appeared in The Florida Review, New Delta Review, and Cimarron Review. Her honors include fellowships from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Millay...