She’s on the Guest list: Montgomery County and Maryland state Youth Poet Laureate

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Washintonian’s September 2024 issue features Tara Prakash, our current Montgomery County and MD state YPL

 
 

Check out the Washingtonian article that features Tara Prakash!

Tara Prakash is an avid reader and writer and the 2024 Montgomery County Youth Poet Laureate. Her work has been recognized in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards (where she won a National Gold Medal and a National Silver Medal), National YoungArts, the New York Times, Blue Marble Review and Bow Seat's Ocean Awareness Contest. Her poem was chosen as a finalist out of over 630 entries in Hollins University’s Nancy Thorp Poetry Contest. She also earned the First Class Distinction Award by the National Council of Teachers of English. Her work has appeared in Best American High School Writing, The Lumiere Review and The Daphne Review, among others.

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