West Yorkshire Young Poets Laureate

West Yorkshire Combined Authority wishes to deliver a programme of activity to promote poetry, creative literacy and pathways to the creative industries within schools in West Yorkshire. The programme will culminate in the selection of two Young Poet Laureates for West Yorkshire, who will have the opportunity to shadow the West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin and the National Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, attend key cultural events across the region, write poems to commission, and inspire a new generations of poets an...