Each year, the Board of Trustees selects a notable poet as the WWBA Poet of the Year. They are a nationally known and well-respected poet who champions poetry through their writing, teaching, and support of the Long Island community of poets and their events.
2002 Dan Murray
2002 Norbert Kraph
2003 Maxwell Wheat, Jr.
2003 Siv Cedering
2004 Ray Patterson
2005 Claire Nicolas White
2006 Charles Fishman
2007 Vince Clemente
2008 Susan Astor
2009 Patti Tana
2010 Gladys Henderson
2011 Pramilia Venkatswaren
2012 Mario Susko
2013 Fran Castan
2014 Annabelle Moseley
2015 Graham Everett
2016 Gayl Teller
2017 Tammy Jean Nuzzo-Morgan
2018 Barbara Reiher-Meyers
2019 J R Turek
Related Items
- 2010 Poet of the Year
- 2011 – C.K. Williams
- 2011 Poet of the Year
- 2012 – Martín Espada
- 2012 Poet of the Year
- 2013 – Naomi Shihab Nye
- 2013 Poet of the Year
- 2014 – Li-Young Lee
- 2014 Poet of the Year
- 2015 – Yusef Komunyakaa
- 2016 Poet in Residence
- 2017 Poet in Residence
- 2018 Long Island Poet of the Year
- 2018 Poet in Residence
- 2018 Student Poetry Contest Guidelines
- 2019 Poet-in-Residence
- 2019 Student Poetry Contest Guidelines
- Champions of Literacy
- Poets-in-Residence
- Writers in Residence
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