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.
2017 Tammy Jean Nuzzo-Morgan
2016 Gayl Teller
2015 Graham Everett
2014 Annabelle Moseley
2013 Fran Castan
2012 Mario Susko
2011 Pramila Venkatswaren
2010 Gladys Henderson
2009 Patti Tana
2008 Susan Astor
2007 Vince Clemente
2006 Charles Fishman
2005 Claire Nicolas White
2004 Ray Patterson
2003 Maxwell Wheat, Jr.
2003 Siv Cedering
2002 Dan Murray
2002 Norbert Krapf
2016 Gayl Teller
2015 Graham Everett
2014 Annabelle Moseley
2013 Fran Castan
2012 Mario Susko
2011 Pramila Venkatswaren
2010 Gladys Henderson
2009 Patti Tana
2008 Susan Astor
2007 Vince Clemente
2006 Charles Fishman
2005 Claire Nicolas White
2004 Ray Patterson
2003 Maxwell Wheat, Jr.
2003 Siv Cedering
2002 Dan Murray
2002 Norbert Krapf
Related Items
- “Poets To Come” Scholarship Award
- 2011 Poet In Residence C.K. Williams
- 2012 Long Island Poet of the Year: Mario Susko
- 2012 Poet in Residence Martín Espada
- 2013 Poet in Residence Naomi Shihab Nye
- 2014 Poet in Residence Li-Young Lee
- 2015 Poet in Residence Yusef Komunyakaa
- 2016 Poet in Residence Robert Pinsky
- 2017 Poet in Residence Marilyn Hacker
- 2018 Poet in Residence Vijay Seshadri
- 2018 Student Poetry Contest Guidelines
- 2019 Poet-in-Residence Jane Hirschfield
- 2020 Poet-in-Residence Juan Felipe Herrera
- 2020 Student Poetry Awards Ceremony
- 2021 Poet In Residence Forrest Gander
- 2022 Gwenn A. Nusbaum / WWBA “Poets To Come” Award
- 2022 Gwenn A. Nusbaum / WWBA “Poets To Come” Award
- 2022 Poet In Residence Natasha Trethewey
- 2022 Student Poetry Contest Guidelines
- Champions of Literacy
- GRAND CHAMPIONS 2022, Student Poetry Award Winners
- Poets-in-Residence
- Writers in Residence
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