Comitatus Sonoma
Iuvenum Poetae Laureati
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LISA ZHENG
Sonoma County Youth Poet Laureate, 2024-25
Lisa Zheng is a sophomore at Maria Carrillo High School. She is a Poetry Out Loud class winner and a volunteer at the Charles Schulz museum in Santa Rosa. In Lisa's own words: Poetry is an empty Google Doc or a fresh leaf of paper where I can escape the rigid rules of school essays and pour my rawest experiences out. I sometimes even translate prose into rhythmic ballads by the piano. I am a “word nerd”: I like the elegance of specific words together and experimenting with unconventional syntax…My main purpose behind writing these poems, besides personal catharsis, is to give a voice to the psychological turmoils that many teens experience that are often kept in the dark due to shame of admittance, and give them a dose of hope and cause for change.”
SABINE WOLPERT
Sonoma County Youth Poet Ambassador 2024-25
Sabine Wolpert is a senior at Analy High School. She is active in the leadership of many clubs including Analy Activist Club, Analy Zero Waste Club, Analy Eco Club, and more. In her own words: "Writing is one of my favorites because it allows me to express myself and process the beautiful and vast world around me. Writing also allows me to explore new parts of myself and the things around me that I am curious about. I deeply value connection to the land and to the people around me. Growing up in community, I have truly learned the importance of this connection and how art can be a beautiful way to cultivate relationships. I hope to grow up to create a more positive and equitable world through whatever career I decide to pursue. Most of all, I want to chase joy and wonder."
California Poetae in Scholis Proximum quaerit
Iuvenum Poetae Laureati Comitatus Sonoma
Sonoma Comitatus Californiae Poetae in scholis student agnoscere studet qui excellentiam poeticam consecutus est. Ad hunc finem, sequentem Poetae Iuventutis Laureatum Sonoma Comitatus mense Septembri 2021 nominabimus. Nos hunc iuvenem tamquam artium emergentem ducem ad comitatum adiuvabimus - qui adiuvat ad poeticae figuram attollendam et auditorium augendum.
Specialia:
Hic discipulus debet esse inter saecula XIII et XIX.
Comitatus erit residentis qui expectat manere in comitatu inter Septembris 2021 et August 2022.
Demonstrent quoque suum officium artium litterariorum ac communitatum per participationem muneris voluntarii et communitatis, fustibus, post scholam, et extra actionem academicam.
California Poetae in Scholis hoc programmate tamquam particeps Verbi Urbani regionalis administrabit.
Iuvenis Poeta Laureatus unum annum serviet et expectat quattuor saltem publicas functiones participare.
YPL recipiet stipendium $500 et contractum libellorum libellorum sui operis, vel anthologiam quae opus suum et aliorum finalistarum includit.
De modo procedendi:
Nominationes YPL possunt venire ab aliqua ordinatione vel individua.
Applicatio adhibenda, impressa, signata et subicienda a 15th Septembris per email ad californiapoets@gmail.com
Applicatio etiam mitti potest ad: Poetae Californiae in Scholis - Poetae Iuventutis Laureati Submission, PO Box 1328, Santa Rosa, CA 95402
Applicationem mittemus omnibus qui unum petit. Quaeso contact meg@cpits.org ad petitionem.
Cum applicatione tria poemata ex discipulo exhiberi debent, non plus quam decem paginas complent.
Pro finalista, sponsor adultus litteras subsidii praebere debebit.
Consilium observandi locorum poetarum recensebit applicationes et finalistas eliget.
Finalistae rogabuntur ut sessionem diiudicandam adeant ut facultas eorum poemata efficaciter (velut bona scribenda carmina) aestimari possit.
Victor annuntiabitur mense Septembri, 2021
Procedure:
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YPL nominations may come from any organization or individual.
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Application must be completed online.
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We will email or mail a hard copy application to anyone who requests one. Please contact meg@cpits.org to request.
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With the application, three of the student’s poems must be submitted, totaling no more than ten pages.
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For finalists, an adult sponsor will be required to provide a letter of support.
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A committee of respected local poets will review applications and choose finalists.
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A parent/guardian must sign the application for applicants under the age of 18.
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Finalists will be asked to attend a judging session so that their ability to present their poems effectively (as well as writing good poems) can be assessed.
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The winner will be announced in April 2024.
PAST YOUTH POET LAUREATES OF SONOMA COUNTY INCLUDE:
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ZOYA AHMED
Sonoma Comitatus Iuventutis Poetae Laureatus, 2020-21
Zoya Ahmed primus Poetae Iuventutis Laureatus Sonoma Comitatus in 2020-21 servivit. Zoya Mariam Carrillo frequentavit in Comitatu Sonoma Scholae High. Zoya varios ambitus amplectitur tamquam primam generationem Americanam Meridionalem Asiaticam, utramque radices in Pakistan et Indiam habens. Haec laeta hereditas est ei pellunt. Quotidie datur Zoya laborare ad fines suos assequendos, occasiones ipsas humilians et communitati reddendas inspiratas. Motivatores maximi eius sunt parentes eius et familia eius, qui eam singulis diebus excitant. Musa eius sunt; sacrificii significationem significant in eius vita. Horum fabulae, praesertim mulierum in familia Zoya, sunt quae scintillam rerum et rerum prospectu scripto dant.
ZOYA AHMED
Sonoma Comitatus Iuventutis Poetae Laureatus, 2020-21
Zoya Ahmed primus Poetae Iuventutis Laureatus Sonoma Comitatus in 2020-21 servivit. Zoya Mariam Carrillo frequentavit in Comitatu Sonoma Scholae High. Zoya varios ambitus amplectitur tamquam primam generationem Americanam Meridionalem Asiaticam, utramque radices in Pakistan et Indiam habens. Haec laeta hereditas est ei pellunt. Quotidie datur Zoya laborare ad fines suos assequendos, occasiones ipsas humilians et communitati reddendas inspiratas. Motivatores maximi eius sunt parentes eius et familia eius, qui eam singulis diebus excitant. Musa eius sunt; sacrificii significationem significant in eius vita. Horum fabulae, praesertim mulierum in familia Zoya, sunt quae scintillam rerum et rerum prospectu scripto dant.