Our National Youth Poet Laureate: Salome Agbaroji!
AND THE NEW UNITED STATES YOUTH POET LAUREATE IS... SALOME AGBAROJI!
Salome began with Spoken Word poetry in 2020 through the Why I Rise competition, and it has been a joy and an honor to support her in her journey from Get Lit Player to performing for the likes of the Golden Globes, the Los Angeles Rams, the Mayor’s office, Vans, and now– the newest National Youth Poet Laureate!!
Congrats as well to all the amazing NYPL finalists whose voices were heard on the NYPL Finals stage in Maui. And a special congratulations to Get Lit Players Olivia Le and Sierra Leone Anderson, who were awarded as runners-up for the California Youth Poet Laureate title!
Here is Salome at the 2023 Classic Slam performing one of the poems she submitted for the National Youth Poet Laureate competition!
the latest
OUR WORDS COLLIDE documentary about Get Lit youth poets is now available to rent or own on all cable, satellite and digital platforms including Prime Video and Apple TV!
The Los Angeles Times featured Get Lit in their recent article all about the 'Our Words Collide' documentary and the Classic Slam.
Get Lit was featured in a new article from national publication EdSource about our work in literacy education.
Get Lit Founder and CEO Diane Luby Lane appeared on iHeart Radio's KFI Featured Segments to share about the Classic Slam.
Get Lit was announced as a $1 million awardee from MacKenzie Scott's Yield Giving Open Call
