2019

NATIONAL BEAT POETRY FOUNDATION INC.

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Festival Poets will be reading their poetry all three days from our newest poetry anthology called, We Are Beat from Local Gems Press [order here].

This year's award recipients are:

Paul Richmond: National Beat Poet Laureate USA (2019-2020)

Donna Anne Allard: International Beat Poet Laureate, Canada (2019-2020)

Dr. Chryssa Velissariou: Greece Beat Poet Laureate - (2019-Lifetime) from Larisa, Greece

John Burroughs: State of Ohio Beat Poet Laureate (2019-2021)

BLW (Babs) McGrory: State of Delaware Beat Poet Laureate (2019-2021)

Ron Whitehead: State of Kentucky Beat Poet Laureate (2019-2021)

Richard Wayne Horton: State of Massachusetts Beat Poet Laureate (2019-2021)

William David Sovern: State of Indiana Beat Poet Laureate (2019-2021)

Kate Lamberg: State of New York, Long Island Beat Poet Laureate (2019-2021)

Nordette N. Adams: State of Louisiana Beat Poet Laureate (2019-2021)