NEW YORK (1010 WINS/AP) -- Five 10th and 11th graders have been named National Student Poets and will serve as regional literary ambassadors through readings, workshops and other programs.
The winners, including Alondra Uribe of New York City will each receive $5,000.
The other winners include Christian Butterfield of Bowling Green, Kentucky; Julie Dawkins of Edmond, Oklahoma; and Taylor Fang of Logan, Utah.
The initiative is managed by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and was created in 2011.
The winners were selected from than 20,000 applicants for Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
The student poets will be formally appointed during a July ceremony at the National Museum of the American Indian, in Washington, D.C.