 The national competition for Youth Poet Laureate is held in April at the Library of Congress, and is judged by a panel of esteemed poets.In its four years of existence, the award has been granted to three teens, Amanda Gorman of Los Angeles in 2017, Patricia Frazier of Chicago in 2018, Kara Jackson also of Chicago in 2019, and Meera Dasgupta of New York City in 2020.To be chosen as the National Youth Poet Laureate, young people go through an in-depth application process that includes evaluation of their work, poetry and artistic skills, as well as their in-school and extracurricular activities.