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Five 10th and 11th graders throughout the United States, including one student from Fishers, have been named National Student Poets and will serve as regional literary ambassadors through readings, workshops and other programs.
Selected were Salma Mohammad of Fishers, Christian Butterfield of Bowling Green, Ky.; Julie Dawkins of Edmond, Okla., Taylor Fang of Logan, Utah, and Alondra Uribe of New York City.
Each of the winners receive $5,000.
The initiative was created in 2011 and is managed by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. The winners were selected from more 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.