Who we are

Voyage of Verse is a poetry collective for high-school students, published in print and online semi-annually. Submissions are welcome from all students in the 9th through 12th grades. Our anthologies feature poems from diverse and powerful voices that inspire thought and imagination. Voyage of Verse seeks to be a platform for young poets from all backgrounds and beliefs, a community where poets champion each other’s ardent, unique, and empathetic voices. 

We are pleased to announce that our esteemed poet Madeleine Cravens has completed her review for our Spring to Summer 2025 volume! Many congratulations to our twenty outstanding poets who have been chosen for publication. All of our selected poets stood out for their clear, generous, and authentic voices.

Shreshta Agrawal, Mountain View, CA; Aisha Asif, Queens, NY; Bradley Bachoco, Woodside, NY; Emily Brown, Queensland, Australia; Finley Callero, Corona Del Mar, CA; Riley Casey, Chapel Hill, NC; Zachary Choi, Los Altos, CA; Minhkha Dang, Irvine, CA; Hannah Dawes, Brooklyn, NY; Faith Ducksworth, Spring, TX; Alex Lee, Songdo, Korea; Kevin Liu, Brooklyn, NY; Chloe Parekh, Brooklyn, NY; Morgan Pletcher, Arlington, VA; Lila Rhee, West Newton, MA; Wyatt Ritchie, Bentonville, AR; Hayley Strahs, Los Gatos, CA; Andeline White, Springville, UT; Chloe Yeo, Seoul, Korea; Sophia Zhou, Newport Coast, CA.

Furthermore, the following poets have received special commendations from Ms. Cravens for their poems. These written commendations are published in the volume. There were so many excellent submissions, making this a very challenging exercise!

Portrait of Umma, Cracking Softly by Alex Lee

To Daffodils by Riley Casey

Penguin by Zophia Zhou

All published poets will receive copies of Pleasure Principle: Poems by Madeleine Cravens and copies of Voyage of Verse. Anthologies are released both online and in print, and will be available for purchase on Amazon. 

We received many more submissions than expected, from high-school poets from across the United States, Australia, India, Kenya, Nigeria, China, and South Korea.  A big thank you to all poets for sending in such thoughtful submissions, and to the many dedicated creative writing teachers for their encouragement! Very special thanks to Ms. Cravens for a wonderful, collaborative process. We are so grateful for our expanding community at Voyage of Verse! If you may not have been selected for this volume, please consider submitting to our next volume, Winter 2025. Submissions will be due January 31, 2025.

Happy wordsmithing to all our poets!