City of Asylum Youth Poet Laureate of Allegheny County
2025-26

Ivanna Smith is an 11th grader at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School who is from Moon. She loves all forms of writing, but especially poetry and screenwriting. She is the poetry editor for her school’s literary journal, Pulp, and has had work appear in The Antithesis Review, Rune, and Pulp. When she’s not writing, you can find her reading, watching movies, or playing volleyball.

Read her poem, “Field Notes From the Earth“.

Learn about all of the 2025-26 Youth Poets of Allegheny County.