# Poet Robert Hass Moderates River of Words Awards Ceremony

Winners and finalists of the 2008 River of Words Environmental Poetry and Art Contest were honored at a ceremony. The ceremony, hosted by the Center for the Book, was moderated by Robert Hass, River of Words co-founder, former U.S. Poet Laureate and recent winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for Poetry. The ceremony featured young people from throughout the country reading their winning poems about the natural world. Young people from throughout the world also be displayed their winning landscape art. John Robrock, from San Benito High School in Hillister, Calif., was honored as the 2008 Teacher of the Year.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2008
- By: Library Of Congress
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688014/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2021688014?play=1)