I teach people how to function as a human so that they can function as a genius!
For all speaking engagements over 5,000 dollars contact swhalen@penguinrandomhouse.com
Alora Young is more than “just” a poet. She is the voice of a generation that demands to be heard. At 22, she is a published author, a lead actress in a feature film, a song writer, a play-write and a Presidential Scholar. She signed her first book deal at 18 and was the youngest ever member of the Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau.
Alora Young was the 2021 Youth Poet Laureate of the Southern United States. She is a presidential scholar of the arts, a two-time TEDx Speaker, a scholastic gold medalist, an Americans for the Arts Round Table fellow, a Young Arts winner in spoken word, a recipient of the Princeton Prize in Race Relations, Spring Robinson literary prize, the Lin Arison excellence in writing award, and the International Human Rights Day rising advocate award.
She was also nominated for Best of the Net by Rattle magazine. She is the founder of AboveGround, an organization seeking to create equity in Nashville elementary schools through creative writing and neurodivergent education. She is an inaugural intern at the Center for Race Research and Justice at Vanderbilt University.
She has publications in or upcoming in the New York Times, Rattle, Washington Post, Signal Mountain Review, Rigorous Mag, and Ice Colony Jornal. She was a poet in Lyric Fest’s production of Cotton and contributed to the anthology I Know What the Red Clay Looks Like. She won two Best Young Actress awards at the Rome and Madrid International Film Festival.
Alora Young has a degree in Spoken Word Pedagogy with a minor in Religion from Swarthmore College(class of 2025), an actor as well as a poet and she has performed her poetry on CNN, CBS, TIME, and many local channels in Nashville. Her Book Walking Gentry Home was released by Hogarth Books in August of 2022. It received a starred review in the Kirkus review and it was nominated for a Goodreads Choice award.
It won best debut in the Nashville Scene magazine, Ms. magazine ,and was a best-seller on Amazon. She is planning to pursue a M.F.A in creative writing and a PHD. in neurodivergent creativity. She spends her free time writing and playtesting her two board games Girlboss and Fake Your Own Death. She has written ten books, Three plays and thousands of songs and poems many of which will be coming out in the following years.
Alora is diagnosed with ADHD, Autism, And OCD. (as well as several other conditions) despite this, her passion and the depth of her messages will leave you spellbound. she is a valiant fighter for the rights of neurodivergent youth and minoritized communities around the world. Her smile and humor will remind you that there is hope for the future.
(for all inquires under 5,000 dollars contact alorayoung2003@gmail.com)
The day after her 18th birthday, Hogarth Books, a division of Penguin Random House, offered Alora her first book deal. Walking Gentry Home, a memoir in verse, was published in August of 2022 and is currently available everywhere books are sold. It has become one of the best selling poetry books of the 2020’s.
This amazing story chronicles nine generations of Southern, Black women from slavery through current day. Written in a unique style that mixes poetry with storytelling, Walking Gentry Home is book that promises to endure for as many generations as the women between its covers.
Walking Gentry Home was nominated for a goodreads choice award and has received praise from critics, academics and other artists.
*includes revisions
Written-Only Poems
Package | Length & Style | Delivery Time | Price |
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Basic | 4–8 lines (~50 words) | 3 business days | $75 |
Standard | 12–16 lines (~100 words) | 5 business days | $150 |
Premium | 20–24 lines (~200 words) | 7 business days | $275 |
Deluxe | 200–300 words, two perspectives, extra revision | 10 business days | $500 |
Package | Duration & Style | Delivery Time | Price |
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Basic | 3–4 minute piece | 5 business days | $250 |
Standard | 4–5 minute piece | 7 business days | $400 |
Premium | 5–6 minute piece | 10 business days | $650 |
Deluxe | 6–7 minute bespoke performance | 14 business days | $1,200 |
Written-Only Poems
Package | Length & Tone | Delivery Time | Price |
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Basic | 8–12 lines | 5 business days | $250 |
Standard | 16–20 lines | 7 business days | $450 |
Premium | 30–40 lines | 10 business days | $800 |
Deluxe | 300–400 words, two revisions, usage rights | 14 business days | $1,500 |
Spoken-Word Performances
Package | Duration & Features | Delivery Time | Price |
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Basic | 3–4 minute branded piece | 7 business days | $600 |
Standard | 4–5 minute narrative piece | 10 business days | $1,000 |
Premium | 5–6 minute custom script | 14 business days | $1,600 |
Deluxe | 6–7 minute full production | 21 business days | $3,000 |
*All packages include one revision (Deluxe includes two). Rush orders (48-hour turnaround) +30%.