Imogen Arate

Imogen Arate is an award-winning writer and multimedia artist who has written poetry since her tween years, in five languages and published in two.

You can find her artworks on exhibit, online, in print and in each Poets and Muses episode.

Her poems “A Declaration of Loyalty ” and “Sanctuary” took home the second and third prize of the 2020 National Federation of Press Women (NFPW) at-large Communications Contest.

She served as a national-level poetry judge for NFPW’s Communications Contests in 2021, 2022 and 2025.

Text and cartoon on white background.
Three-line text reads "Friday, January 9, 2026” first line.
“And So It Begins” second line and “by Imogen Arate” 3rd line.
Cartoon comprises of Lady Liberty in green in top right saying in rectangular word bubble that reads “Get the fuck out of America” and Christy Noam in a fur jacket over an “ICE” emblazoned vest holding a smoking gun to the left of a rotund and short Trump wearing a gray suit, white shirt and a very long red tie that drapes into a pool of blood that also stains Christy Noam’s cowboy boots.