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A list of current U.S. state poets laureate, including the District of Columbia, appears below. Select a state to read a history of its poet laureate position and a list of its former poets laureate.
STATE | POET LAUREATE |
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Alabama | Ashley M. Jones |
Alaska | Heather Lende (State Writer Laureate) |
Arizona | Alberto Ríos |
Arkansas | Jo Garot McDougall |
California | Lee Herrick |
Colorado | Bobby LeFebre |
Connecticut | Margaret Gibson |
Delaware | Nnamdi Chukwuocha and Albert Mills |
District of Columbia | Position Vacant |
Florida | Peter Meinke |
Georgia | Chelsea Rathburn |
Hawaii | Kealoha (Steven Kealohapau'ole Hong-Ming Wong) |
Idaho | CMarie Fuhrman (Official Title: Writer in Residence) |
Illinois | Angela Jackson |
Indiana | Official Laureate: Matthew Graham Premier Poet (unofficial poet laureate): Sarah E. Morin |
Iowa | Debra Marquart |
Kansas | Huascar Medina |
Kentucky | Silas House |
Louisiana | Mona Lisa Saloy |
Maine | Julia Bouwsma |
Maryland | Grace Cavalieri |
Massachusetts | No Position |
Michigan | Nandi Comer |
Minnesota | Gwen Westerman |
Mississippi | Catherine Pierce |
Missouri | Maryfrances Wagner |
Montana | Mark Gibbons |
Nebraska | Matt Mason |
Nevada | Gailmarie Pahmeier |
New Hampshire | Alexandria Peary |
New Jersey | No Position |
New Mexico | Levi Romero |
New York | Willie Perdomo (Official Title: State Poet) |
North Carolina | Jaki Shelton Green |
North Dakota | Larry Woiwode |
Ohio | Kari Gunter-Seymour |
Oklahoma | Joe Russell Kreger |
Oregon | Anis Mojgani |
Pennsylvania | No Position |
Rhode Island | Tina Cane |
South Carolina | Position Vacant |
South Dakota | Vacant |
Tennessee | Margaret Britton Vaughn |
Texas | Lupe Mendez |
Utah | Paisley Rekdal |
Vermont | Mary Ruefle |
Virginia | Luisa A. Igloria |
Washington | Rena Priest |
West Virginia | Marc Harshman |
Wisconsin | Dasha Kelly Hamilton |
Wyoming | Eugene M. Gagliano |