U.S. Poet Laureate:

Arthur Sze (2025-)

Read more about the history of the U.S. Poet Laureate

State Poets Laureate:

Alabama: Jacqueline Allen Trimble

Alaska: Vera Starbard (State Writer Laureate)

Arizona: Laura Tohe

Arkansas: Suzanne Rhodes

California: Lee Herrick 

Colorado: Crisosto Apache

Connecticut: Antoinette Brim-Bell

Delaware: Nnamdi Chukwuocha and Albert Mills

Florida: Peter Meinke

Georgia: Chelsea Rathburn

Hawaii: Lee A. Tonouchi

Idaho: Mitch Wieland (Official Title: Writer-In-Residence)

Illinois: Mark Turcotte

Indiana: Curtis L. Crisler

Iowa: Vince Gotera

Kansas: Traci Brimhall 

Kentucky: Kathleen Driskell

Louisiana: Gena Ferrara

Maine: Dawn Potter

Maryland: Lady Brion

Massachusetts: Regie Gibson

Michigan: Melba Joyce Boyd

Minnesota: Gwen Nell Westerman

Mississippi: Ann Fisher-Wirth

Missouri: Justin Hamm

Montana: Allen Morris Jones

Nebraska: Jewel Rodgers

Nevada: Shaun Griffin

New Hampshire: Jennifer Militello

New Jersey: vacant

New Mexico: Manuel González

New York: Kimiko Hahn (Official title: State Poet)

North Carolina: Jaki Shelton Green

North Dakota: Denise Lajimodiere

Ohio: Edward A. Julian Sr. 

Oklahoma: Jay Snider

Oregon: Ellen Waterston

Pennsylvania: vacant 

Rhode Island: Colin Channer

South Carolina: Russell “Patrick” Davis

South Dakota: Bruce Roseland

Tennessee: vacant

Texas: Kevin Prufer

Utah: Lisa Bickmore

Vermont: Bianca Stone

Virginia: Mattie Quesenberry Smith

Washington: Derek Sheffield

West Virginia: Marc Harshman

Wisconsin: Brenda Cardeñas

Wyoming: Barbara Smith

Navajo Nation: Jake Skeets

 

Read more about the history of poets laureate positions at the Library of Congress. 

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