State Poet Laureate
In 1926, Kentucky established a state poet laureate position, which is currently held by Silas House, who was appointed to a one-year term in 2023.
Poetry Near You
Find poetry readings, workshops, festivals, conferences, literary organizations, and poetry-friendly bookstores, and learn more about poets laureate, in your area.
Recent & Featured Listings
| Type | Title | State |
|---|---|---|
| Literary Organization | Green River Writers | Kentucky |
| Literary Organization | Kentucky Shakespeare | Kentucky |
| Literary Magazine | Appalachian Heritage | Kentucky |
| Small Press | Blair Mountain Press | Kentucky |
| Literary Magazine | The Louisville Review | Kentucky |
| Small Press | Sarabande Books | Kentucky |
| Small Press | Finishing Line Press | Kentucky |
| Writing Program | Western Kentucky University | Kentucky |
| Poetry-Friendly Bookstore | A Reader's Corner | Kentucky |
| Poetry-Friendly Bookstore | Carmichael's Bookstore | Kentucky |
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Gayl Jones
Read more about >Poet, fiction writer, and critic Gayl Jones was born in Lexington, Kentucky, on November 23, 1949, and raised in Speigle Heights, a neighborhood in
Photo credit: C Williams Silas House
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Photo credit: Michael V. Carlisle Robert Penn Warren
Read more about >Born in 1905, author Robert Penn Warren won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and served as the first U.S. Poet Laureate