U.S. Poet Laureate:

Ada Limón

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

State Poets Laureate:

Alabama: Ashley M. Jones 

Alaska: Heather Lende (State Writer Laureate)

Arizona: Alberto Ríos

Arkansas: Suzanne Rhodes

California: Lee Herrick 

Colorado: Andrea Gibson

Connecticut: Antoinette Brim-Bell

Delaware: Nnamdi Chukwuocha and Albert Mills

Florida: Peter Meinke

Georgia: Chelsea Rathburn

Hawaii: Brandy Nālani McDougall 

Idaho: Kerri Webster (Official Title: Writer-In-Residence)

Illinois: Angela Jackson

Indiana: Curtis L. Crisler

Iowa: Vince Gotera

Kansas: Traci Brimhall 

Kentucky: Silas House

Louisiana: Alison Pelegrin

Maine: Julia Bouwsma

Maryland: Lady Brion

Massachusetts: Regie Gibson

Michigan: Nandi Comer 

Minnesota: Gwen Nell Westerman

Mississippi: Ann Fisher-Wirth

Missouri: David L. Harrison

Montana: Chris La Tray

Nebraska: Jewel Rodgers

Nevada: Gailmarie Pahmeier

New Hampshire: Jennifer Militello

New Jersey: vacant

New Mexico: Lauren Camp

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

North Carolina: Jaki Shelton Green

North Dakota: Denise Lajimodiere

Ohio: Kari Gunter-Seymour

Oklahoma: Jay Snider

Oregon: Ellen Waterston

Pennsylvania: vacant 

Rhode Island: Colin Channer

South Carolina: vacant 

South Dakota: Bruce Roseland

Tennessee: Margaret Britton Vaughn

Texas: Amanda Johnston

Utah: Lisa Bickmore

Vermont: Bianca Stone

Virginia: Mattie Quesenberry Smith

Washington: Arianne True

West Virginia: Marc Harshman

Wisconsin: Nicholas Gulig

Wyoming: Barbara Smith

Navajo Nation: Laura Tohe

 

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

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