In 2024, Andrea Gibson was named an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow. Gibson will collaborate with all five living Colorado poets laureate to create How Far Have We Come? The Colorado Poets Laureate Anthology; proceeds from sales will help increase the scope and ensure the future of the Colorado Poet Laureate position. Gibson will host poetry readings and workshops in rural schools and libraries that often lack access to poetry programming, through which they will reach thousands of Colorado youth.