In 2026, Justin Hamm was named an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow. The Missouri Poet Baseball Cards project is Justin Hamm’s main initiative as Missouri Poet Laureate, an all-Missouri expansion of his Poet Baseball Cards series that celebrates poets connected to the state through collectible baseball-style cards paired with a free online curriculum styled around “fantasy baseball.” Each featured poet receives a card with biographical and literary “stats,” while the accompanying classroom materials turn the card into an entry point for reading, writing, discussion, and discovery. The project is designed to make Missouri poetry feel accessible and alive to Missouri students.