Poets Laureate of Texas

The Poet Laureate of Texas is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Texas.^[1]

List of Poets Laureate

• 1932-1934 - Judd Mortimer Lewis
• 1934-1936 - Aline T. Michaelis
• 1936-1939 - Grace Noll Crowell
• 1939-1941 - Lexie Dean Robertson
• 1941-1943 - Nancy Richey Ranson
• 1943-1945 - Dollilee Davis Smith
• 1945-1947 - David Riley Russell
• 1947-1949 - Aline B. Carter
• 1949-1951 - Carlos Ashley
• 1951-1953 - Arthur M. Sampley
• 1953-1955 - Mildred Lindsey Raiborn
• 1955-1957 - Pierre Bernard Hill
• 1957-1959 - Margaret Royalty Edwards
• 1959-1961 - J. V. Chandler
• 1961 - Lorena Simon
• 1962 - Marvin Davis Winsett
• 1963 - Gwendolyn Bennett Pappas
• 1964-1965 - Jenny Lind Porter
• 1966 - Bessie Maas Rowe
• 1967 - William. E. Bard
• 1968 - Kathryn Henry Harris
• 1969-1970 - Anne B. Marely
• 1970-1971 - Robby K. Mitchell
• 1971-1972 - Terry Fontenot
• 1972-1973 - Mrs. Clark Gresham
• 1973-1974 - Violette Newton
• 1974-1975 - Lila Todd O'Neil
• 1975-1976 - Ethel Osborn Hill
• 1976-1977 - Florice Stripling Jeffers
• 1977-1978 - Ruth Carruth
• 1978-1979 - Patsy Stodghill
• 1979-1980 - Dorothy B. Elfstroman
• 1980-1981 - Weems S. Dykes
• 1982-1983 - William D. Barney
• 1987-1988 - Ruth E. Reuther
• 1988-1989 - Vassar Miller
• 1993-1995 - Mildred Vorpahl Baass
• 2000 - James Hoggard
• 2001 - Walter McDonald
• 2003 - Jack Elliott Myers
• 2004 - Cleatus Rattan
• 2005 - Alan Birkelbach
• 2006 - Red Steagall
• 2007 - Steven Fromholz
• 2008 - Larry D. Thomas
• 2009 - Paul Ruffin
• 2010 - Karla K. Morton
• 2011 - David M. Parsons
• 2012 - Jan Seale
• 2013 - Rosemary Catacalos
• 2014 - Dean Young
• 2015 - Carmen Tafolla
• 2016 - Laurie Ann Guerrero
• 2017 - Jenny Browne
• 2018 - Carol Cofee Reposa

Notes

• https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/poets.html

2017 Robert Fischer Georgetown, Texas