The poet laureate of Alabama is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Alabama. The position was established in 1931 by an act of the Alabama Legislature. Poets laureate, who must have been Alabama residents for at least 15 years, are chosen by the governor, and serve 4-year terms.

List of poets laureate #Poet laureateTerm beganTerm endedAppointed byNotes 1 Samuel Minturn Peck(died 1938) 12 June 1930 3 May 1938 (death) Gov. Bibb Graves Alabama Department of Archives and History. "Official Symbols and Emblems of Alabama: Poets Laureate of Alabama". Retrieved January 22, 2014. 2 Mary B. Ward 21 November 1954 1958 Gov. Gordon Persons 3 Elbert Calvin Henderson(1903–1974) 21 December 1959 15 September 1974 (death) Gov. John Patterson 4 William Young Elliott(1902–1997) August 1975 1982 Gov. George Wallace 5 Carl Patrick Morton(1920–1994) 1983 1987 Lt. Gov. William Baxley 6 Morton Dennison Prouty, Jr.(died 1992) 1988 1991 Gov. H. Guy Hunt 7 Ralph Hammond 1992 1995 Gov. H. Guy Hunt 8 Helen Friedman Blackshear(1911–2003) 1 January 1995 1999 Gov. Jim Folsom, Jr. 9 Helen Norris 1999 2003 Gov. Don Siegelman 10 Sue Walker August 2003 December 2012 Gov. Bob Riley 11 Andrew Glaze 2013 7 February 2016 (death) Gov. Robert J. Bentley 12 Jennifer Horne 2017 2021 Gov. Kay Ivey 13 Ashley M. Jones 2022 2026 Gov. Kay Ivey 14 Jacqueline Allen Trimble 2026 Present Gov. Kay Ivey

See also

List of U.S. state poets laureate United States Poet Laureate Poet laureate

Notes

External links Poets Laureate of Alabama at the Encyclopedia of Alabama Poets Laureate of Alabama at the Library of Congress