Poet Laureate of Alabama

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Poet Laureate of Alabama
Incumbent
Ashley M. Jones
since 2021
TypePoet Laureate
Formation1930
First holderSamuel Minturn Peck

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. [1]

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Samuel Minturn Peck was the first poet laureate. Samuel Minturn Peck cropped.jpg
Samuel Minturn Peck was the first poet laureate.

List of Poets Laureate

#Poet laureateTerm beganTerm endedAppointed byNotes
1 Samuel Minturn Peck
(died 1938)		12 June 19303 May 1938 (death)Gov. Bibb Graves [2]
2Mary B. Ward21 November 19541958Gov. Gordon Persons [2]
3Elbert Calvin Henderson
(1903–1974)		21 December 195915 September 1974 (death)Gov. John Patterson [2]
4William Young Elliott
(1902–1997)		August 19751982Gov. George Wallace [2]
5Carl Patrick Morton
(1920–1994)		19831987Lt. Gov. William Baxley [2]
6Morton Dennison Prouty, Jr.
(died 1992)		19881991Gov. H. Guy Hunt [2]
7Ralph Hammond19921995Gov. H. Guy Hunt [2]
8Helen Friedman Blackshear
(1911–2003)		1 January 19951999Gov. Jim Folsom, Jr. [2]
9 Helen Norris 19992003Gov. Don Siegelman [2]
10 Sue Walker August 2003December 2012Gov. Bob Riley [2] [3]
11 Andrew Glaze 20137 February 2016 (death)Gov. Robert J. Bentley [2] [4]
12 Jennifer Horne 20172021Gov. Kay Ivey [5] [6]
13Ashley M. Jones2021PresentGov. Kay Ivey [7] [8]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Alabama - State Poet Laureate". Library of Congress. September 13, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Alabama Department of Archives and History. "Official Symbols and Emblems of Alabama: Poets Laureate of Alabama". Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Poets Laureate of Alabama". Official Symbols and Emblems of Alabama. Alabama Department of Archives and History. January 13, 2010. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  4. ↑ Jeremy Gray (July 24, 2012). "Former reporter, Pulitzer runner-up named poet Alabama laureate". The Birmingham News. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
  5. ↑ Ingold, Stan (August 15, 2017), Jennifer Horne on Becoming Alabama Poet Laureate, Alabama Public Radio, retrieved 2021-07-07
  6. ↑ Harriet Staff (August 23, 2017). "New Alabama Poet Laureate Jennifer Horne Takes Center Stage on Alabama Public Radio". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  7. ↑ Ashley M. Jones named Alabama Poet Laureate, Magic City Poetry Festival, August 22, 2021
  8. ↑ Specker, Lawrence (August 23, 2021). "Ashley M. Jones of Birmingham selected as state's new poet laureate". The Birmingham News. Retrieved August 23, 2021.


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