Poet Laureate of Montana explained

Post:	Poet Laureate
Body:	Montana
Incumbent:	Mark Gibbons
Incumbentsince:	2021
Type:	Poet Laureate
Formation:	2005
First:	Sandra Alcosser

The Poet Laureate of Montana is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Montana. Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer signed Senate Bill 69 into law in 2005, creating the position.^[1]

List of Poets Laureate

The following have held the position:

• Sandra Alcosser (2005-2007)
• Greg Pape (2007-2009)
• Henry Real Bird (2009-2011)^[2]
• Sheryl Noethe (2011-2013)^[3]
• Tami Haaland (2013-2015)
• Michael Earl Craig (2015-2017)
• Lowell Jaeger (2017-2019)
• Melissa Kwasny and M.L. Smoker (2019-2021)^[4]
• Mark Gibbons (2021–2023)^[5]
• Chris La Tray (2023–2024)^[6]

External links

• Poets Laureate of Montana at the Library of Congress
• Poet Laureate at Montana Arts Council

See also

• Poet laureate
• List of U.S. states' poets laureate
• United States Poet Laureate

Notes and References

1. Web site: Montana . The Library of Congress . 30 July 2022.
2. Web site: Henry Real Bird—Crow Indian, Working Cowboy, Poet Laureate - Montana Pioneer.
3. Web site: Missoula writer Sheryl Noethe named Montana poet laureate . 7 August 2022. 6 August 2011 .
4. Web site: Poets Laureate 2019-2021 .
5. Web site: Mark Gibbons Named New Montana Poet Laureate.
6. Web site: Paige . Anna . 2023-08-15 . Storyteller Chris La Tray selected as Montana's next poet laureate . 2024-08-28 . Montana Free Press . en-US.