Poet Laureate of Mississippi

Poet Laureate of Mississippi
Incumbent
Ann Fisher-Wirth
since 2025
TypePoet Laureate
Formation1963
First holderMaude Willard Leet Prenshaw

The poet laureate of Mississippi is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Mississippi.

List of poets laureate

# Poet laureate Term began Term ended Appointed by Notes
1 Maude Willard Leet Prenshaw 1963 1971 (death) Gov. Ross Barnett [1]
2 Louise Moss Montgomery 1973 January 1978 (death) Gov. William Waller [1]
3 Winifred Hamrick Farrar 31 July 1978 6 November 2010 (death) Gov. Cliff Finch [1]
4 Natasha Trethewey January 2012 2016 Gov. Haley Barbour [1]
5 Beth Ann Fennelly August 2016 March 2021 Gov. Phil Bryant [2]
6 Catherine Pierce April 2021 April 2025 Gov. Tate Reeves [3]
7 Ann Fisher-Wirth May 2025 present Gov. Tate Reeves [4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Library of Congress. U.S. State Poets Laureate: Mississippi. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  2. ^ Schnugg, Alyssa (10 August 2016). "Oxford's Beth Ann Fennelly named Mississippi poet laureate". Oxford Eagle. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Catherine Pierce named new Mississippi poet laureate". The Clarion-Ledger. Associated Press. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  4. ^ Banks, Ellie (2025-05-15). "Ann Fisher-Wirth is Mississippi's Poet Laureate - Mississippi Arts Commission". Mississippi Arts Commission. Archived from the original on 2026-01-21. Retrieved 2026-03-16.


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