Thepoet laureate of Alaska also known asAlaska state writer laureate is thepoet laureate for theU.S. state ofAlaska. The first Alaska poet laureate, Margaret Mielke, was appointed in 1963.^[1] The program expanded to include other kinds of writers in 1996.^[1]

Poets laureate of Alaska include:^[1][2]

• Margaret Mielke (1963-1965)
• Oliver Everette (1965-1967)
• John Haines (1969)
• Ruben Gaines (1973)
• Sheila Nickerson (1977)
• Richard Dauenhauer (1981)
• Joanne Townsend (1988)
• Tom Sexton (1995)

• Richard Nelson (2000)
• Anne Hanley (2002-2004)
• Jerah Chadwick (2004-2006)
• John Straley (2006-2008)
• Nancy Lord (2008-2010)
• Peggy Shumaker (2010-2012)
• Nora Marks Dauenhauer (2012-2014)
• Frank Soos (2014-2016)
• Ernestine Hayes (2016-2019)
• Heather Lende (2021– )^[3]

• Poets Laureate of Alaska at the Library of Congress

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

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