Poets Laureate of Mississippi
# Poets Laureate of Mississippi

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 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maude Willard Leet Prenshaw | 1963 | 1971 (death) | Gov. Ross Barnett |
| 2 | Louise Moss Montgomery | 1973 | January 1978 (death) | Gov. William Waller |
| 3 | Winifred Hamrick Farrar | 31 July 1978 | 6 November 2010 (death) | Gov. Cliff Finch |
| 4 | Natasha Trethewey | January 2012 | 2016 | Gov. Haley Barbour |
| 5 | Beth Ann Fennelly | August 2016 | March 2021 | Gov. Phil Bryant |
| 6 | Catherine Pierce | April 2021 | present | Gov. Tate Reeves |
