Poets Laureate of Illinois
# Poets Laureate of Illinois

The Poet Laureate of Illinois is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Illinois. The state's first three Poets Laureate were named at the initiative of individual governors. In 2003 the title was made into a four-year renewable award.

## List of Poets Laureate

| # | Poet laureate | Term | Appointed by | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Howard Austin | 1936–1962 | Henry Horner | |
| 2 | Carl Sandburg | 1962–1967 | Otto Kerner Jr. | |
| 3 | Gwendolyn Brooks | 1968–2000 | Otto Kerner Jr. | |
| 4 | Kevin Stein | 2003–2017 | Rod Blagojevich | |
| - | John Prine | 2020 | J.B. Pritzker | Honorary title given posthumously. |
| 5 | Angela Jackson | 2020–Present | J.B. Pritzker | [9] [10][11][12] |
