The Poet Laureate of Colorado is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Colorado. Colorado Poets Laureate are appointed to four-year terms. They are nominated by Colorado Creative Industries and Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book, and chosen by the Governor. The State of Colorado also appointed singer/songwriter John Denver in 1974.
List of Poets Laureate
The following have held the position: Alice Polk Hill (1919-1921) Nellie Burget Miller (1923-1952) Margaret Clyde Robinson (1952-1954) Milford E. Shields (1954-1975) Thomas Hornsby Ferril (1979-1988) Mary Crow (1996-2010) David Mason (2010-2014) Joseph Hutchison (2014-2019) Bobby LeFebre (2019-2023) Andrea Gibson (2023-present)