Find poetry readings, workshops, festivals, conferences, literary organizations, and poetry-friendly bookstores, and learn more about poets laureate, in your area.
State Poet Laureate
In 2008, Missouri established a state poet laureate position, which is currently held by David L. Harrison, who was appointed to a two-year term in 2023.
City and County Poets Laureate
St. Louis
In 2025, Pacia Elaine Anderson was named poet laureate of St. Louis, Missouri. She will serve a two-year term.
Kansas City
In 2025, Melissa Ferrer Civil was appointed poet laureate of Kansas City.
| Type | Title | State |
|---|---|---|
| Small Press | Helicon Nine Editions | Missouri |
| Literary Magazine | Big Muddy | Missouri |
| Literary Magazine | Missouri Review | Missouri |
| Literary Organization | The 7th Grade Poetry Foundation | Missouri |
| Literary Magazine | Moon City Review | Missouri |
| Literary Organization | The Center for the Humanities | Missouri |
| Literary Magazine | Natural Bridge | Missouri |
| Literary Organization | Missouri Center for the Book | Missouri |
| Literary Magazine | New Letters: A Magazine of Writing & Art | Missouri |
| Literary Organization | Missouri State Poetry Society | Missouri |
Carl Phillips’ most recent books are Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007–2020 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022), winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and My Trade Is Mystery: Seven Meditations from a Life in Writing (Yale University Press, 2022). His numerous honors include the 2006 Academy of American Poets Fellowship, an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the 2021 Jackson Poetry Prize from Poets and Writers, induction into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Library of Congress. Phillips served as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 2006 to 2011. He is currently a professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis.
