List of Poets Laureate of Virginia
Current Poet Laureate:
- Sofia Starnes (July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2014)
Former Poets Laureate:
- Kelly Cherry (July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2012)
- Claudia Emerson (August 26, 2008 – June 30, 2010)
- Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda (June 26, 2006 – June 30, 2008)
- Rita Dove (September 20, 2004 – June 25, 2006)
- George Garrett (July 9, 2002 – June 30, 2004)
- Grace Simpson (2000–2002)
- Joseph Awad (1998–2000)
- Margaret Ward Morland (1996–1998)
- Kathryn Forrester Thro (July 1, 1994 – June 30, 1996)
- Guy Carleton Drewry (term ended 1991)
- Carter Warner Wormeley
- Thomas Lomax Hunter (1948)
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