Poets Laureate of Wisconsin

Wisconsin Poet Laureate

The current Poet Laureate of Wisconsin is Brenda Cárdenas. A former Milwaukee Poet Laureate, Brenda Cárdenas was born and raised in Milwaukee and has also lived elsewhere in Wisconin (Beaver Dam, Fond du Lac, Appleton, and Menasha). She obtained her undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, a certification to teach English and Spanish at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, and a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (Poetry) at the University of Michigan. Learn more about her at the state laureate position wisconsinpoetlaureate.org.

Appleton Poet Laureate
Cathryn Cofell is Appleton's inaugural Poet Laureate. Learn more about Cathryn here: https://www.cathryncofell.com/ and about the Appleton Poet Laureate program here: https://apl.org/poet-laureate/ 

Door County Poet Laureate
Carrie and Peter Sherrill are the poets laureate of Wisconsin. The husband and wife team can be reached at csherrill56@gmail.com. More about the program here: https://writeondoorcounty.org/get-inspired-2/.

Green Bay Poet Laureate
Miriam Brabham is Green Bay’s inaugural Poet Laureate. Learn more about Green Bay’s Poet Laureate greenbaywi.gov/poetlaureate.

Kenosha/Racine Poet Laureate 
Nico Moore is the current Kenosha Poet Laureate and Dr. Thomas Carr and Mary Skillings are the current Racine Co-Poet Laureates.  You can learn more about the program at www.krpoets.com or FB page Kenosha/Racine Poet Laureate.

Madison Poet Laureate
Steven Espada Dawson is the current Poet Laureate of Madison. He can be reached at stevendwrites@gmail.com. Learn more about the program https://www.cityofmadison.com/dpced/planning/arts/poetry.

Milwaukee Poet Laureate
Shelly Conley is the current Poet Laureate of Milwaukee info@shellyconley.com. Learn more about the program https://www.mpl.org/about/milwaukee_poet_laureate/.

North Fond du Lac Poet Laureate
Jeffrey McAndrew is the Poet Laureate of North Fond du Lac. He can be reached at jeffreycmcandrew@gmail.com.

Sheboygan Poet Laureate
The current Poet Laureate of Sheboygan is Anneliese Fink. Learn more about Sheboygan’s Poet Laureate sheboyganwi.gov/poetlaureate/. Subscribe to Anneliese’s newsletter on substack sheboyganpoetlaureate.substack.com/.

Wausau Poet Laureate
The current Poet Laureate of Wausau is Tiffany Rodriguez-Lee. She can be reached at tiffanyrodriguezlee@gmail.com. Learn more about the RFP.