The Indiana State Poet Laureate is the poet laureate

Poet Laureate

A poet laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for state occasions and other government events...

 for the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Indiana

Indiana

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

. Senate Enrolled Act No. 433 created the made the position effective July 1, 2005, but Indiana had a well-established unofficial position of state poet laureate since 1929. Laureates serve a two year term. The selection of Indiana State Poet Laureate is made by the Indiana Arts Commission executive director and seven members chosen by the commission who represent institutions of higher education.

Current Indiana State Poet Laureate

• Imma Eaton Krapf (June 2010 - Present)
• Norbert Krapf (June 17, 2008 – 2010)

Previous Unofficial Laureates

• Emory Aaron Richardson (named 1929 by motion of the General Assembly)
• Mary Hagler LeMaster (1945)
• Florence Marie Taylor (1946)
• William Chitwood (1947)
• Effie Lydia Fisher (1948)
• Mina Morris Scott (1949)
• Ollah Eloise Toph (1950)
• Alma C. Mahan (1951)
• Mable Newman (1952)
• Myrl G. New (1953)
• Thelma Howell Porter (1954)
• Nellie Baldwin Rudser (1955)
• Samuel S. Biddle (1956)
• Gwen Robert Boyer (1957)
• Jeannette Vaughn Konley (1958)
• Clarence O. Adams (1959)
• Carl Stader (1960–1961)
• Mildred Musgrave (1962)
• Mable Skeen (1963)
• Lloyd Whitehead (1964)
• Glen Galbraith (1965)
• Frances Brown Price (1966)
• Elsie Startzman (1967)
• Mildred Musgrave Shartle (1968)
• Paul Startzman (1969)
• Dr. Earl Marlott (1970)
• Marjorie Sea Fortmeyer (1971)
• Mary Simmons (1972)
• Florence Helen McGaughey (1973)
• Frances Brown Price (1974)
• Laverne Hanson Brown (1976–1977)
• Arthur Franklin Mapes
  Arthur Mapes
  Arthur Franklin Mapes was an American poet. Among his works is the poem entitled "Indiana", written in 1963. and adopted as the Indiana state poem the same year. In 1977, he was unofficially designated Indiana State Poet Laureate, a position that was not recognized as official until July 1,...
  
   (named 1977 by House Concurrent Resolution 63)
• Glenna Glee Jenkins (1979–1980)
• Vivian Pierson Ramsey (1981–1982)
• Esther Alman (1983–1984)
• Kay (Kinnaman) Sims (1985–1986)
• Dena Adams (1987–1988)
• Paula Fehn (1989–1990)
• Dr. J.C.Bacala (1991–1992)
• Jeanne Losey (1993–1997)
• Esther Towns (1998–2000)
• Glenna Glee Jenkins (2001–2003)
• Carol Ogdon Floyd (2004-October 2007)