Please Join AWC in Welcoming Alabama's Poet Laureate: Dr. Jacqueline Allen Trimble
Image courtesy of the office of Governor Kay Ivey
Dr. Jacqueline Trimble will serve from January 2026 to December 2029 as Alabama’s 14th Poet Laureate.
After the election at the 2025 AWC Annual Conference, Dr. Trimble had this to share with AWC’s voting body:
“Alabama has been blessed with a rich literary tradition. The talent that exists and has always existed here is second to none. I am honored, humbled, and deeply moved by the faith the Alabama Writers Cooperative and the writers of Alabama have placed in me to be the chief champion of poetry in this state. I walk in the footsteps of wonderful poet laureates, and I hope to continue their work of bringing well-deserved attention to this state’s literary abundance. The world needs to know our Alabama poets, and I look forward to working with organizations and individual artists to encourage emerging and established writers, create new ways of engaging readers, and support the beautiful and important work of poetry in this state.”
“Jacqueline Trimble elected Alabama’s next poet laureate” (GulfCoastMedia.com)
“Meet the new Alabama Poet Laureate, Jacqueline Allen Trimble” (AlabamaNewsCenter.com)
“Jacqueline Allen Trimble, English Professor at HBCU, to Serve as New Poet Laureate for State of Alabama” (Birmingham Times)
“Alabama Poet Laureate Commission Dr. Jacqueline Trimble” (from the office of Governor Kay Ivey)