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Since the beginning of the Pandemic in March 2020, the writers listed below have contributed their work to three online projects, now all published on this site: TEJASCOVIDO, TEXAS POETRY BALLOTS, and TEXAS POETRY ASSIGNMENT.

As of 2025, these writers include members of the Texas Institute of Letters and 5 Texas Poet Laureates.

Shelley Armitage — Alan Birkelbach (Texas Poet Laureate, 2005) — Jerry Bradley — Jerry Craven — Terry Dalrymple — Chip Dameron —Chris Ellery — Katherine Hoerth — Kathryn Jones — karla k. morton (Texas Poet Laureate, 2010) — Octavio Quintanilla — Carol Coffee Reposa (Texas Poet Laureate, 2018) — Clay Reynolds — Jan Seale (Texas Poet Laureate, 2012) — Steven P. Schneider — W.K. Stratton — Larry D. Thomas (Texas Poet Laureate, 2008) — Loretta Diane Walker — Dan Williams — Steve Wilson

TEXAS POETRY ASSIGNMENT CONTRIBUTORS

Melanie Alberts — Robert Allen — Nicholas Allison — Shelley Armitage — Walter Bargen — Jacob R. Benavides — Dario Beniquez — Jim Benton — Alan Berecka — Jerry Bradley — Paola Brinkley — Robin Carstensen — Karen Cline-Tardiff — D.A. Cooper — Jerry Craven — Sherry Craven — Janelle Curlin-Taylor — Chip Dameron — Roberta Shellum Dohse — Jesse Doiron — Chris Ellery — Chuck Etheridge — Elizabeth N. Flores — Fernando Esteban Flores — Priscilla Frake — Donna Freeman — Jacob Friesenhahn — Theresa Garcia-Ruiz — Christian Garduno — Kevin Garrison — Elisa A. Garza — Lyman Grant — Suzanne “Zan” Green — Amy L. Greenspan — Natasha Haas — Cathy Hailey — Daryl Halencak — Michael Helsem — Thomas Hemminger — Sister Lou Ella Hickman — James Higgins — Katherine Hoerth — Vincent Hostak — Lori Janick — Mark Jodon —Kathryn Jones — Anne Jordan — Milton Jordan — Betsy Joseph — Paul Juhasz — Irene Keller — Laurie Kolp —Yahia Lababidi — Jim LaVilla-Havelin — Kendra Leonard — Carlos Loera — William David Mainous II — M. Miranda Maloney — John McMeans— Kathryn Merry — Irena Moon-Quitzau — Suzanne Morris — karla k morton — Jeffrey G. Moss —Thomas Murphy — Charlotte Muse — Benjamin Nash — Barira Nazir — Grace Nicholson — Juan Manuel Pérez — d. ellis phelps —Vianna Posadas — Thomas Quitzau — Carol Coffee Reposa — Darby Riley — Marilyn Robitaille — Gary S. Rosen — William James Rosser — Sumera Saleem — Jeanie Sanders — Jan Seale — Stefan Sencerz —Linda Simone — Matthew Sisson — Reilly Smith — Skeeter Smith — Alan Steelman — Sandi Stromberg — Herman Sutter — Marcy Tanter — Charles Taylor — David Taylor — Jeffrey L. Taylor — Margo Stutts Toombs — Ulia Trylowsky — Loretta Diane Walker — E. D. Watson — Sarah Webb — Seth Wieck — Nate Wilbert — Dan Williams — Steve Wilson — Antoinette F. Winstead

TEXAS POETRY BALLOT CONTRIBUTORS

Matthew Arnold — Jerry Bradley — Paola Brinkley — Hal C. Clark — Sherry Craven — Margo Davis — Jesse Doiron — Chris Ellery — Casey Ford — Christian Garduno — Lyman Grant — Renae Brumbaugh Green — Jean Hackett — Katherine Hoerth — Gretchen Johnson — Kathryn Jones — Ulf Kirchdorfer — Christopher L. Morrow — Tom Murphy — Meg Oldman — Juan Manuel Pérez — Moumin Quazi — Carol Coffee Reposa — Marilyn Robitaille — Sumera Saleem — Jan Seale — Herman Sutter — Jeffrey L. Taylor — Loretta Diane Walker — Nate Wilbert — Donald Mace Williams — Steve Wilson — Antoinette F. Winstead

TEJASCOVIDO CONTRIBUTORS

Robert Allen — Dario R. Beniquez — Alan Birkelbach — Robin Bissett — Jerry Bradley — Jacinto Jesús Cardona — Chantel L. Carlson — Julie Chappell — Kevin Clay — Jessica Neno Cloud — Garrett Cole — Tess Coody-Anders — Jerry Craven — Sherry Craven — Wade Crowder — Colin Cummings — Terry Dalrymple — Jesse Doiron — Richard Dixon — Jason Edwards — Chris Ellery — Charity Embley — Chuck Etheridge — Brian Fehler — Jonathan Fletcher — Fernando Esteban Flores — Michael J. Galko — Alicia Zavala Galván — Jules Gates — Anna B. Gonzalez — Lyman Grant — Lucy Griffith — Jean Hackett — Ken Hada — Al Haley — Michael Helsem — Rodolfo Hernandez Jr. — Mark H. W. Hiebert — Katherine Hoerth — Vincent Hostak — Yazmin Aliyah Jimenez — Vanessa Couto Johnson — Elizabeth D. Jones — Hank Jones — Kathryn Jones — Kenneth Jones — Paul Juhasz — Craig Kinney — Ulf Kirchdorfer — Chad Knesek — Jim LaVilla-Havelin — Sarah K. Lenz — Kendra Preston Leonard— Avery Mann — Richard McAlister — Janet McCann — Bill McCloud — Grace Megnet — Zee Mink-Fuller — Mackenzie Moore — Steven Moore — Susan Signe Morrison — karla k morton — Tom Murphy — Benjamin Nash — Joanna Nellie Navarro — Joe O'Connell — Salena Parker — V. Paige Parker— Andrea Perez — Mary Guerrero Perez — Randy T. Prus — Moumin Quazi — Octavio Quintanilla — Clay Reynolds — Lee Robinson — Marilyn Robitaille — René Saldaña, Jr. — Sumera Saleem — Lisa Toth Salinas — Katharyn Salsman — Jeanie Sanders — Steven P. Schneider — Stephen Schwei — T. Wayne Schwertner — Jan Seale— Linda Simone — Grant Sisk — W. K. Stratton — Karyn Suggs — Herman Sutter — Marcy L. Tanter — Jeffrey L. Taylor — Larry D. Thomas — Loretta Diane Walker — Ron Wallace — E. D. Watson — Marilyn Westfall — Ken Wheatcroft-Pardue — Cullen Whisenhunt — Seth Wieck — Nate Wilbert — Debbie Williams — Sunny Anne Williams — Steve Wilson — Antoinette F. Winstead — Mallory Young