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Media Coverage and Appearances

Described as “one of the more adventurous voices in American poetry,” Karla has been featured on Good Morning Texas, NPR, PBS, Dallas Morning News, True West Magazine, Enchanted Outpost and countless other magazines, newspapers, radio and TV outlets.

award-winning poet

Karla K. Morton is the 2010 Texas State Poet Laureate and a celebrated poet, speaker, songwriter and storyteller.

Karla has more than 15 books in print, and she has been published in numerous literary and poetry journals. Her awards and recognition in her field include:

National Cowboy Museum Wrangler Award
Betsy Colquitt Award
Eric Hoffer Award
Western Writers of America Spur Award
Indie Book Award Winner (twice)
North Texas Book Festival Award
E2C Writer-in-Residency Grant Recipient
Montaigne Medal Finalist

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karla k morton and michael martin murphey holding copies of their book-CD Santa Fe Trail: Chasing the Big West at a book signing event

cowgirl poet

Karla’s poetry throughout her career spans a wide range of topics, but her most recent work has focused on western culture, legends and stories. Her latest book – Santa Fe Trail: Chasing the Big West – is a collaboration with Michael Martin Murphey, Bob Boze Bell and Alan Birkelbach.

She was the only “cowgirl” selected for a front-page feature story on Cowboy Poets by Enchanted Outpost Magazine, and True West Magazine called her Santa Fe Trail book “one of the most interesting and creative books on the American West to be published.”