| Intro | American poet |
| Is | Poet |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Literature |
| Gender | female |
Karla Huston is an American poet currently living in Appleton, Wisconsin. She is the Poet Laureate of Wisconsin serving a two-year term from 2017-2018.
Huston is the author of eleven chapbooks of poems, the latest Grief Bone, (Five Oaks Press), and a full collection A Theory of Lipstick (Main Street Rag Publications), Huston’s work has garnered many awards, including a Pushcart Prize for the poem “Theory of Lipstick.” She received an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Wisconsin Library Association for her collection of the same title. Her writing has earned residencies at Ragdale Foundation as well as the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Her chapbook, Flight Patterns won the Main Street Rag Chapbook Contest in 2003. Huston has also been awarded three Jade Rings (one for fiction, two for poetry) from Wisconsin Writers Association (WWA).