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Juliet Z. DeMarko, MA, was appointed interim poet laureate in February 2009. On April 12, 2011 “Julie” was named as the sixth official Poet Laureate of Northwest Florida. A former restaurateur, chef and author of two memoir cookbooks , DeMarko’s first book of poetry, ''Blue Ridge Childhood'', appeared in 2011. DeMarko’s term ended in March 2014.
Jamey Jones, the seventh poet laureate, is a college instructor at Pensacola State College and author of ''Blue Rain Morning''. He ," was named inducted as the seventh poet laureate in October 2014, following a selection process that took nearly a year.
Traditionally, at least one collection of work by the poet laureate is published by West Florida Literary Federation, beginning with Rosasco-Soule’s ''Panhandle Memories: A Lived History'' in 1987. In 1990, the Federation published Songs of Passion: Selected Poems, 1985-1989, the works of Temme. Mary A. Hood’s ''Opatoula'' was published by WFLF in July, 1993. In March 1996, the Federation published ''Our Own Sweet Time'' by O’Brien. Langhorne’s ''Tombigbee'' was published in 1999, followed by Listen to the River in 2001. DeMarko’s ''Fashioned by Memory'' published in 2014 by WFLF.