{{short description|American poet laureate}} '''Sheryl Noethe''' is an American poet and served as Montana's poet laureate from 2011 to 2013.<ref>[http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_524940d2-c095-11e0-b1bf-001cc4c03286.html Missoula writer Sheryl Noethe named Montana poet laureate<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
== Biography == Born in Minnesota<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Kelly|first=Jamie|date=2011-08-06|title=Missoula writer Sheryl Noethe named Montana poet laureate|url=https://missoulian.com/news/local/missoula-writer-sheryl-noethe-named-montana-poet-laureate/article_524940d2-c095-11e0-b1bf-001cc4c03286.html|access-date=2021-04-10|website=The Missoulian|language=en}}</ref> "into a family that didn't read books", Noethe discovered writing through a collection of Dorothy Parker's short stories<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2012-07-01|title=Montana Arts Council: Poet Laureate|url=http://art.mt.gov/resources/resources_poetlaureate.asp|access-date=2021-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701163048/http://art.mt.gov/resources/resources_poetlaureate.asp|archive-date=2012-07-01}}</ref> and read voraciously to escape an abusive home life.<ref name=":0" /> In 5th grade, her teacher told her that she would become an author,<ref name=":0" /> which she credits with changing her life.<ref name=":1" /> By Noethe's teens, she had published poetry.<ref name=":0" />
== Honors == Noethe has won or received the following honors:<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sheryl Noethe|url=http://www.missoulawritingcollaborative.org/staff/sheryl-noethe/|access-date=2021-04-10|website=Missoula Writing Collaborative|language=en-US}}</ref>
* Academy of American Poets Award * McKnight Foundation fellowship * National Endowment for the Arts fellowship * Montana Arts Council fellowship * Emerging Voices Award – New Rivers Press * Honorable mention – Pushcart Prize * 2004 Cultural Achievement Award from the Missoula Cultural Council for her work in Missoula schools
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