Sheryl Noethe

Sheryl Noethe (she/her) is a poet and founder of the Missoula Writing Collaborative. Noethe is the author of the poetry collections Grey Dog Big Sky (FootHills Publishing, 2013); As Is (Lost Horse Press, 2009); The Ghost Openings (Grace Court Press, 2000), winner of a 2001 Pacific Northwest Book Award; and The Descent of Heaven Over the Lake (New Rivers Press, 1984). Noethe is also the coauthor with Jack Collom of Poetry Everywhere: Teaching Poetry Writing in School and in the Community (Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 1994).

Noethe has received a CutBank Richard Hugo Memorial Poetry Award, a Minnesota Voices Award from New Rivers Press, and an Academy of American Poets Award. She was also the recipient of a 1998 Montana Arts Council Fellowship, a McKnight Fellowship, and a 1990 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.

In 2004, Noethe was recognized for her work in Missoula schools with the Cultural Achievement Award from the Missoula Cultural Council. In 2011, Noethe became Montana’s fourth Poet Laureate, an office she held until 2013. The Montana Arts Council awarded her the Artist Innovation Award in 2021. She is the poetry editor for High Desert Journal.