karla k. morton has fourteen poetry collections. A National Heritage Wrangler Award Winner, twice a Next Generation Indie National Book Award winner, Betsy Colquitt award winner, E2C Grant recipient, and shortlisted for the Gregory O'Donoghue International Poetry Prize, she's published in journals such as American Life in Poetry, Alaska QuarterlyReview, Arkansas Review, Southword, descant, Boulevard, Comstock Review, Lascaux Review, New Ohio Review and Right Hand Pointing. Her poetry book about the National Parks, The National Parks: A Century of Grace (TCU Press), is very historic, as there has never been a book of poetry written about all 62 National Parks to help culturally preserve and protect them for the next seven generations. Morton and fellow Poet Laureate Alan Birkelbach traveled to all 62 National Parks, writing poetry and taking photos in situ, and a percentage of royalties from the book goes back to the National Park system. Morton was named Texas State Poet Laureate in 2010, is a songwriter, and is a nominee for the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame.