2008 Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere

BloggingPoet.com is announcing its 2008 Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere Election - with nominations to begin on April 1, 2008. The BloggingPoet.com has hosted the Election for the last 4 years and stresses the Poet Laureate of the "Blogosphere is the only laureateship chosen by readers." Here are the Rules for Nomination of Poets as per BloggingPoet.com:

1. Those nominated must have a history of posting poetry to their blogs for a period of no less than 1 year prior to March 1, 2008.
2. Anyone can nominate their favorite poetry blogger.
3. Nominations will begin on april 1st and will end on April 20th.
4. Voting will begin on April 21st and will end at 12:00 midnight on April 29th.
5. The winner will be announced on April 30th.
6. As in years past, Billy Jones, a.k.a Billy The Blogging Poet, will not be nominated because he is hosting the event.
7. English language only.
8. Previous winners can not be nominated.
9. All decisions by the Judge, that would be Billy The Blogging Poet, will be final.
10. All nominations must be made in the form provided on April 1st. E-mail, write-ins, protests and other means to nominate will not be accepted.

Prior Poet Laureates of the Blogosphere are Amy King, Ron Silliman, and Jilly Dybka.

All you wonderfully talented poets, and you know who you are [ ALL OF YOU!], please tell your readership, friends and ezine memberships about this wonderful opportunity to become the Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere! Spread the word like wildfire! [You might even burn up your competition in the process! heh heh. er, ahem, that didn't make sense, did it? But I hope it made you laugh..]