Please submit your nominations for North Carolina's next poet laureate:

The deadline for nominations for the post of North Carolina poet laureate is Friday, July 11. Nominations should explain how the nominee meets the criteria for the post, include contact information for the candidate and the nominator, and be no longer than two pages. Send nominations to Kirsten Mullen, Literature Director, North Carolina Arts Council, Dept. of Cultural Resources, Mail Service Center 4632, Raleigh, NC 27669-4632. For more information, visit NCARTS.