Entries in Poet Laureate Of The Blogosphere (14)
An Interview With The Poet Laureate
May 22, 2008 at 09:38PM He was a relatively unknown poet when he surprised the world by winning his seat as the reining Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere. Tonight I'm happy to link to an interview that Nasra did with the people's choice, Tony Brown.
And The Winner Is...
Apr 30, 2008 at 06:40AM Congratulations are in order for Tony, rob and all the other nominees and it's my hope that all involved see an increase in readership throughout this and in the years to come.
Good luck to all of you.
Cast Your Ballots Please
Apr 21, 2008 at 05:55AM The following persons are qualified to become the 2008 Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere. At the bottom of this list you may cast your ballot.
Bill Knott
Rethabile Masilo
Sue Turner
Leonard Blumfeld
Tiel Aisha Ansari
Michael Wells
Melanie Bishop
Steve Caratzas
Jodi Herman
Steven Schroeder
Rob McLennan
Dale Favier
Levari
R.K.SINGH
Montgomery Maxton
Helen Losse
Reginald Shepherd
Tony Trigilio
Gautami Tripathy
Jay Sizemore
James Steerforth
Tony Brown
Rebecca Loudon
Nominations For The 2008 Poet Laureate Of The Blogosphere Have Begun
Apr 1, 2008 at 12:01AM The time has finally come to nominate the 2008 Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere but please read the following rules before adding your nomination to the comment form at the bottom of this post.
The rules are as follows:
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, aka. Billy The Blogging Poet, aka. me, will not be nominated as I am hosting the event.
7. English language only as I'm too dumb to know a poem in any other language.
8. Previous winners cannot be nominated.
9. Like it or not, all decisions by the judge (That would be me.) are final.
10. All nominations must be made in the form provided. That form is the comment form at the bottom of this post. E-mail, write-ins, protests, telephone calls, passing notes under the desks and other means to nominate will not be accepted. There is no need to nominate anyone more than 1 time and all nominations must begin with http:// Please do not assume I know every poetry blogger in the world-- I don't.
The results of this and previous elections can be found by clicking on Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere and scrolling down the page.
Nominations To Begin For 2008 Poet Laureate of The Blogosphere
Mar 3, 2008 at 09:57PM Previous winners are Amy King, Ron Silliman and Jilly Dybka.
Rules for 2008 are as follows:
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 !2:00 midnight on April 29th.
5. The winner will be announced on April 30th.
6. As in years past, Billy Jones, aka. Billy The Blogging Poet, aka. me, will not be nominated as I am hosting the event.
7. English language only as I'm too dumb to know a poem in any other language.
8. Previous winners cannot be nominated.
9. Like it or not, all decisions by the judge (That would be me.) are 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.
The number 1 most common complaint I hear about this election is that it hasn't been advertised and isn't as well known as it should be. Well guess what? As I'm broker than ever before it won't be advertised again this year. Unless, of course others want to spread the word.
The number 2 complaint I get is that to the casual observer it would appear previous winners don't post poetry to their blogs. That was okay with me as I knew all 3 posted poetry to online forums and ezines but this year rather than field-off the complaints I've instituted rule #1.
And to deal with other complaints I've instituted rule #9.
I guess the Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere isn't all that big a deal as previous winners are yet to be household names but like so much of what is done here on the Blogsboro Network it's designed to shine some light on a few who have worked hard and seldom received the recognition they deserve.
Update: Speaking of shining more light, the winner will be given the chance to be interviewed at Living In Poetry.
Polls Closed, Results Final
Apr 29, 2007 at 11:55PM We have a winner in the election of the 2007 Poet Laureate Of The Blogosphere.
On Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 9:41 PM I took the following screen shot. It's possible but not fair to continue voting but the results are now final and Amy King of AmyKing.org is hereby crowned the 2007 Poet Laureate Of The Blogosphere with 229 votes to runner-up Collin Kelly at 163. Accolades are due to Amy, Collin and all of the poets who were nominated in what is really a popularity contest more so than an actual reflection of the works of all of these wonderful poets.
Note: I tried weaving 2005 winner Jilly Dybka a kudzu crown from kudzu I pulled from the shoulder of NC. 68 but the odor forced me to trash it.
Amy will serve for one year and her responsibilities are to promote poets and poetry throughout the Internet and the Blogosphere-- a job she has done well for several years as the editor of MiPOesias.com.
The process of electing the 3rd annual Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere was less than perfect. Rightly or wrongly it is a popularity contest. As the creator, founder and administrator of the nomination and election process I accept the blame for any mistakes made. In previous years people have complained that not enough people knew about the election. The same was true this year but until enough bloggers take it on their own to help promote the election the problem will remain. I can only hope that with each passing year the results will continue to be better than before.
As for my critics... Shove it! I'm doing the best I know how.
As in years past there was some tension. Write-in candidates could not be accepted as there is no way to verify write-in votes and reconfiguring the 3rd party polling would have required deleting all of the previous votes-- something I consider unfair to the nominees and their supporters.
We had some fun, we had some fights and we made a few new friends. I consider the election of Amy King as the 2007 Poet Laureate Of The Blogosphere to have been a success. Congratulations Amy.
Please visit all the candidates on the list as well as the attempted write-in candidate Bill Knott. They are all great poets who deserve your attention and all will be added to my permanent blogroll and to Poetsarus.com.
2007 Poet Laureate Of The Blogosphere Voting Begins
Apr 22, 2007 at 12:59AM Listed below are the eligible candidates for the 3rd annual Poet Laureate Of The Blogosphere election along with links to their blogs. Nominations and rules may be found here. At the bottom of this post you'll find the ballot.
The Poets:
Bob Hazelton of AveragePoet.com
Steven Schroeder of poetry, philosophy, poetics...
Laurel K Dodge of Possum
Michael Parker of Michael Parker's Journal
Collin Kelley of Collin Kelley
Alex Gildzen of Arroyo Chamisa
Sherry Chandler of SherryChandler.com
Sam Rasnake of sam of the ten thousand things
Levari of Night Book
Sandra Beasley of Chicks Dig Poetry
Kasey Silem Mohammad of Lime Tree
Rebbecca Loudon of Radish King
Rob Mackenzie of Surroundings
Helen Losse of Windows Toward the World
Pris Campbell of Songs To A Midnight Sky
Amy King of AmyKing.org
Lorna Dee Cervantes of Lorna Dee Cervantes
Nick Bruno of They Shoot Poets
Use the ballot below to vote for the candidate you like and remember this is the only elected poet laureate in the world. Voting will end on April 29th. 2007 and the 2007 winner will be announced on April 30th.
I have tried to make this election as fair and open as my limited skills and lack of support and funding allows. Yes, an event like this should be advertised but I'm a starving poet without an ad budget. (Seriously, if I had an ad budget you'd see ads for Books By Billy everywhere you look.) Yes, I left out some of the nominations because I was unable to establish they met the rules. Yes, I probably made some mistakes-- I'm doing the best I know how and it's now too late to fix them. Perhaps others would like to step up and help for the 4th Annual Poet Laureate Of The Blogosphere election next year.
Support for the 2007 Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere comes from BloggingPoet-Shoppes.com highlighting the long tail of books, art, and music.
Poet Laureate Of The Blogosphere 2007
Apr 6, 2007 at 07:12AM Previous winners cannot win. Previous winners are Jilly Dybka and Ron Silliman.
Billy The Blogging Poet cannot win as it simply wouldn't be ethical for me to manage a contest in which I'm a participant.
Nominees must have an online poetry presence either on their blog or elsewhere on the Internet.
Blogging poets and poetry bloggers must have been blogging and posting poetry online for at least one year.
English language only as I'm too dumb to know a poem in any other language.
All nominations are to be made in the comment box below. You must leave the URL to the poet's blog beginning with http:// in order for them to be added to the ballot. (In other words, don't expect me to know who you're talking about.)
E-mail nominations will NOT be accepted. Nominations may only be made in the comment box below.
Nominations will end on April 20, '07 and voting will begin on April 21.'07. Voting will end April 29, '07 and the winner will be announced the following day.
And finally, please help spread the word.
Update: April 20, '07 Nominations have been closed. Voting will begin tomorrow.
Update 2: April 21, '07 Voting has begun at the new BloggingPoet.com
Ron Silliman, 2006 Poet Laureate Of The Blogosphere
May 1, 2006 at 12:17AM Congratulations to Ron Sillman for his victory and to Asharf Osman for coming in a close second. And congratuations to the ten other nominees who are all great poets and all as deserving of the title as was our winner.
While this is but a tiny honor and a tiny event it is the hope of myself and others that the Poet Laureate Of The Blogosphere will someday shine a light on deserving poets from around the world.
WE HAVE A WINNER!
May 15, 2005 at 07:58PM Well the end has finally come and it’s time to announce the winner of the 2005 First Annual, Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere competition. This competition is important as it is a historic occasion: the first democratically elected poet Laureate in the history of the world. Unlike our recent state and Federal elections this election saw little if any controversy. At least, I didn’t hear of any.
I wish more had voted but the vote stands just the same. I’d like there to be a big check and lots of fanfare that goes along with the win but the Kudzu Crown will have to suffice. Maybe next year things will be bigger, better, and profitable for our Blogging Poet Laureate.
Ladies and gentlemen, bloggers and citizens of the world, please allow me to introduce you to Jilly Dybkla, Poet Laureate Of The Blogosphere, and writer of the Poetry Hut Blog Congradulations Jilly, I’ll bet folks over in your neck of the woods are smiling and cheering for you.
And for helping to make this election happen, our thanks to:
Freepolls.com
Iddybud
Sisphean Musings
Ed Cone
Viewfinder Blues
Hoggsblog.com
Stick Poet Super Hero
Poetry Hut Blog
Someone over at EZBoard.com
Death In The Afternoon
DumbFoundry
And to all the many others whose names I may not know: Thanks to all of you.
