Poet Billy Jones, AKA Billy the Blogging Poet, is taking nominations for the 3rd annual Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere. Previous winners, Jilly Dybka and Ron Silliman, are not elligible, and Billy himself is not elligible.

Nominees must have an online poetry presence either on their blog or elsewhere on the Internet and must have been blogging and posting poetry online for at least one year.

All nominations are to be made in the comment box on Billy’s blog. You must leave the URL to the poet’s blog beginning with http:// in order for them to be added to the ballot.

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.