North Carolina Poet Laureate

The North Carolina Poet Laureate is the poet laureate for the US state of North Carolina. At first a life appointment, the term of office is now two years.[1] The program is run by the North Carolina Arts Council. Laureates are appointed by the Governor of North Carolina.

Kathryn Stripling Byer was poet laureate in 2005.
  1. ^ "North Carolina". U.S. State Poets Laureate. Library of Congress. Retrieved November 5, 2012.