North Carolina Regions
The following is a list of the North Carolina counties constituting the three regions
for purposes of the Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet Series:
| Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet Series Student Poets apply in these Counties |
| Western | Central | Eastern | |
| 34 Counties | 32 Counties | 34 Counties | |
| Alexander | Alamance | Beaufort | |
| Alleghany | Anson | Bertie | |
| Ashe | Cabarrus | Bladen | |
| Avery | Caswell | Brunswick | |
| Buncombe | Chatham | Camden | |
| Burke | Cumberland | Carteret | |
| Caldwell | Davidson | Chowan | |
| Catawba | Durham | Columbus | |
| Cherokee | Franklin | Craven | |
| Clay | Granville | Currituck | |
| Cleveland | Guilford | Dare | |
| Davie | Harnett | Duplin | |
| Forsyth | Hoke | Edgecomb | |
| Gaston | Johnston | Gates | |
| Graham | Lee | Greene | |
| Haywood | Mecklenburg | Halifax | |
| Henderson | Montgomery | Hertford | |
| Iredell | Moore | Hyde | |
| Jackson | Nash | Jones | |
| Lincoln | Orange | Lenoir | |
| Macon | Person | Martin | |
| Madison | Randolph | New Hanover | |
| McDowell | Richmond | Northhampton | |
| Mitchell | Robeson | Onslow | |
| Polk | Rockingham | Pamlico | |
| Rutherford | Rowan | Pasquotank | |
| Stokes | Scotland | Pender | |
| Surry | Stanley | Perquimans | |
| Swain | Union | Pitt | |
| Transylvania | Vance | Sampson | |
| Watauga | Wake | Tyrell | |
| Wilkes | Warren | Washington | |
| Yadkin | Wayne | ||
| Yancey | Wilson | ||