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Written by Administrator
Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:00
NORTH CAROLINA--The North Carolina Writers' Network is still accepting submissions for its 2012 Doris Betts Fiction Prize. This competition honors acclaimed author and North Carolina native Doris Betts, three-time winner of the Sir Walter Raleigh Award and recipient of the North Carolina Award for Literature, among many other honors. The Doris Betts Fiction Prize awards the first-prize winner $250 and publication in the North Carolina Literary Review. Finalists will also be considered for publication in NCLR. Thomas Wolf of Chapel Hill won the 2011 Doris Betts Fiction Prize for his story "Boundaries." This was Mr. Wolf's second award, having also won in 2007 for his story, "Distance." "Boundaries" will be published in the 2012 issue of NCLR, along with the second-place story, "The Honey Wagon," by Joseph Cavano. The 2011 competition drew nearly 100 entries. The Doris Betts Fiction Prize is sponsored by the Network and managed by the editorial staff of the North Carolina Literary Review. Published since 1992 by East Carolina University and the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, NCLR has won numerous awards and citations. The Doris Betts Fiction Prize Postmark deadline: February 15 (annual) Submissions accepted: January 1 – February 15 Eligibility and Guidelines: The competition is open to any writer who is a legal resident of NC or a member of the North Carolina Writers’ Network. NCLR subscribers with NC connections (who live or have lived in NC) are also eligible. The competition is for unpublished short stories up to 6,000 words. One entry per writer. No novel excerpts. No simultaneous submissions. Submit story electronically via the NCLR’s online submission process. For electronic submission instructions and to start the online submission process, go to: www.nclr.ecu.edu/submissions/submit-online.html. Author's name should not appear on the manuscript. Author will register with the NCLR’s online submission system, which will collect contact information and connect it to the author's submission. An entry fee must be mailed to the NCLR office (address below) by the postmark deadline (February 15). You may pay the Network member/ NCLR subscriber entry fee if you join the NCWN or subscribe to the NCLR with your submission: $10 (NCWN members, NCLR subscribers) or $20 (nonmembers/ nonsubscribers--must be a NC resident). Checks should be made payable to the North Carolina Writers’ Network. (Separate checks should be made payable to the North Carolina Literary Review only if purchasing a subscription to the NCLR.) Mail checks or money orders to: North Carolina Literary Review ECU Mailstop 555 English Greenville, NC 27858-4353 The winner and finalists will be announced in May. Questions may be directed to the NCLR at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it The nonprofit North Carolina Writers’ Network is the state’s oldest and largest literary arts services organization devoted to writers at all stages of development. For additional information, visit www.ncwriters.org.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 January 2012 13:22

The Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition Now Open

Written by Administrator
Friday, 20 January 2012 00:00
NORTH CAROLINA--The North Carolina Writers' Network is now accepting submissions for the 2012 Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition. This contest honors the late poet Randall Jarrell and is administered by Terry L. Kennedy and the MFA Writing Program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition accepts one-poem submissions. The contest awards the winner $200, publication in the Crucible literary journal, and an invitation to read his or her poetry at UNC-Greensboro’s Founders Day activities. The Final Judge is Maria Hummell. She is the author of the novel Wilderness Run (St. Martin's) and the chapbook City of the Moon (Harperprints). Her poetry, fiction, and nonfiction have appeared in Poetry, The Missouri Review, New England Review, Narrative, and Creative Nonfiction. Her awards include the Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award (2009), runner-up for The Iowa Review Creative Nonfiction Prize (2010), and a Pushcart Prize (2011). This year, she is coordinating and teaching in the Creative Nonfiction program at Stanford University. Charlotte Observer writer Dannye Romine Powell won the 2011 Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition for her poem “I Am the Girl.” Poet and editor Dan Albergotti chose Powell’s poem from close to 100 entries. The Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition Postmark deadline: March 1 (annual) Submissions accepted: January 15 – March 1 Eligibility and Guidelines: The competition is open to any writer who is a legal resident of North Carolina or a member of the North Carolina Writers’ Network. Submissions should be one poem only (40-line limit). Poem must be typed (single-spaced) and stapled in the left-hand corner. Author's name should not appear on the poem. Instead, include a separate cover sheet with author's name, address, e-mail address, phone number, and poem title. Poem will not be returned. Include a self-addressed stamped envelope for a list of winner and finalists. The winner and finalists will be announced in May. An entry fee must accompany the poem. Multiple submissions are accepted, one poem per entry fee: $10 for NCWN members, $15 for nonmembers. You may pay member entry fee if you join the NCWN with your submission. Checks should be made payable to the North Carolina Writers’ Network. Send submissions to: Terry L. Kennedy MFA Writing Program 3302 MHRA Building UNC Greensboro Greensboro, NC 27402-6170 Questions may be directed to Terry L. Kennedy, Associate Director, MFA Writing Program, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 January 2012 19:26

Advertise with the North Carolina Writers' Network

Written by Charles Fiore
Wednesday, 07 December 2011 17:33
Have you recently published a book? Are you looking for new and effective ways to promote your blog or website? Does your company offer services that writers need? Then put your product in front of thousands of dedicated readers and writers by advertising to the North Carolina Writers’ Network. The Network is now offering advertising opportunities: on our website, www.ncwriters.org in our three weekly e-blasts (the NC Literary Calendar, Opportunities, and Member Readings) in our bi-annual print newsletter in our conference materials through many other packages and promotions Advertising with the Network is a great chance to reach a highly select group of people who love books. By advertising with us, you’ll be sure that your dollars are being spent right—and that your advertisements are being seen by the kind of people who will read your book, visit your website regularly, or use your services. Not only that, but current Network members receive 25 percent off the listed price. This is a special offer only for members—just another perk of NCWN membership. For more details, follow this link or download our advertising brochure (PDF). Questions? E-mail Charles Fiore, communications coordinator, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Last Updated on Wednesday, 07 December 2011 19:47

Be Part of Cinema History at the 2011 Fall Conference

Written by Administrator
Monday, 31 October 2011 00:00
Plenty of award-winning movies have been filmed in Asheville, including Cold Mountain (seven Oscar Nominations), Forrest Gump (thirteen Oscar Nominations), and Last of the Mohicans (one Oscar Nomination). But if you come to our 2011 Fall Conference and stay at the DoubleTree Asheville-Biltmore, you may stay in the same room where Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, or any of the cast and crew of the forthcoming movie, The Hunger Games stayed while they on location in western North Carolina during the spring and summer of 2011. The Hunger Games is based on the book by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press, 2010), the first in a series. From IMDB.com: "Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister's place for the latest match." Basically, take the mouthy girl from Juno, drop her in that over-sized Ewok forest from Return of the Jedi, and give her a bow and arrow that would make Robin Hood blush and—well, you get the idea. According to RomanticAsheville.com: “[The Hunger Games] filmed nine days in Henry River Mill Village, an abandoned ghost town just outside of Hildebran (about one hour's drive east of Asheville on I-40, about 1/2 mile from exit 119). The ghost town drew curious visitors long before it was featured in the movie, but now locals are expecting a steady stream of tourists checking out the site that was turned into Mellark's Bakery, a well-known location in the books. They also filmed in nearby Connelly Springs. “Entertainment Weekly interviewed Josh Hutcherson at the Early Girl Eatery in downtown Asheville during the filming. Other movie locations included DuPont State Forest, home to popular waterfalls and hiking. Filming took place around the Triple Falls Trail (lower end), Hooker Falls Road and Bridal Veil Falls Road.” The Hunger Games will be released in March of 2012. You can watch a trailer here. Regsitration for the Manuscript Mart, Critique Service, and Marketing Mart closes today; general conference registration closes November 11. Be part of cinema history: attend the North Carolina Writers’ Network’s 2011 Fall Conference.
Last Updated on Monday, 31 October 2011 13:03

Finding Your Community

Written by Administrator
Monday, 24 October 2011 10:00
by Danielle "Danny" Bernstein You already know about the importance of finding a community of writers. That's why you've joined NCWN and are coming to the Fall Conference. But what are you writing about? Cooking, the environment, a Revolutionary War battle, dealing with your mother's dementia? Any subject you're writing about has a natural community of people interested in the topic. These folks are your potential readers, boosters, and helpers. How do you find this community and make it work for you? After Tommy Hays wrote The Pleasure Was Mine, a novel about Alzheimer's, he was asked to speak to several groups who dealt with the disease. Ron Rash, who writes novels (including Serena), speaks at history and teachers' conferences. Like many writers, I have two books in my trunk--in my case on my disc drive which I transfer from computer to computer. Finally, I got a contract to write a hiking guide. I had to convince a publisher that I was steeped in the outdoors community and that these people would be interested in buying my book. By the time we talked about a second book, I had done over fifty book events--talks, book fairs, and signings. We'll talk about finding and creating an online community--that's important. We also need to make contacts with real, live people who are involved in our topic. Since this is a workshop and not just a presentation, we'll share ideas of what works, what doesn't work, and what may work but isn't worth our time. My goal is have us leave the workshop with several new ways to identify and find our community that we can use on Monday morning. *** DANIELLE "DANNY" BERNSTEIN will lead a workshop on community at the North Carolina Writers' Network 2011 Fall Conference. She is a hiker, hike leader, and outdoor writer. Her two guidebooks Hiking the Carolina Mountains (2007) and Hiking North Carolina's Blue Ridge Heritage (2009) were published by Milestone Press. She writes for regional magazines including Mountain Xpress and Smoky Mountain Living and blogs about the outdoors at www.hikertohiker.com. Registration for the 2011 Fall Conference is open.
Last Updated on Thursday, 20 October 2011 18:49

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