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Good news from our members!

The Writers' Network is happy to announce good news from our members! If you have had a piece published, won a prize in a competition or received an award or honor for your writing, let us know and we'll post the news here. "Hats Off" announcements are available to members only. To post your item on the website, please email it to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Hats Off to Tim Bullard!

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Wednesday, 10 October 2012 08:30

Hats Off! to Winston-Salem author Tim Bullard, who will appear on UNC-TV's "NC Now" on October 31 at 7:30 pm to discuss his book Haunted Watauga County. The book contains ghost stories and tales of witches in the mountains passed through oral histories.

Hats Off Suzanne Baldwin Leitner, John Forster, and Lynn Veach Sadler!

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Monday, 08 October 2012 11:43

Hats Off! to Suzanne Baldwin Leitner, John Forster, and Lynn Veach Sadler, who were honored in the Writers' Workshop of Asheville's 2012 contests. Leitner won Second Place in the "Meet the Authors Contest" for her story, "Court of King's Bench." Forster received an Honorable Mention in the "2012 Hard Times Contest" for an essay detailing a "difficult" life experience; and Sadler won Third Place in the "2012 Poetry Contest" for her poem, "The Truth about Her Play."

Hats Off to Joe Epley!

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Friday, 05 October 2012 08:11

Hats Off! to Joe Epley, whose historical novel A Passel of Hate was awarded a Silver Medal by the Military Writers Society of America. MWSA medal awards are judged by a panel of peers and based on various factors including content, style, visual appearance, and technical use of language. A Passel of Hate is Epley’s first novel and describes the events in North and South Carolina leading up to and including the Battle of Kings Mountain.

Hats Off to Marjorie Hudson!

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Thursday, 04 October 2012 09:57

Hats Off! to Marjorie Hudson, who will be a Writer in Residence at Ucross Retreat in Wyoming during the month of October 2012, where she is working on a new novel. The Ucross Fellowship was awarded by PEN-New England and the Hemingway Foundation, as part of this year’s PEN/Hemingway recognition for her short story collection Accidental Birds of the Carolinas.

Hats Off to Laura T. Jensen!

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Thursday, 04 October 2012 08:26

Hats Off! to Laura T. Jensen, whose story appears in The Best New Writing 2013 (available now!). Published by Hopewell Publications, this anthology is in memory of philosopher Eric Hoffer and features the 2013 winner of the Eric Hoffer Award for Prose, Editor's Choice Awards.

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