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Courses

Network Courses range from one-day Saturday workshops to multi-week sessions that meet one day or evening per week. Taught by published writers, the courses cover every creative writing genre.

Conferences

Scheduled twice each year -- in late May and then again in late October or early November -- our conferences involve hundreds of writers in workshops, readings, and lively discussions.

Competitions

The Network awards writers more than $30,000 annually in honoraria, competition prizes, and stipends through the several annual competitions.

Critiquing & Editing Service

Provides developing or emerging writers with the opportunity to receive feedback on their work.

Business Writing Workshops

 

Serves the business community by providing on-site writing training for their employees.

 

 

 

 

White Cross School Blog

White Cross School
The Online Journal of the North Carolina Writers' Network
  • The future looks . . . bright?
    Two articles came my way this morning, both of which suggest that the future of publishing - for writers, at least - may be looking brighter than we thought. On her excellent blog Holt Uncensored, Pat Holt wants editors, not sales & marketing staff, making editorial decisions again.  It’s a worthy goal, but as a former [...]
  • Happy Holidays from NCWN
    The Network offices will be closed December 24 - January 5.  We wish all our members and friends Happy Holidays (whatever holidays you may celebrate) and a Happy New Year. Here’s some good reading to keep you occupied: NPR looks at the latest challenges facing the book industry. Novelist Kevin Baker writes for the Village Voice about An [...]
  • Ghostwriting
    There have been many, many questions about ghostwriting and collaboration. Frequently, people ask, “I have a great idea for a book, but I’m not a writer. Where can I find someone to write my story?” or “I would like to collaborate with a writer. I have a great idea for a book, but I really can’t [...]

Hat's Off!

...to Katherine S. Crawford. Her historical novel Unto the Hills , won first place in the historical fiction category 2007 Paul Gillette Writing Contest, given by the Pikes Peak Writers' Conference. Crawford was also awarded a writers' residency in October 2007 to the Montana Artists Refuge. 

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