Competitions
The Network awards writers more than $30,000 annually in honoraria, competition prizes, and stipends through the following competitions.
Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition- Postmark deadline: January 31 (annual).
The Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition awards the winner publication in The Crucible literary journal and $200.
Doris Betts Fiction PrizePostmark deadline: Feb. 1 each year (or Jan. 31 if Feb. 1 falls on a Sunday).
The Doris Betts Fiction Prize awards the first-prize winner $250. Up to ten finalists will be considered for publication in the North Carolina Literary Review.
Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize- Postmark deadline: December 20 (annual).
Honors internationally celebrated North Carolina novelist, Thomas Wolfe. The winner receives $1,000 and possible publication in The Thomas Wolfe Review.
Rose Post Creative Nonfiction Competition- Postmark deadline: November 30 (annual).
Encourages the creation of lasting nonfiction work that is outside the realm of conventional journalism. Subjects may include traditional categories such as reviews, travel articles, profiles or interviews, place/history pieces, or culture criticism. The first-, second- and third-place winners will receive $300, $200 and $100, respectively. Additionally, the Rambler Magazine will consider the winner for publication.
Mary Belle Campbell Poetry Book Publication Award- This competition will not be offered in 2006-2007. It is being reevaluated for possible reinstatement at a later date.
Encourages teaching poets or workshop leaders by offering publication of their first or second book and is dedicated to the publication of fine poetry books. The winner receives publication, 100 copies of a limited letterpress edition chapbook, and a reading and reception.
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Six Days
As in, only six days are left to register for the 2009 Squire Summer Writing Residency. We still have a few spaces available in each class, but they’re filling up quickly. Please visit www.ncwriters.org now to save your place.
You can also call 336.293.8844 or 919.251.9140 to sign up, but please note that the Network offices [...]
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Two Weeks
As in, registration for the 2009 Squire Summer Writing Residency will close in two weeks. We still have some spaces available in all three workshops - Poetry with Cathy Smith Bowers, Fiction with Tommy Hays, and Creative Nonfiction with Catherine Reid - so visit www.ncwriters.org to sign up now.
If you’re not sure whether or not [...]
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Summer Residency Still Open
I’ve talked to several Network members in the last few days who asked if the Squire Summer Writing Residency workshops are already full.
They’re not. We still have space available in all three workshops: poetry with Cathy Smith Bowers, fiction with Tommy Hays, and creative nonfiction with Catherine Reid.
Please visit www.ncwriters.org to sign up. Remember that [...]
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Hat's Off!
..... to Ainslie Uhl. She has been invited to do a monthly column for an online publication/ organization; the series is called, "The Compass Rose". The two inaugural essays are on the site now and describe the difficulty of leaving North Carolina for California last year. |
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