The competition is open to any writer who is a legal resident of North Carolina or a member of the NC Writers Network.
Submissions should be one poem only (40 line limit).
Poem must be typed (single-spaced) and stapled in the left-hand corner.
Names should not appear on the poem.
Include a separate cover sheet with name, address, phone number(s) and poem title.
Poem will not be returned. Include a SASE for a list of winners.
An entry fee must accompany the poem. Multiple submissions are accepted, one poem per entry fee: $10/NCWN members, $15/non-members (You may pay member entry fee if you join NCWN with your submission.)
The winner is announced in May.
Send submissions, indicating name of competition to:
Terry Kennedy
MFA Writing Program 3302 MHRA Building UNC Greensboro Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
Checks should be made payable to the North Carolina Writers’ Network
Last night I returned to North Carolina from a much-needed long weekend, and I’m back at my desk this morning.
I will, however, be out of the office again today for anywhere from thirty minutes to a few hours, as I hope all of you will be today, too - unless you voted early.
No matter who you [...]
Don’t forget that the 2008 Induction Ceremony for the NC Literary Hall of Fame will be this Sunday, October 19, at 2 p.m., at the Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities in Southern Pines. The ceremony is free and open to the public.
James Applewhite, William S. Powell, and Lee Smith are this year’s inductees. [...]
I’ve found, or been sent, so many good links and other tidbits of interest to writers, I hardly know where to start.
Let’s begin with an interview with Ron Rash, the keynote speaker at the 2008 Fall Conference and author of the new novel Serena, from today’s Shelf Awareness:
Book Brahmins: Ron Rash
Ron Rash is the author [...]
Hat's Off!
... to Marianna Crane. Her essay, " Cases: His Service Ended, but the Battles Raged On " was published in the Science section of the New York Times July 15th.
