Our heartiest congratulations go out to Jessica Karlisa, a student at Raleigh Charter School, who won the North Carolina Poetry Out Loud competition Saturday. She is on her way to Washington, D.C. for the national finals starting May 14. “Jessica’s self-confidence and interpretation of the poems made her stand-out in this year’s competition,” said Banu [...]
Tag Archives: Cathy Smith Bowers
Nominate Our State’s Next Poet Laureate
Monday, March 26, 2012
The North Carolina Arts Council is now accepting submissions for the state’s next poet laureate, the “ambassador of North Carolina literature.” Submissions will be accepted through Friday, April 20 at www.ncarts.org. From the press release: The poet laureate receives a $15,000 annual stipend along with programmatic support from Arts Council staff. While each N.C. poet laureate leaves [...]
North Carolina’s New Poet Laureate
Friday, January 29, 2010
Cathy Smith Bowers, who led the poetry workshop at the Network’s 2009 Squire Summer Writing Residency, is North Carolina’s new Poet Laureate. Cathy’s appointment was announced today by Governor Beverly Perdue. “Cathy’s powerful poems open new avenues of thought, and are a reflection of the love of words and learning. She believes poetry inspires and [...]
Two Weeks
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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 [...]
Summer Residency Still Open
Friday, June 5, 2009
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. [...]