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What are Folks Saying About the Squire Summer Writing Residency?

Well, we don’t know what everyone is saying, but here’s what author and 2011 Squire Summer Writing Residency attendee Danny Bernstein had to say about her experience: Last summer, I attended the NC Writers Network’s Squire Summer Writing Residency. I had just finished walking the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, a thousand miles through North Carolina. I wanted [...]

A Fringe Benefit . . .

. . . of having the 2011 Squire Summer Writing Residency in eastern NC: A good lunch on the drive down.

A Thank-You, and a Reminder

Thank you, all you lovers of literature who responded to the Network’s end-of-fiscal-year request for donations this week.  Each of you soon will receive the Official NCWN Donor Thank-You Letter to wave in the tax man’s face (just don’t tell him I said so), but in the meantime, please know how much we appreciate your [...]

Come to New Bern, find a farthing

Friday is the last day to register for the 2011 Squire Summer Writing Residency. That means you have less than a week to sign up for this unique opportunity to hone your writing, form close and lasting bonds with other writers, and find nearly 300-year-old colonial coinage. We’re not saying you definitely will find a [...]

Squire Summer Writing Residency Update

The Hilton New Bern/Riverfront, site of this year’s Squire Summer Writing Residency, told me today that the Network has filled its block of reserved guest rooms, and that they have no more vacancies for the weekend of July 14 – 17. All three SR11 workshops are still open for registrants, but those who wish to [...]

Summer Stories

The following is a message from author and editor Liza Wieland, who will lead the fiction workshop at the 2011 Squire Summer Writing Residency, July 14 – 17 in New Bern: “I first had a sense of myself as a writer when I attended a conference much like the Squire Summer Writing Residency, in Atlanta, [...]

It’s Too Hot to Set Your Pants on Fire

The following is a message from author Virginia Holman, who will lead the creative nonfiction workshop at the 2011 Squire Summer Writing Residency, July 14 – 17 in New Bern: “Writing and reading are both solitary endeavors.  So why take a writing class? Because writers often feel too isolated. The Squire Summer Writing Residency brings [...]

Poetry in Summer

The following is a message from poet and editor Peter Makuck, who will lead the poetry workshop at the 2011 Squire Summer Writing Residency, July 14 – 17 in New Bern:   “A few weeks ago, I received an email from an eighth-grade student in Evanston, Illinois.  He said he was writing a paper on [...]

Did I Mention Peace College is Air-Conditioned?

That’s right – if you come to the 2010 Squire Summer Writing Residency, not only do you get to spend a weekend learning, working, and socializing with other talented and dedicated writers from across the state (and beyond), but you get to do so in air-conditioned comfort.  The Residency’s registration deadline is Monday, so sign [...]

The Network is always open . . .

. . . but the Network’s offices will be closed Monday, July 5, in honor of Independence Day (or, as Stephen Colbert calls it, “exploding Christmas”).  Our Web site honors no holidays, however, so it will still be humming along if you would like to renew your membership or register for the 2010 Squire Summer [...]