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SPRING CONFERENCE DEADLINES

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Registration for Spring Conference ’23 ends at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 14.

The deadline for all scholarship applications is 4 p.m., Thursday, March 30.

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SPRING CONFERENCE WEB PORTAL

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The North Carolina Writers’ Network plans to hold its 2023 Spring Conference, live and in-person, on Saturday, April 22, at UNC Greensboro.

Kicked off with a keynote address by North Carolina Award for Literature winner Michael Parker, the 2023 Spring Conference will be a full day of classes, workshops, readings, and community.

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Book Buzz: recent publications by our members

Published February 2023

Hats Off! Member accolades and announcements

Hats Off to Karen Paul Holmes!

Karen Paul Holmes was #2 on the list of One Art Journal's top 10 poets read in February. Read her two poems here. She also had a poem, "Once I Loved an Opera Singer from Spain," in the March issue of Plume.

Hats Off to Julia Ridley-Smith!

Juli's story "The Woman Who Did Things Wrong" appears in the Spring 2023 issue of Copper Nickel. Learn more about Julia here.

Hats Off to Katherine Burnette!

Katherine Burnette’s short story “Cast Of Characters” will appear in Maudlin House on March 9, 2023. Burnette’s work previously has appeared in Flying South, Red Fez and Sky Island Journal.

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