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Doris Betts Fiction Prize Closes October 31

The deadline to enter this year’s Doris Betts Fiction Prize is Saturday, October 31. Don’t miss your chance to win $250 and publication in the North Carolina Literary Review.

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Book Buzz: recent publications by our members

Book cover of Letting Go

Published October 2026

Letting Go

David E. PostonPoetry

Book cover of Testify: a Memoir of My Journey, Memories, Faith

Published September 2026

Testify: a Memoir of My Journey, Memories, Faith

W. Bruce FunderburkFaith & Religious, Memoir

Book cover of Crossings

Published December 2026

Crossings

Laurel FerejohnLiterary historical LGBTQ fiction

Hats Off! Member accolades and announcements

Hats Off to Lucinda Trew!

Lucinda Trew received three Best of the Net nominations for the 2027 cycle: Braided Way Magazine nominated her poem 'what can't be said must be sung', San Antonio Review nominated her poem 'Gaza Stone', and The Prose Poem nominated her prose piece 'Lake Crossing'.

Hats Off to Paul Jones!

Paul Jones' tribute to his "Drinking Buddy" appears in the Rye Whiskey Review. The latest issue of Brillig : a micro lit mag, also features 5 poems by Paul: “Poem in Which I Become the Moon,” “Peas are Wild Things,” “To Be Young,” “Swimming in the Afternoon,” and “Found Poem From William F. Buckley, Jr’s Overdrive.”

Hats Off to Hugh Findlay!

Hugh Findlay’s haibun “Hollows” is now published by Libre Lit magazine.

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