Tapping Your Creative Flow: A 12-Week Module This workshop is to support a writer’s development (for writers of all levels). Although this is a group module, the size will be held to a small enrollment to create a more personalized experience. The emphasis will be on individual writer development. If you need to get your […]
Thanks to a generous grant from the Orange County Arts Commission, we are offering a free-to-participants Writing the Novel class in Chapel Hill (exact location coming soon!) during our Aug-Sept 2023 round. Here are the details: Description: This is a craft and workshop hybrid class for students who are interested in learning more about writing […]
The Mountain Wordsmiths' gathering meets the fourth Thursday of each month except November and December. We have a featured reader's presentation followed by a group discussion and Q & A about writing. We end with Open Mic.
Teri M Brown will discuss An Enemy Like Me, a historical fiction novel set in WWII. It follows a first-generation German American who realizes he is more like the enemy than he is different. There will be a reading, author Q&A, and book signing.
Join NC Humanities on August 30, 2023 at 6:30 pm to hear author Mimi Herman and English professor Marc Cohen discuss Mimi’s book The Kudzu Queen. Mimi and Marc will spend an hour talking about the book's themes, especially invasive species, women’s roles in society, and rural life in World War II-era North Carolina. Register […]
Teri M Brown and Karen C Whalen will hold be available to answer questions and sign books. Come out and learn more about these amazing NC authors!
Benson Open Mic has moved to First Friday every month! In September, Sisters II Ice Cream turns 2 years old! Calling all singers, poets, and actors to come and celebrate 6-8 pm at Sisters II Ice Cream, 108 South Market St., Benson. Emcees are Deborah Davis and Lindsey Hayes.
Creek Rock Writers Gathering (NW Piedmont Regional Writers) will start off with a game of words, exchange thoughts and ideas and meet up with other writers. We will start our journey of looking Southern women writers and their contributions.
Join our drop-in gathering of local writers! Some are beginners; others have published/performed poems, short stories, essays, books, plays, and more. Pick up a free composition book and start a journal! Try your hand at our 10-minute writing prompts. Socialize and tell your stories. FREE! No cost! Regulars include inspirational author & life coach Dr. […]
Food, Glorious Food—Writing from the Kitchen! For those of you who like to hear and write about food, there is a wonderful opportunity to take a class for little or no money—it’s a pay-what-you-will model, for the North Dakota Humanities –at 2-4 EDT on the four Thursdays in September. NO travel is necessary—it’s a zoom […]
The North Carolina Writers’ Network-West’s very own Bee City Poets meets on the first Thursday of every month, 1-3pm, in the Moss Memorial Library Meeting Room. All poetry lovers are welcome to attend this free event. Please bring a poem and 10-12 copies to share if you would appreciate positive, constructive written feedback from your […]
Enjoying poems that make us smile, chuckle, or even spew beer is a vital antidote to the daily news cycle-of-crisis. This workshop will review what makes us laugh and the tools for writing humor in poetry. Kenneth Chamlee will share examples from his recent collection If Not These Things, then lead participants through craft and […]
A totally heavy collection of poems can be a trudge for the reader. Using selections from his recent books If Not These Things and The Best Material for the Artist in the World, Kenneth Chamlee will show how weaving humor and wonder through a collection can balance darker poems and give an audience necessary “breathing […]
Ashley Memory Harris will offer a program on Evolving Trends in Non-Fiction.
Award-winning poet Lola Haskins reads from her new book of poetry, Homelight — her 14th book of poetry and the first full collection published by Charlotte Lit Press.
Featured poets, Destiny Hemphill, motherworld: a devotional for the alter-life, and Grace MacNair, Even As They Curse Us, will read from their new books. Share one of your own poems at the open mic!
FREE The Pen to Page Shop Talks are a series of conversations with NC poets about navigating life and business as a artist and professional. Each session features poets who have carved their own way in the arts and are pushing the possibilities of their craft. The conversation will be followed by a live audience […]
A poetry reading featuring new books by nationally-recognized poet and writer Natasha Sajé and NCWN member Anne Myles. Natasha’s poems, reviews, and essays have appeared in many periodicals, including The Henry James Review, American Poetry Review, Copper Nickel, Kenyon Review, New Republic, Poetry, Paris Review, Gettysburg Review, Ploughshares, Rhino, Shenandoah, The Writer’s Chronicle, and The […]
One City One Book kicks off with a visit from novelist Zelda Lockhart. This year’s One City, One Book selection is The Carolina Table: North Carolina Writers on Food. Lockhart has an essay in the book and we will be celebrating her new novel, Trinity, exploring three generations of a family trying to overcome trials […]
If you dread marketing your children’s book, join Susie Wilde as she unites 30 years of experience with a year of her own explorations to learn steps to prepare a query for an agent. Writers play their way to perfecting a powerful pitch! Wednesdays 7-9 pm; September 13, 20, 27; October 4 & 11 $130 […]
Please join us Wednesday, September 13th at 3pm ET for a Facebook Live reading and Q&A featuring Morri Creech and his new LSU Press poetry book, The Sentence. Morri Creech is the author of four collections of poetry, including The Sleep of Reason, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and Blue Rooms. He teaches creative […]
Four authors included in the 2023 edition of “Flying South" will read their work at the 10th-anniversary launch of Winston-Salem Writers’ annual publication. The authors are Toby Bunton of Mount Airy, Rebecca Holder of Winston-Salem, Anne Kissel of Chatham County, and Lee Riley of Salisbury. They may read from the publication or other work they […]
Share how you're using video to tell your stories, promote your work, and engage your readers in this "Video for Writers" roundtable discussion. Tell us about your vlogs, reels, trailers & more. Those we hope will drop in for the discussion include Derrick Barefoot, Cultural Arts Director for the Town of Benson; Rose Cushing of […]
A reading and book-signing with six Greensboro poets -- Michael Gaspeny, Steve Cushman, Diana Engels, Caroline Cottom, Anne Myles, and Tresha Faye Haefner. Readings by featured poets from 1:00 to 2:30 followed by an open mic from 2:30 to 3:00. Held on the outdoor stage, weather permitting; a food truck will be on site.
Open signing and discussion of Randy Young's book And the Stars Flew with Us. Book Synopsis: Ride "shotgun" on a celebration of the open road that will resonate with all who remember fondly the poignant, tragic, poetic, wondrous, and often ridiculous elements that comprise the "Great American Family Road Trip." Only months after his father's […]
Professor and poet Ken Chamlee chronicles the high and low points of Albert Bierstadt's life in a never-before-seen-way: through poetry. The Best Material for the Artist in the World tracks the life and career of the iconic landscape artist whose 19th-century representations of the American west earned him wealth and international acclaim. The presentation will […]
Join us on September 21st, from 4-6 PM, for an enlightening event inspired by Be Kind To Editors Month! Our special guest Jan Parker is an acquisitions editor with Main Street Rag, a beloved regional literary journal, and she’s the author of our own Eddy Says blog post series.
Poet Karen Paul Holmes and author Bob Grove will read from their work. Holmes is the winner of the 2023 Lascaux Poetry Prize and has published two books of poetry as well as having her poetry featured in many literary journals. Grove is the author of 20 books ranging from humor, to autobiographical, to instructional, […]
Join NCWN Greater Greensboro for the monthly open mic on Friday, September 22nd at 6 pm. Sign up at 6 pm with open mic starting at 6:15 pm. First come first serve (only 12 slots). All levels, all genres are welcomed. Five minutes at the mic. NCWN Greater Greensboro Open Mics are designed to be […]
Monthly meetup for NCWN members in Johnston, Harnett & Sampson Counties. Walk the outdoor labyrinth with live music - echoing guitar and Native American flute, provided by writer/musicians Nancy Pitkin and James Long. Participants are encouraged to branch out to explore the nearby Neuse River greenway, cemetery or tree-canopied neighborhood, then return to walk the […]
As in life, there is no easy recipe you can use to create an effective short story, but it helps if you know what ‘ingredients’ are necessary. We’ll discuss some of these: character, theme, yearning, setting, dialogue, the senses and point of view. We’ll talk about the ‘Arc’ of the classic short story and how […]
Mountain Wordsmiths is a monthly Zoom meeting sponsored by NCWN-West. We are writers from North Carolina, North Georgia, and in other states across the country. Gifted poet and playwright Raven Chiong will be the featured reader for this month’s gathering of Mountain Wordsmiths on Thursday, September 28, at 10:30 a.m. via Zoom. The monthly event […]
Join the Onslow County and surrounding areas for a virtual meetup followed by an open mic night! All writing levels, genres, and themes are welcome. This is meant to be an opportunity to connect with other local writers to build community and share a piece of our writing. Open mic participation is not required. Please […]
Have you always wanted to write a book but don't know where to start? During this workshop, writer and certified book coach Monica Cox will walk you through the key questions you need to answer before you begin writing or revising your fiction manuscript.
Our second annual literary weekend will focus on inspiring, encouraging, and empowering writers as we work to increase interest in reading and the literary arts. We’re offering two days of presentations for readers and writers alike with readings, book signings, and classes. Participating authors include: Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author of The […]
Mari Fitz-Wynn will present her book RISE UP! Poems of Protest, Poems of Praise. All Wonderland news is available at the Wonderland Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/WonderlandBookClub. Please RSVP on the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/WonderlandBookClub so Quail Ridge has a good count. ABOUT THE BOOK: RISE UP! Poems of Protest, Poems of Praise RISE UP! Poems of Protest, […]
Johnston Now magazine contributor Qarol Price emcees this friendly downtown small-town open mic in Selma's award-winning ice cream shop, Old Fashioned Ice Cream (Michael Sneed's butter pecan and rocky road flavors won local competitions!). Read poems, tell stories, sing karaoke, rap, play a guitar or ukelele! Our participants come from Benson, Garner, Middlesex, Pine Level, […]