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ALAMANCE COUNTY BURLINGTON ALAMANCE WRITERS NIGHT AT THE BURLINGTON ARTISTS LEAGUE GALLERY When: Second Saturday of the month 7:00-8:30 pm Where: Burlington Artists League Gallery, Holly Hill Mall, 309 Huffman Mill Rd. Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 336-266-6461 Join the North Carolina Writers' Network's Alamance County Representative and Burlington Writers' Club member Wayne Drumheller for lively readings, discussions, and book signings by some of the best writers and poets in Alamance County. Bring your best writing ideas to the gallery on the second Saturday of each month.
GRAHAM POETRY CRITIQUE GROUP When: Last Monday of the month, 7:00 pm Where: Member’s home Contact: 336-578-2496 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Poetry critique group has formed and is seeking additional members. All levels welcome.
MEMOIR WRITING GROUP When: Last Thursday of the month, 10:00 am Where: Graham Presbyterian Church, 216 W. Harden St. Contact: 336-578-2496 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. All levels welcome.
MEMOIR WRITING GROUP When: Third Monday of the month, 10:00 am Where: The Gathering Room at Twin Lakes Retirememt Community, 3701 Wade Coble Dr. Contact: 336-578-2496 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Open to all, not just residents. All levels welcome.
MEBANE WRITING FOR CHILDREN CRITIQUE GROUP When: First Mondays, 10:30 am Where: Mebane Methodist Church, 200 S. Fourth St. Contact: 336-578-2496 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Seeking additional members. If a sufficient number desire an evening group, that can be arranged.
WRITING FOR CHILDREN CRITIQUE GROUP When: Third Mondays, 6:30 pm Where: Alamance Community College Library, Alamance Community College Contact: 336-578-2496 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Seeking additional members. If a sufficient number desire an evening group, that can be arranged.
ALEXANDER COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Alexander County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
ALLEGHANY COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Alleghany County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
ANSON COUNTY WADESBORO ANSON COUNTY WRITERS' CLUB When: Fourth Sunday of the month, 3:00 pm Where: First Presbyterian Church - Fellowship Hall, 208 S. Green St. Website: http://www.ansoncountywritersclub.org Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The Anson County Writers' Club has been in existence since 1989. The Anson County Writers' Club fosters the art of writing in Anson County through support, awareness and recognition of all writers—from the beginner to the published author. This is accomplished through regular meetings, workshops, lectures and readings; through our annual contests in prose and poetry culminating in a public awards ceremony; and through our grant program.
ASHE COUNTY WEST JEFFERSON WORDKEEPERS When: Third Saturday (Dec., April, June, Aug., Oct., Dec.), 4:00 pm Where: Ashe County Arts Council, 303 School Ave. Contact: Christine Arvidson, 336-489-0066 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. We start our readings at 4:00 pm. It's first come/first served on the reading bill, so let Chris know if you'd like to sign up for your 5-minute slot.
BEAUFORT COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Beaufort County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
BRUNSWICK COUNTY CAROLINA SHORES SOUTH BRUNSWICK NCWN When: First Tuesday of the month, 1:00 pm Where: Southwest Brunswick Branch, Brunswick County Library, 9400 Ocean Hwy W. Contact: Joan Leotta, regional rep, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Meetings open to all, bring your friends. We invite speakers and or/discuss aspects of writing that group members have recommended. This is a monthly event put on by the North Carolina Writers' Network.
SUNSET BEACH COASTAL WRITING RETREAT When: February 7-9, 2020 Where: The Sunset Inn, 9 North Shore Dr. Cost: $458 (plus room tax) for the weekend Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Info/Register: http://www.wordplaynow.com/coastal-writing-retreat-feb-2020 Give yourself time to write in community with others who love words and ideas, and time for solitude, too. There’ll be ample free time to savor your beautifully appointed private room with king-sized bed, private bath and balcony, the large porches with rocking chairs and swings, and the coastal setting the Sunset Inn provides. You’ll return home refreshed, with new ideas and energy for your writing — and your life. Renew yourself and reconnect with your own creativity, whether you are a practicing writer, closet writer, or as-yet-to-pick-up-the-pen writer! The techniques and prompts we’ll use will spur your imagination, and can be used to create nonfiction, fiction, and/or poetry—the choice is yours. $418 + room tax for the weekend. The Coastal Writing Retreat includes writing sessions, two nights’ lodging, two breakfasts and Saturday lunch (hotel tax and Saturday dinner at a local restaurant not included).
COASTAL WRITING RETREAT When: November 13-15, 2020 Where: The Sunset Inn, 9 North Shore Dr. Cost: $458 (plus room tax) for the weekend Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Info/Register: http://www.wordplaynow.com/coastal-writing-retreat-nov-2020 Give yourself time to write in community with others who love words and ideas, and time for solitude, too. There’ll be ample free time to savor your beautifully appointed private room with king-sized bed, private bath and balcony, the large porches with rocking chairs and swings, and the coastal setting the Sunset Inn provides. You’ll return home refreshed, with new ideas and energy for your writing — and your life. Renew yourself and reconnect with your own creativity, whether you are a practicing writer, closet writer, or as-yet-to-pick-up-the-pen writer! The techniques and prompts we’ll use will spur your imagination, and can be used to create nonfiction, fiction, and/or poetry—the choice is yours. $458 + room tax for the weekend. The Coastal Writing Retreat includes writing sessions, two nights’ lodging, two breakfasts and Saturday lunch (hotel tax and Saturday dinner at a local restaurant not included).
BUNCOMBE COUNTY ASHEVILLE POETRIO When: First Sunday of every month, 3:00 pm Where: Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe, 55 Haywood St. Poetrio events are free and open to the public.
NEW! END OF YEAR OPEN MIC When: Wednesday, December 11, 6:00 pm Where: The BLOCK, 39 S. Market St. Contact: Lee Stockdale, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The event is free and you don’t need to be a NCWN member to attend, so bring your non-Network family and friends. We will pass the bucket for donations to The BLOCK for letting us use this premium space (in downtown Asheville, hard to find). Alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks & teas at moderate prices. Hosted by the Buncombe County region of the North Carolina Writers' Network.
THOMAS WOLFE BOOK CLUB When: Second Thursday of the month, 5:30-7:00 pm (January - April) Where: Thomas Wolfe Memorial State Historic Site, 52 N. Market St. Contact: Tom Muir, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: http://www.wolfememorial.comA monthly Thomas Wolfe Book Club, sponsored by The Wilma Dykeman Legacy. Each month, a different local educator will lead the club in discussion of a pre-selected short story written by Thomas Wolfe. Just read the selected short story, show up at the corresponding meeting, and be prepared for an informative and provocative conversation.
THE WRITERS' WORKSHOPS When: Various Saturdays in fall, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Where: 387 Beaucatcher Rd. Cost: $70 (members) / $75 (non-members) Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / 828-254-8111 Info/Register: www.twwoa.org The Writers' Workshop is offering thee one-day intensive classes for beginning and experienced writers. Registration is in advance only. Financial assistance is available for low-income writers in exchange for volunteering. As follows:
- December 14, "The New 'Musts' of Self-Publishing" with Gayle Trent
WRITERS AT HOME When: Third Sunday of every month, 3:00 pm Where: Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe, 55 Haywood St. Contact: Tommy Hays at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The University of North Carolina at Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program series.
WRITERS' POTLUCK When: Last Friday of every month, 6:00 pm Where: The Writers' Workshop, 387 Beaucatcher Rd. Website: www.twwoa.org Writers'Potluck is held on the last Friday of the month. Members and guests are invited—please bring a dish to share, and a short story or poem to read.
NEW! POP-UP WRITER'S RETREAT AT THE FLATIRON WRITERS ROOM When: Saturday, January 25, 2020, 9:30 am - 5:00 pm Where: Flatiron Writers Room, 5 Covington St. Cost: $25-$95 Info/Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pop-up-writers-retreat-at-the-flatiron-writers-room-january-25-2020-tickets-77037303649 Writing is a lonely business--but it doesn't have to be! Make writing time one of your New Year's resolutions and join us at the Flatiron Writers Room in West Asheville for a day-long retreat that includes communal writing, time for yourself, an individual session with novelist Heather Newton or screenwriter Maggie Marshall and fellowship with other participants. You can also add on an optional neck and shoulder 'Writer's Massage" with one of our resident professional massage therapists (massage tickets limited).
FLATIRON WRITERS ROOM When: Various dates in winter Where: 5 Covington St. Cost: Varies Website: www.flatironwritersroom.com The Flatiron Writers Room offers space for classes, workshops, and writing-related events, as well as co-working space for individual writers. They provide high-quality classes and workshops on both craft and the business of writing.
THE WRITER'S WORKSHOP When: Saturdays, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Where: 387 Beaucatcher Rd. Cost: $70 (members) / $75 (non-members) Info/Register: www.twwoa.org Registration is in advance only. Financial assistance is available for low-income writers. Summer classes to be announced soon.
WNCMSYSTERIANS CRITIQUE GROUP When: Biweekly, 6:00 pm Where: Battery Park Book Exchange, Grove Arcade, 1 Page Ave. #101 Cost: Free Website: www.WNCMysterians.org Established 2009 for serious mystery, suspense, and thriller writers in Asheville and Western North Carolina. We meet biweekly to improve one another's writing. Check out our website for details and dates.
2019 GREAT SMOKIES WRITING PROGRAM When: Various workshops Where: Various locations in Asheville, Hendersonville, Black Mountain, and Burnsville Info: www.unca.edu/gswp or call 828-251-6099 Some of the area’s best authors and instructors are featured in the new spring lineup of workshops from the University of North Carolina at Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program. Courses will help hone the skills of writers of poetry and prose, including memoir, novels, and creative nonfiction. Some classes are open to interested writers of all levels; some are restricted to more advanced writers. In all cases, class size is limited and early registration is suggested. See website for complete course listing.
BOOKMAKING WORKSHOPS When: Various workshops Where: Asheville Bookworks, 428 1/2 Haywood Rd., West Asheville Website: www.ashevillebookworks.com Take a workshop on bookbinding, letterpress, marbling, journaling, or bookmaking.
BURKE COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Burke County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
CABARRUS COUNTY KANNAPOLIS CABARRUS-ROWAN WRITER'S NIGHT OUT / OPEN MIC When: Fourth Thursday of the month, 6:30 pm Where: French Express Internet and Cyber Cafe, 2087 Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Blvd. (at Rt. 29, around the corner from Planet Fitness) / https://www.facebook.com/FrenchExpressNC Contact: Vincent James Vezza, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Member readings and publishing progress updates are encouraged in an open mic format. Time permitting, members are invited to focus on one aspect of their writing in a roundtable discussion. Several meetings feature guest authors, editors, publishers, and writing association presenters. There is no fee for the meeting. Great coffee, other beverages, and pastries are available off the menu. Join colleagues for a fun filled writers’ night out. This is a monthly event put on by the North Carolina Writers' Network.
CAMDEN COUNTY Know of a literary event in Camden County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
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GROUP When: Alternate Wednesdays or Thursdays (mostly), 4:00-6:00 pm (no July meeting) Where: Provided upon registration Contact: Dr. Susan Schmidt, 252-269-0032; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., www.susanschmidt.net Recruits several writers who have a book in progress and have workshop experience. E-mail to register. BEAUFORT WRITING WORKSHOP When: Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00 pm (7 weeks starting in mid-January and mid-September) Where: Provided upon registration Contact: Dr. Susan Schmidt, 252-269-0032; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., www.susanschmidt.net Writing assignments and dozens of playful exercises in poetry, short fiction, and nonfiction to jumpstart ideas and induce creativity in a fun and supportive community atmosphere.
CARTERET WRITERS When: Second Wednesday of the month (September-April), 11:30 am – 1:30 pm Where: Clawson's 1905 Restaurant, 425 Front St. Contact: Stanley Trice, 540-207-0089 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: www.carteretwriters.org Monthly meetings include a speaker and time for conversation with fellow writers, some seasoned and some just beginning. Lunch is "Dutch treat," but the program is free. Anyone interested in writing is welcome. Do come and try out a meeting or two to see if it helps awaken your muse!
CASWELL COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Caswell County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
CATAWBA COUNTY HICKORY HICKORY WRITING GROUP When: Second Monday of the month, 6:00 pm Where: Patrick Beaver Memorial Library - 2nd Floor, 375 3rd St. NE Contact: Skip at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: www.hickorywritergroup.com Hickory Writers’ Group is a collection of serious writers who desire critical feedback on their work, and who are willing to be supportive of other writers. Writers at all experience levels are welcome. Ages 18 and up. Our agenda includes providing you the tools to appropriately critique another writer’s work; having your work critiqued; and passing on information and tips that will be helpful to you as a writer. Even if you’ve not launched your writing efforts, or have dabbled in writing, the Hickory Writers’ Group might well be that springboard to seeing your work in print someday. Prospective members are encouraged to visit in order to determine if you would like to become a part of this growing group.
POETRY HICKORY When: Second Tuesday of each month, 7:00 pm Where: Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse, 29 2nd St. NW, downtown Contact: Scott Owens at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or www.poetryhickory.com Poetry Hickory is usually preceded by NCWN's Writers' Night Out at 5:30 pm. Hosted by Scott Owens and co-sponsored by Main Street Rag Publishing Company. We will begin with the featured writers, and they will be followed by a true Open Mic. Participants in the Open Mic must sign up by 7:00 pm. There can be as many as 10 Open Mic readers, and each of them can have up to 3 minutes.
THE ART OF POETRY When: Third Saturday of the month (March, June, September, December), 2:00 pm Where: Hickory Museum of Art, 243 3rd Ave. NE Website: www.artofpoetry.net Poets write ekphrastic poems based on the Museum’s current exhibits and submit by the first Saturday of event months. Selected poems are posted in the Museum and the poets read them during the event. Submit poems to Kelly DeMaegd at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
CHATHAM COUNTY PITTSBORO PITTSBORO WRITERS' MORNING OUT When: Third Saturday of the month, 1:00 pm Where: Greek Kouzina, 964 East St. Contact: Al Manning, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Rick Bylina, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. All writers, any genre are invited to join our discussions of the craft, business and general enjoyment of writing. This is a monthly event put on by the North Carolina Writers' Network.
POP-UP POETRY When: Third Thursday of the month, 6:30-8:30 pm Where: Center for the Arts, 18A E. Salisbury St. Cost: Free Join published and unpublished word lover's every month. CFTA is a space dedicated to seeing, hearing, creating and learning about all the arts.
NC POETRY SOCIETY POETRY SERIES When: Fourth Sunday of every month, 2:00 pm (January to October) Where: McIntyre’s Fine Books, Fearrington Village Contact: Guy and C. Pleasants York at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Each month, McIntyre’s hosts published members of the NC Poetry Society for reading and discussing their work.
CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE – CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM When: Various dates Where: Central Carolina Community College Website: www.cccc.edu/creativewriting Central Carolina Community College in Pittsboro offers ongoing classes, Saturday workshops, and a certificate in creative writing. Now registering for the winter. See our website for details.
CHEROKEE COUNTY BRASSTOWN NETWORK-WEST POETRY AND PROSE GROUP READINGS When: Third Thursday of each month, 7:00 pm (unless otherwise indicated) Where: John Campbell Folk School, One Folk School Rd. Contact: Mary Ricketson, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Two readers from Network-West read each month. JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL WRITING CLASSES When: Throughout the year Where: John C. Campbell Folk School, One Folk School Rd. Website: www.folkschool.org
MURPHY NETWORK-WEST POETRY GROUP When: First Thursday of each month, 7:00 pm Where: Holland McSwain Building - Conference Room, Tri-County Community College Contact: Janice Moore, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Our group invites poets to bring typed copies of their poems, share them with the group, and get constructive feedback from the other poets. At each meeting we usually have between six and ten writers who come from Clay and Cherokee Counties in North Carolina, and Towns County in Georgia. Newcomers are welcomed to visit and eventually share their work if they wish. The success rate for publication in this group has been very high. The members have published their poems in well-known and respected literary journals, and several have published chapbooks and even full-length books. NETWORK-WEST PROSE CRITIQUE GROUP When: Second Thursday of each month, 7:00 pm Where: Tri-County Community College, Conference Room, McSwain Building Contact: Bob Grove at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Positive constructive suggestions for writers' readings. E-mail Bob Grove for information.
CHOWAN COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Chowan County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
CLAY COUNTY HAYESVILLE COFFEE WITH THE POETS AND WRITERS When: Third Wednesday of the month, 10:30 am (March through December) Where: Moss Memorial Library, 82 Anderson St. Cost: Free Contact: Glenda Beall at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 828-389-4441 Readers of poetry or prose from NCWN-West are featured. Community is invited to attend and participate in Open Mic.
CLEVELAND COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Cleveland County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
CRAVEN COUNTY NEW BERN THE NEXUS POETS When: First Tuesday of the month, 7:00-9:00 pm Where: Harrison Center, 311 Middle St. Cost: Free Contact: Sam Love, 252-876-9456 Website: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Nexus-Poets/1433576556892128 Please join us in celebrating the amazing local talent this city has to offer! Each month will showcase two sets, begun by a featured poet followed by an open mic in round robin format. Get there early to sign up to perform/read and get one of the quickly filling seats to enjoy an evening with The Nexus Poets! Please check the Facebook page in case we have to shift the date.
AN EVENING OF LITERATURE AND POETRY When: Third Tuesday of the month, 7:00-9:00 pm Where: The City Stage, 901-B Pollock St. Cost: Free Contact: 252-617-0939 Folks Journal and The City Stage are pleased to announce their partnership in bringing New Bern, North Carolina an evening of Literature & Poetry. Local poet and co-founder of FOLKS Journal Meg Wethington will be your host for the evening. Authors of all genres will be given 10 minutes to read on stage with a microphone from their works. Sign up begins at 6:30. Published authors will have the opportunity to have their books available for sale- please bring your books with you. A table will be provided for display at the front of the stage where purchases can be made. Local food and libations are readily served lending itself to a particularly special evening with the written arts.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY FAYETTEVILLE WRITING CAN HELP When: First and third Saturdays, 10:30 am Where: Room 202, All American Veteran Center, Fayetteville Technical Community College Contact: Jerry Bradley, facilitator, 910-574-5019 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: www.writingcanhelp.webs.com The purpose of this group is to inspire artistic expression and creation and to encourage release, hope, help, and healing through writing. The group includes but is not limited to military men and women, retirees, veterans, government civilians, battlefield contractors, first responders and their family members who have experienced or who are experiencing events resulting in mental (such as PTSD and TBI) or physical trauma and disabilities. The goal of this group is to encourage a peer environment in which participants can develop their artistic writing skills through instruction, review and feedback offered in an honest, positive and constructive (not destructive) manner. This will be done through workshops, discussions groups, critique groups, special projects and events. Remember, disabled does not mean unable. Jerry Bradley, facilitator.
WRITERS' INK GUILD POETRY AND PROSE CRITIQUE GROUP MEETING When: Third Tuesday of every month, 7:00 pm (except July and December) Where: 2nd and Charles Book Store, 1920 Skibo Rd. Contact: Jerry Bradley at 910-574-5019 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. You don't have to be a great writer or even a good writer to attend; you just have to be an enthusiastic writer. If you have any questions, feel free to give me a call.
JAVA JAMS: FAYETTEVILLE’S PREMIERE POETRY OPEN MIC When: Every Sunday from 7:30-10:30 pm Where: The Coffee Scene, 3818 Morganton Rd., next to Carrabba’s restaurant The talented regular participants of this long-running open mic event offer up an inspired reading of poems. Newcomers welcome to the venue to listen or share some words of their own!
DARE COUNTY SOUTHERN SHORES ALBEMARLE / OBX REGIONAL NCWN MEETING When: Third Wednesday of the monrth, 12:00 pm Where: Duck Woods Country Club, 50 S. Dogwood Tr. Contact: Wade Hopkin, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Critiques and discussions about the art and craft of writing. We welcome new attendees.
DAVIE COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Davie County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
DUPLIN COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Duplin County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
DURHAM COUNTY DURHAM DURHAM WRITERS' SALON When: Second Tuesday of the month, 7:00 pm Where: The Mothership Shop, Event + Works Space, 401 W. Geer St. Website: www.facebook.com/durhamwriterssalon Contact: Allison Kirkland, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Durham Writers’ Salon is a space where writers of all genres and experience levels can write and share together. We write from prompts (usually we find time for two prompts per session) and have the option to share our work for supportive feedback. It’s an informal environment that recognizes that play and community are the first steps toward creating meaningful writing. Newcomers are always welcome! No need to sign up - just show up!
BULL CITY PRESS READING SERIES When: Second Saturday of the month, 7:00 pm Where: Mettlesome's Okay Alright Theater, 401 W. Geer St. Cost: Free Website: https://bullcitypress.com/reading-series Bull City Press’ newest reading series brings you poetry, fiction, and nonfiction from established and emerging writers. And if you’re lucky, you can stick around and see one of our readers in a comedy show at 9:00 pm.
FLASH FICTION GROUP When: Tuesdays, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm or Wednesdays, 6:00-8:00 pm Where: Private home in Durham Contact: Ron Jackson, 919-627-3914, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Work on a variety of voices, styles, and subjects; wrap your brain more easily around a story; tap your hidden lyrical language; work on all elements of craft; build story inventory fast. Each session will include some of reading work aloud, constructive critique, handouts, readings, and content generation through take-home and in-class prompts.
NONFICTION AUTHORS ASSOCIATION OF DURHAM AND CHAPEL HILL When: Second Wednesday of the month, 6:15 pm Where: Alternate locations Cost: $10 (advance) / $15 (door) Contact: Diana Needham Website: http://www.meetup.com/Durham-Chapel-Hill-Chapter-Nonfiction-Authors-Association A series of authors presentations followed by discussion. Topics include building an income stream as a writer, marketing your book, building a website, and more.
SHARING CREATIVITY POETRY CRITIQUE GROUP When: Third Thursday of the month, 7:00 pm Where: South Regional Library, 4505 South Alston Ave. Contact: Bartholomew Barker at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This monthly group meets to review poems, provide constructive feedback and spend a creative evening together. You must send poems the Monday prior to the workshop. Sponsored by Living Poetry.
JAMBALAYA SOUL SLAM ACADEMY When: Third Saturday of every month, 8:00 pm Where: Hayti Heritage Center, 804 Old Fayetteville St. Contact Information: www.bullcitypoetryslam.com or 919-683-1709 Cost: $7 Writing and performance workshop facilitated by national spoken word artists. Learn to take your poetry from the page to the stage in a relaxed peer environment.
DREAM BIG 2020! When: Monday, January 20, 2020, 1:00-4:00 pm Where: Rhythms Live Music Hall, 2020 Chapel Hill Rd. - Suite 33 Cost: Free Website: http://bookharvestnc.org Dream Big is our annual celebration of books for all kids! Every year on MLK Day, we bring our BIG dreams to this community event that is part book drive, part concert, part food truck rodeo, part activity fair, part volunteer opportunity…and ALL celebration and fun! In 2019 alone, the event brought in 44,092 donated books. More than 600 people attended, helping prepare all those books to go into the hands and homes of North Carolina’s children. And we raised $100,592 to help keep books flowing to young readers all year long. On MLK Day 2020, we’re taking our big dreams indoors — to one of Durham’s coolest, hippest new spots: Rhythms Live Music Hall, in the Lakewood Shopping Center!
LITTLE CORNER READING SERIES When: Various dates in 2019 Where: Duke Coffeehouse, Duke University Cost: Free Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: http://www.theinvisiblebear.com/little-corner.html Please join us for the following scheduled poetry readings with visiting poets and scholars from across the United States. We also hold informal poetry discussions in conjunction with visiting guests. Upcoming readings: February 9 (Rachel Zucker w/ TBD) and April 6 (Dorothy Chan with TBD).
FORSYTH WINSTON-SALEM OPEN MIC NIGHT When: First Tuesday of the month, 7:00 pm Where: Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts, 251 Spruce St. North Come share your writing at our popular Open Mic event. Sign up to read at 6:45 pm. See complete rules at our website, www.wswriters.org. Hosted by the Winston-Salem Writers.
DRAFT NIGHT When: Second Friday of the month, 7:00 pm Where: Bookmarks, 634 Fourth St. Cost: Free Contact: Ed Southern, Regional Rep, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. All writers with a work-in-progress can come take a number in the night's draft, for a chance to share from their work in an open-mic format, six slots of five minutes each. After the open mic, February's featured writer, poet, and author Joseph Mills, will share his work and his thoughts on writing and revising. This is a monthly event put on by the North Carolina Writers' Network.
FOUR ON FOURTH When: Fourth Wednesday of the month, 7:00 pm Where: Bookmarks Bookstore, 634 W. 4th St. #110 (access parking in rear, off Holly Ave.) Contact: Bart Ganzert, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: www.bookmarksnc.org The Winston-Salem Writers is partnering with Bookmarks to host a monthly public reading event called “Four on Fourth”. The fourth Wednesday each month, four local authors will be featured at this live reading. Author’s books will be available for purchase. Come to enjoy and support your writerly tribe!
THE WORD IS OUT: OPEN MIC When: Last Tuesday of the Month, 7:00 pm Where: Central Library, 616 W. Fifth St. Co-sponsored by Forsyth County Public Library and the Winston-Salem Writers.
NEW! KINETIC CREATIVE BOOT CAMP When: Tuesdays and Thursdays, February 29 - March 28, 2020 Where: Varies Cost: $249 Info/Apply: https://www.f6s.com/kineticcreativebootcamp2020 Kinetic Creative Boot Camp helps creatives determine their unique value proposition to get ready to launch their business. It's a 4-week intensive hands-on "learning and doing" experience for creatives who are ready to turn your idea into a business. Kinetic serves creative entrepreneurs that are using their design, art, music, theatre, film, writing, culinary, interactive digital media, and an array of artisanal skills to solve a problem for their customers. Kinetic is designed for you to take that cool idea you’ve been thinking about and create a mission, vision and value proposition for a potential customer. Do you want to bring this to life, but don’t know how? Kinetic can help you ideate and implement!
NEW! WORDSAWAKE4! When: April 3-4, 2020 Where: Wake Forest University Cost: Free Contact: 336-758-5180, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: https://wordsawake.events.wfu.edu Join us for another celebration of Wake Forest writers and writing, including sessions on science writing, arts writing, storytelling, and screenwriting. Washington columnist and NPR commentator, science/technology/security writer and alumnus Shane Harris, will keynote.
2020 HIGH ROAD FESTIVAL OF POETY AND SHORT FICTION When: Saturday, March 28, 2020 Where: Embassy Suites, 460 N. Cherry St. Cost: Varies Info/Register: https://www.press53.com/high-road-festival Spend your day with fellow writers, learning, writing, and sharing. Choose your experience from à la carte selections of 75-minute seminars, 3-hour master classes, 25-minute critique sessions, and exclusively for poets, a 3-hour poetry intensive with four poets and one faculty member. Meet and greet magazine editors and publishers, writing organizations, and other literary leaders, movers, and shakers in our vendor space. This area will also include a writers’ lounge where you can relax and chat between sessions.
FRANKLIN COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Franklin County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
GASTON COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Gaston County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
GUILFORD COUNTY GREENSBORO THE FRONT GATE WRITERS GROUP When: Sundays, 7:00-9:00 pm Where: Various coffee houses Information/Register: 336-509-0660 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Writing to prompts and exercises, discussion of specific authors’ techniques, helpful suggestions, no harsh critiques. A safe, productive way to generate and hone your writing. Reservations are necessary, and a small monthly fee applies. All levels are welcome, and one partial need-based scholarship is available.
NC WRITERS' NETWORK OPEN MIC When: Second Monday of the month, 6:30-9:00 pm Where: Scuppernong Books, 304 S. Elm St. Cost: Free Contact: Carla Harper, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Writers: An open invitation to share your work out loud. All genres welcome. NCWN Guilford County members receive reminders about the open mic and a chance to sign up before the public via rep newsletter. Every month will have an optional theme. (Going with the theme is always nice, but not mandatory.) Each writer will have up to 7 minutes to read. Feel free to bring more than one piece in case we have time for a second round. Please time your reading beforehand. On-site sign-up is available between 6:30 and 6:50 pm on a first-come, first-served basis. If time allows--and once everyone on the list has read--the floor will be opened up to volunteer readers (i.e., those who did not plan on reading, but have become inspired to do so). This is a monthly event put on by the North Carolina Writers' Network.
PLAYWRIGHTS FORUM MEETING When: Second Wednesday of every month, 7:00 pm Where: Greensboro Cultural Center, 200 N. Davie St. Contact: Todd Fisher at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 336-373-2974 Cost: The meetings are free and open to the public. Membership is only $30 annually. Actors and directors are encouraged to attend. Each meeting begins with introductions, then readings of the monthly assignments, followed by works by member playwrights. Members may submit plays to be considered for production four times a year.
BENJAMIN BARDS: A POETRY WORKSHOP When: Third Thursday of the month, 7:00 pm Where: Benjamin Branch Library, 1530 Benjamin Parkway Cost: Free Register: 336-373-7540 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Join us once a month for a free discussion based workshop for poets of all skill levels from teens to adults. Learn about forms and techniques, read and study published authors, and bring and share your own works for constructive criticism. Each month we will focus on different topics or give you a chance to work on revisions.
THE SENIORS’ NOTEBOOK GROUP When: Fourth Tuesday of every month, 2:00-4:00 pm Where: Contact June Wilson Read (below) for location Contact: June Willson Read, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Writers over the age of fifty who wish to participate in a daytime group are invited to join the Senior's Notebook writers. Membership includes new writers as well as folks who have had some publications in various genres. We write, share current writing, discuss writer issues, and sometimes critique work.
NEW! TREADING THE INNER PATH When: Saturday, January 9, 2020, 6:00 pm Where: Greensboro Public Library - Benjamin Branch, 1530 Benjamin Pkwy Cost: Free Register: 336-373-7540 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Want to reduce stress and anxiety, free the mind from worry, and encourage creative thinking? This workshop, facilitated by Debra Kaufman, will combine poetry and mindful meditation and is for all skill levels and ages, from teens to adults.
NEW! WRITERS AS WITNESS: FREE SPEECH IN A TIME OF HATE SPEECH When: Wednesday, January 29, 7:00-8:30 pm Where: Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave. Cost: Free Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/561743931276688 The concept of ‘free speech’ has traditionally been applied to the guarantee from censorship by the government enshrined in the Constitution. However, the term has taken on a broader meaning in our current political moment as public discussion centers on who should be allowed a platform on media such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, and who should be removed or ‘cancelled.’ In this conversation we’ll explore the language of hate vs. the language of dissent, who decides who is allowed to speak and how, and the responsibility of the media consumer in safeguarding free speech issues. With Jonathan Friedman, project director for campus free speech at PEN America; Allen Johnson, Editorial Page Editor at The Greensboro News & Record; Alejandro Beutel, an independent research scholar specializing in the study and analysis of violent and non-violent Islamist and far-right movements; and moderator Steve Mitchell, author of Cloud Diary and co-owner of Scuppernong Books.
HIGH POINT NEW! WRITERS WORKSHOP: TAX CONSIDERATIONS BEFORE AND AFTER YOUR BOOKS ARE PUBLISHED When: Sunday, January 19, 2020, 1:45 pm Where: High Point Public Library, 901 N. Main St. Presenter Murder We Write and Diane Kelly, CPA, retired business attorney, and author of Death & Taxes romantic suspense series; and Becke Turner, retired RN, author of romantic humor, and IRS audit survivor who fought the agency and won on appeal. Free and open to the public until 5pm to chat with our authors about your own writing. Sponsored by Triad NC Chapter of Sisters in Crime and the High Point Public Library.
GASTON COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Gaston County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
HARNETT COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Harnett County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
HAYWOOD COUNTY WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAIN WRITERS MEETING
When: Second Tuesday of each month, 12:00 pm Where: Panacea, 66 Commerce St. Contact: Charley Pearson, charleyThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: www.mountainwritersnc.com Open to the public with programs for aspiring and published writers of all genres.
HENDERSON COUNTY FLETCHER WRITERS GUILD OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA When: Second Thursday of every month, 1:30-3:30 pm Where: Fletcher Public Library, 120 Library Rd. Contact: John Waterman, 828-296-9983 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. All writers are invited to join us for a lively discussion about our current projects related to publishing and marketing our work. Learn tricks and techniques from published authors and aspiring writers. Reveal your own convictions.
HENDERSONVILLE BLUE RIDGE WRITERS' SUPPORT GROUP When: First and third Mondays, 2:00-4:00 pm Where: County Parks and Recreation Athletics and Activity Center, 708 S. Grove St. Contact: Tom Hooker, 828-691-0118 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The Blue Ridge Writers’ Support Group is open to anyone seriously interested in being published. The current facilitator is Tom Hooker.
OPEN MIC NIGHT When: Third Monday of the month, 5:15:-7:45 pm Where: Henderson County Public Library, 301 N. Washington St. Cost: Free and open to the public Contact: Meagan Lucas, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and Charlie Wilkinson, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The North Carolina Writers' Network invites writers to share their work at Open Mic Night. Poets, fiction writers, playwrights, essayists, memoirists, etc. are welcomed. To read: sign up between 5:30 and 6:00 pm. Readings are from 6:00-7:30 pm and are timed, beginning when reader starts speaking: prose is five minutes and poetry is three minutes.
LOST PLAYWRIGHTS MEETING When: Monthly (dates vary), 2:00 pm Where: Henderson County Library auditorium, 301 N. Washington St. Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Playwrights read scenes from their works. Persons interested in creative writing or theatre are invited to attend.
IREDELL COUNTY STATESVILLE IREDELL COUNTY WRITERS GROUP When: First Tuesday of the month, 11:00 am Where: Iredell County Public Library, 201 N. Tradd St. - Conference Rm. Contact: Billie-Fae Gerard Gill, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Published and unpublished writers are welcome to participate. Outside speakers and regular learning opportunities available. Work will be critqued upon request. Currently averaging twelve writers per meeting.
JACKSON COUNTY SYLVA COFFEE WITH THE POET When: Third Thursday of each month, 10:30 am Where: City Lights Bookstore, 3 E. Jackson St. Contact: 828-586-9499
JOHNSTON COUNTY SMITHFIELD JOHNSTON COUNTY WRITERS GROUP MOVES TO SMITHFIELD When: Second Thursday of every month, 6:00–7:45 pm Where: Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield, 305 E. Market St. Cost: Free and open to the public Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: Facebook and Meetup.com We are a diverse group of working writers ranging from beginner to advanced. We share information, critique each other’s work, host guest authors, and schedule meetups, write-ins and open mics in Selma, Four Oaks, Princeton and more. Guest author September 12 is Wanda Robinson Lee. Facilitator is NCWN member Cindy Brookshire.
LEE COUNTY SANFORD FIRST THURSDAY'S TAKE 5 POETRY & PROSE OPEN MIC When: First Thursday of every month, 6:00-8:00 pm Where: Karma Boutique and Coffee Bar, 131 Wicker St. Cost: Free Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: https://www.facebook.com/KarmaandCoffee/events Treat yourself to the friendliest open mic around where encouragement and enthusiastic applause abound! Enjoy the sharing of original poetry and prose in blocks lasting up to five minutes each from 6:00-8:00 pm on the First Thursday of every month. Open mic sign-up begins at 5:30 pm. As time allows, writers may be invited to read a second time during the evening and anyone who didn't originally sign up to read will be encouraged to give it a go. Come share your work or just come ENJOY!
LENOIR COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Lenoir County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
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MCDOWELL COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in McDowell County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
MECKLENBURG COUNTY CHARLOTTE PEN TO PAPER When: Wednesdays, 9:30-10:30 am Where: Charlotte Lit, 1817 Central Ave. - Rm. 302 Cost: Free Are you a writer or aspiring writer looking for an intentional and supportive writing community? A group that prompts and propels you? People to help you get unstuck? Someone to ask questions? Help in developing a regular writing practice? Charlotte Lit’s “Pen to Paper” is a weekly gathering for aspiring writers: anyone who is starting (or restarting) to write, or established writers who want the learning and growth that comes with wise guidance and group support. “Pen to Paper” is led by author Megan Rich.
WEDNESDAYS @LIT When: Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm Where: Charlotte Lit, 1817 Central Ave. -- Ste. 302 Cost: Free (members) / $20 (non-members) Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: http://www.charlottelit.org/wednesdays Join Charlotte Lit members for inspiring and educational community gatherings. Events rotate through four formats: Lit Writes (write-ins), Lit Chats (facilitated conversations), Lit Reads (member readings), and Lit Shops (workshops).
NANOWRIMO WRITING SPRINTS When: Mondays, 6:30-8:30 pm and Thursdays, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Where: Charlotte Lit, 1817 Central Ave. - #302 Cost: Free In November, we want to help writers participating in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) — and any community writers — to get some serious writing done. Come and learn the Pomodoro Technique for writing focus. Free to all, just drop in to Studio Two.
THE CHARLOTTE POETRY COLLECTIVE When: Second Thursday of the month, 7:00 pm Where: C3 Lab, 2525 Distribution St. Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: https://m.facebook.com/TheCharlottePoetryCollective A new, free critique group!
WRITER'S WORKSHOP When: Second Saturday of the month, 2:00-4:00 pm Where: CML Library - Beatties Ford Road Regional, 2412 Beatties Ford Rd. Cost: Free Website: http://events.cmlibrary.org/eventsignup.asp?ID=311737 Thanks to writer Evangeline Billy, the Beattie's Ford Road Branch Library now offer a Writer’s Workshop. No fees or dues. Open to scripters of all genres, an arena to hone skills, get critiques, and be among other script creators. Read your written and spoken word to an audience, learn how to critique, update punctuation skills, prepare, plan, complete your works, and create new ones. The Beatties Ford Writers Workshop is all about that ink.
CHARLOTTE WRITERS' CLUB THIRD TUESDAYS When: Third Tuesday of the month, 7:00 pm Where: Providence United Methodist Church, 2810 Providence Rd. - Rm. 104 Website: www.charlottewritersclub.org/home Charlotte Writers' Club 3rd Tuesday monthly meeting. Guests welcome. Since 1922 Charlotte Writers' Club, "Celebrating the Written Word."
OPEN MIC NIGHT AT MUG'S COFFEE When: Third Friday of the Month, 7:00 pm Where: Mug's Coffee, 5126 Park Rd. - #1d Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/charlotte-writers-club-open-mic-night-tickets-45628949416 This is a great opportunity for our members to share what they've written and gain experience reading in public. This is a necessary skill to promote your writing. The added benefit is being able to network with other writers. Hosted by the Charlotte Writers' Club and Mug's Coffee.
SAGA When: March 6-8, 2020 Where: Charlotte Hilton University Place, 8629 J M Keynes Dr. Cost: Varies Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Info/Register: www.sagaconference.com SAGA is the professional development conference for genre fiction writers. Featuring two days of workshops, presentations, and panels from professional, published writers on business and craft, SAGA blends the fun and camaraderie of a science fiction and fantasy convention with the educational opportunities of a writing conference. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet and talk with best sellers and successful midlist authors and learn what it really takes to be a professional writer. SAGA students can buy books from attending faculty, pitch their ideas to agents, editors, and publishers, and take the next step in building their writing career. Learn from the pros. Hone your craft. Write your saga.
CHARLOTTE LIT – CLASSES When: More than 40 classes from September to May Where: Charlotte Lit, 1817 Central Ave. - Rm. 208 Cost: Varies Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Info/Register: https://www.charlottelit.org Charlotte Lit offers craft classes for writers and arts-based classes for everyone, led by some of the area's best writers and teachers. See website for current course listing.
HUNTERSVILLE WATERBEAN POETRY NIGHT AT THE MIC When: Fourth Wednesday of the month, 7:00 pm Where: Waterbean Coffee, 9705 Sam Furr Rd. - Unit A Cost: Free Contact: Leslie M. Rupracht, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Co-hosted by Pinesong editor, and former Iodine Poetry Journal editor Leslie M. Rupracht. We have a featured poet/writer do a reading, followed by open mic. (Sign up for open mic by 7:15.) Waterbean Coffee at Northcross Shopping Center is a fantastic venue offering a variety of coffee, tea, desserts, beer, and wine by the bottle.
MITCHELL COUNTY SPRUCE PINE MAYLAND WRITERS’ GROUP When: Last Monday of each month, 6:00 pm Where: Spruce Pine Public Library, 142 Walnut Ave. Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 828-467-4208 Members bring in material to critique. Prose and poetry are welcome.
MOORE COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Moore County? Send an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NC Literary Calendar.
NASH COUNTY ROCKY MOUNT NCWN DOWN EAST WRITERS OF NASH-PITT-WILSON COUNTIES When: Third Saturday of the month, 1:00-2:00 pm Where: The Bel Air Artisans Center, 115 S. Church St. Contact: Celestine Davis at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 252-526-7353 The NCWN Down East Writers of Nash-Pitt-Wilson Counties will host opportunities for writers of all genres to stir up their creative juices with stimulating writing prompts, quality feedback, and occasional open-mic style readings with special guests. Sponsored by the North Carolina Writers' Network.
NEW HANOVER COUNTY WILMINGTON DISCUSSION AND DISCOVERY When: Wednesdays, 6:00 pm Where: Athenian Bookstore & Lounge, 2231 Wrightsville Ave. Cost: Free Contact: Lori Wilson, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Discover women and femme identified writers! Come to our weekly book club and free write where no advance reading is necessary. Every week we will read excerpts from thought provoking essays, stories, and poems to expand our wheelhouse and continue our exploration of diversity. We will be selecting excerpts from books carried in-house and delving into discussions on themes and perspectives that we may have grasped from immersing ourselves in these texts. Don't worry, no prior reading required! With titles changing weekly and free writing during our discussions, Discussion & Diversity is not something you'll want to miss out on!
FEMME SPEAK OUT When: First Friday of the month Where: Gravity Records, 612 Castle St. Cost: Free Website: https://athenianpw.org To learn from, feel, and understand what the community of women and femme voices has to say. Hosted by Athenian Press & Workshops.
OPEN MIC POETRY NIGHT When: Second Friday of the month, 6:30 pm Where: Pomegranate Books, 4418 Park Ave. Join poets for a lively night of readings, open mics, and community building. Bring your own poems or those of your favorite poet to read orj just enjoy the atmosphere. Hosted by Jean Jones and John Evans.
PORT CITY PLAYWRIGHTS' PROJECT When: Two Saturdays a month, 11:00 am Where: New Hanover County Public Library System (TBD) Contact: Susan M. Steadman, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: https://portcityplaywrights.wordpress.com/ The Port City Playwrights' Project, a community of writers for stage and screen, will meet to critique scripts. Newcomers are always welcome. This community of writers for stage and screen hosts always lively discussions and will focus on plays in development for a 2019 script-in-hand production.
ATHENTIAN AT LARGE When: Sundays, 3:00 pm Where: Pomegranate Books, 4418 Park Ave. Cost: Free Contact: Lori Wilson, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 919-961-5071 Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1794744290830597 Athenian Press & Workshops is reintroducing it's At Large series for the 2019 year. Every Sunday, we will hold a town-hall style community meeting in which woman and femme creators (artists, writers, arts entrepreneurs, etc.) are invited to discuss current events. The At Large series provides an opportunity to connect with fellow creators and survivors of marginalization, and it offers a forum to use writing as healing. Each week, the Athenian team invites its guest to participate in a writing prompt at the end of the meeting. The meeting is followed by Athenian Yoga with Heather Gordy, who curates a practice that allows guests to decompress, explore creativity, and reflect upon the discussion (although both events can occur independently if guests cannot attend both). Join our team to explore, create, and takeover!
ATHENIAN YOGA WITH HEATHER GORDY When: Sundays, 4:00 pm Where: Athenian Bookstore & Lounge, 2231 Wrightsville Ave. Cost: Free Join the Athenian team for our weekly yoga practice with certified yoga instructor Heather Gordy. Heather will be offering all level yoga classes specifically designed to help build internal strength, empowerment, confidence, and self-love. Each week she will guide you through asanas to help open the heart, encourage balance through everyday life, and find healing of the body and mind. These classes will be held after our “Athenian At Large” meetings and will serve as a time where you can find release of tension in the body and pull from your own inner strength to feel self-love and compassion. Please join us as we dive into the practice of yoga to form connection and help in supporting each other as we grow together.
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Northampton County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
ONSLOW COUNTY TOPSAIL WRITERS HOLLY RIDGE When: Second and Fourth Saturdays of the month Where: 4 C's Java, 1601 E. Ocean Hwy. Cost: Free Contact: Edward Wills, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 910-382-0293 Website: https://www.facebook.com/Topsail-Writers Are you an author, blogger, or writer of any sort? Do you want to become one? If so, you are invited to join your peers at Topsail Writers. The group is made of published authors, students, and those beginning to explore writing careers. Meetings typically last for two hours with the first hour reserved for a discussion of a writing-related topic and the second for communal writing time. Participants are encouraged to bring a computer.
ORANGE COUNTY CARRBORO JUMPSTART YOUR WRITING: A WEEKLY PROMPT WRITING CLASS FOR WOMEN When: Thursdays, 6:00-8:30 pm OR Fridays, 10:30 am - 1:00 pm Where: The studio of Nancy Peacock Cost: $120 per month Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: www.NancyPeacockBooks.com
WRITING GROUP FOR WOMEN When: Mondays (10:30 am - 1:00 pm) or Thursdays (10:30 am - 1:00 pm) Where: The studio of Nancy Peacock Cost: $145 per month Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: www.NancyPeacockBooks.com This group is for women who are working in or who wish to work in fiction and/or memoir. Personal essays, short stories, or longer sustained works are welcome. Nancy Peacock is the author of the novels Life Without Water (chosen as a New York Times Notable), Home Across the Road, The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson, and the memoir A Broom of One's Own (five stars from Cheryl Strayed).
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CHAPEL HILL FRIDAY NOON POETS When: Friday's, 12:30-1:30 pm Where: Amity United Methodist Church, 825 Estes Dr. Contact: Dave Manning, 919-462-3695 Informal meetings every Friday. Read your poetry or poems of others. Free parking, side entrance. All are welcome!
FLYLEAF BOOKS SECOND THURSDAY READING SERIES When: Second Thursday of the month, 7:00-8:30 pm Where: Flyleaf Books, 752 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Contact: Pam Baggett, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Joan Barasovska, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This monthly reading series is co-hosted by Pam Baggett and Joan Barasovska and sponsored by Flyleaf Books. An informal get-together before the reading will begin around 6:00 at the Root Cellar, next door to Flyleaf. Please join the group for an hour of conversation. Featured readers will each read for approximately twenty minutes and, after a short break for the readers to sign books, there will be an open poetry mic. Please sign up to read no later than 7:00 pm.
PROMPT WRITING WITH NANCY PEACOCK When: Second Saturday of the month, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Where: Flyleaf Books, 752 Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd. Cost: Free and open to the public Prompt Writing: Serious writing begins with playful writing. Please join this unique ongoing group of supportive adult writers and play your way into the possibilities of the written word. Fun group and great community. No need to register. Just show up with paper and pen.
HILLSBOROUGH WRITERS' WORKSHOP WITH DAVID PAYNE When: Thursdays, 6:00-7:30 pm (Group 1); Thursdays, 8:00-9:30 pm (Group 2) Where: Location provided upon registration Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: www.davidpaynebook.com David Payne teaches two ongoing Thursday night writing workshops in Hillsborough. A member of the Founding Faculty in the Queens University of Charlotte MFA Writing Program, David has also taught and served as writer-in-residence at Bennington, Duke, Hollins, and elsewhere. He is the author of five novels—including Early from the Dance, Ruin Creek, and Back to Wando Passo--and a memoir, Barefoot to Avalon, published by Grove Atlantic Press. David has recently completed a screenplay of Barefoot to Avalon for Oscar-nominated director Giulio Ricciarelli. David’s Thursday evening classes—MFA-level workshops limited to six members per section—is open to fiction and nonfiction writers.
PENDER COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Pender County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
PERQUIMANS COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Perquimans County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
PITT COUNTY GREENVILLE NCWN DOWN EAST WRITERS OF NASH-PITT-WILSON COUNTIES When: Third Saturday of the month, 10 :00 am - 12:00 pm Where: The Great Harvest Bread Company, 2803 Evans St. Contact: Celestine Davis at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The NCWN Down East Writers of Nash-Pitt-Wilson Counties will host opportunities for writers of all genres to stir up their creative juices with stimulating writing prompts, quality feedback, and occasional open-mic style readings with special guests. This is a monthly event put on by the North Carolina Writers' Network.
POLK COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Polk County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
RANDOLPH COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Randolph County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
ROBESON COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Robeson County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
ROWAN COUNTY KANNAPOLIS CABARRUS-ROWAN WRITER'S NIGHT OUT / OPEN MIC When: Fourth Thursday of the month, 6:30 pm Where: French Express Internet and Cyber Cafe, 2087 Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Blvd. (at Rt. 29, around the corner from Planet Fitness) / https://www.facebook.com/FrenchExpressNC Contact: Vincent Vezza, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This is a great venue to meet and greet with others in your craft. Typically, we share news of upcoming events of interest to writers; we discuss the status of our various projects--and of course, we always have an open mic. Come early, get a cup of something good from the French Express, and sign up for a spot to read your poetry or short prose pieces. All are welcome. Keep up to date by following the blog at www.albertoperez.co/guild.html. Members have their short stories, poetry and other work listed for others to enjoy. This is a monthly event put on by the North Carolina Writers' Network.
RUTHERFORD COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Rutherford County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
SCOTLAND COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Scotland County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
STANLY COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Stanly County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
SURRY COUNTY MT. AIRY AUTHOR DRAFT OPEN MIC When: Last Friday of the month, 7:00 pm Where: 449 N. Andy Griffith Hwy - Ste. 800 Contact: 336-755-2158 We welcome all authors and genres. All readers and listeners are welcome. Readers will be given 5 minutes to read. We will start at 7:00 pm and try to allow all authors to read. We will limit to 15 readers.
SWAIN COUNTY BRYSON CITY PINTS, POEMS, AND PROSE When: Second Thursday of the month, 7:00 pm Where: Nantahala Brewing, 61 Depot St. Cost: Free Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/652293538542509 Nantahala Brewing Company, in collaboration with North Carolina Writers’ Network-West, is thrilled to announce its first writers' open mic, which will be held on Thursday, April 11—recurring every second Thursday of the month. Open to the public, PINTS, POEMS, & PROSE is an effort to cultivate and celebrate the rich culture of poetry and storytelling that exists in Swain County and the surrounding communities of western NC. Join award-winning poet and author of The Geese Who Might be Gods, Benjamin Cutler, and award-winning novelist and author of the forthcoming novel Even As We Breathe, Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, for an evening of good words and good drink. Writers in all stages of development are welcome to read their work, and everyone is welcome to listen and enjoy. Event begins at 7:00, and open mic sign-ups will begin at 6:45 for ten-minute reading sessions. Share a poem, share a story, share a beer.
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
BREVARD
THE TRANSYLVANIA WRITERS ALLIANCE When: First and Third Tuesdays Where: Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church, 249 E. Main St., Brevard Contact: Betty O. Taylor, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. We meet for two hours to critique one another's work and to share publishing opportunities. We would like more writers to join us: we have poets, science fiction writers, essayists, memoirists, nonfiction, academic writers, and fiction.
TYRRELL COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Tyrrell County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
UNION COUNTY MONROE UNION COUNTY WRITERS' CLUB When: Third Sunday of the month, 3:00-5:000 pm Where: Book Lady, 3513 W. Hwy 74 Website: www.ucwc.webs.com Everyone is cordially invited to come by. See our website for more information.
WAKE COUNTY CARY LOCAL AUTHOR SERIES When: Every other Thursday, 1:00 pm Where: White Oak Coffee Tea & Juice, 6911 Carpenter Fire Station Rd. Cost: Free Contact: 919-421-8494 Website: www.facebook.com/events/317936345561302 A free event where local authors read, share their inspirations for their books, and sign.
NAZIM HIKMET POETRY FESTIVAL When: Sunday, March 29, 2020, 1:00-7:00 pm Where: Page-Walker Arts & History Center, 119 Ambassador Loop Cost: Free Website: http://www.nazimhikmetpoetryfestival.org/index.php?id=3 The 12th annual Nazim Hikmet Poetry Festival brings together poets, scholars, and poetry fans in the humanistic spirit of the internationally-renowned Turkish poet Nâzım Hikmet Ran. Presented by American-Turkish Association of North Carolina.
RALEIGH LGBT CENTER OF RALEIGH OPEN MIC NIGHT When: First Saturday of the month, 7:00-10:00 pm Where: LGBT Center of Raleigh, 411 Hillsborough St. The LGBT Center of Raleigh’s Open Mic Night seeks to teach members of the community the power of their own voices and provide a safe place for them to express themselves. Attendees are invited to share songs, poems, personal stories, and anything interesting. They may also initiate discussions and share anything that may be on their minds. Attendees are not required to share; whether they do or not, we ask that they all respect each other’s identities, pronouns, and experiences. The Center provides pizza and soda, and guests are invited to bring more food to share.
WRITERS COFFEEHOUSE When: Second Sunday of the month, 2:00 pm Where: Quail Ridge Books, 4209-100 Lassiter Mill Rd. Discussions will focus on the latest trends in the industry, the craft of writing, markets, pitching and selling, conquering frustration and defeating writers block. Not a peer critique group, this is discussion and networking. No publishing experience is necessary, and everyone from beginners to award winners are welcome to drop in, whether a writer of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenplays, comics, or journalism. Come enjoy the camaraderie of other writers.
TRIANGLE SCREENWRITERS GROUP When: Second and Fourth Tuesday of the month, 7:00 pm Where: Hunt Library, NC Sate University Cost: Free Contact: Jim McQuaid, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: http://trianglefilmmaking.com/tfc-screenwriters-group A free group for screenwriters that provides feedback on work and community of fellow writers (and filmmakers). The group is currently moderated by Jim McQuaid and N.C. Jones. Anyone may attend at any time. The best way to join is to get on the email list, which is managed by moderator Jim McQuaid. Jim sends out a meeting reminder a week or so prior to every meeting which contains the room number for the upcoming meeting. Note that we share everyone’s email address to enable direct and informal connections within the group. All members are required to sign our “covenant” of rules which govern our meetings. Basically it means that everyone behaves like an adult and that suggestions for another’s script are freely given. You can download the form below. Physical copies are available at the meeting as well.
NEW APPLICANT GRANT WORKSHOPS When: Various dates in Fall Where: Walnut Creek Wetland Center, 950 Peterson St. Info/Register: https://www.raleighnc.gov/parks/content/Arts/Articles/ArtsGrants.html#GrantWorkshops The City of Raleigh Arts Commission's Grant Program is the official vehicle for municipal support to the City's arts organizations. A major example of the City Council's dedication to the cultural development of Raleigh, the program is supported currently by a $5 per capita allocation, which resulted in grant awards totaling $1,856,176 for 2019-2020. Any Raleigh nonprofit interested in applying for a 2020-2021 Arts Grant must attend the necessary grant workshops scheduled this fall. Workshops include "New Applicant Grant Workshops," "Grant Workshop Support 1 & 2," "Operating Support Grant Workshop."
A YEAR OF READING JAMES BALDWIN When: Sunday,February 2, 2020, 2:00 pm Where: Quail Ridge Books, 4209-100 Lassiter Mill Rd. Cost: Free NC Poet Laureate and NC Literary Hall of Fame inductee Jaki Shelton Green will faciliate a series of four discussions featuring the work of writer James Baldwin, an acclaimed writer whose work spans many genres, explores themes of race, sexual identity, class, and religion, and remains relevant today. Are all welcome and Quail Ridge Books is offering a 21 percent discount to anyone buying James Baldwin's books for the discussion. Additional dates include:
THIRD WEDNESDAY OPEN MIC AT LUCKY TREE When: Third Wednesday of the month, 6:30 pm Where: Lucky Tree, 3801 Hillsborough St. Website: www.luckytreeraleigh.com All genres welcome. Five-minute time limit; twelve readers.
TRIANGLE ASSOCIATION OF FREELANCERS When: Last Wednesday of the month, 5:30 pm Where: Milton's Pizza and Pasta, 8853 Six Forks Rd. Website: http://www.tafnc.com Contact: Donald Vaughan, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The Triangle Area Freelancers are a dedicated group of working freelance writers located in North Carolina’s Triangle region and surrounding communities. The majority of our members place their professional focus on nonfiction magazine articles and books, but many have also excelled at fiction, poetry, personal essays, photography, newspaper writing and more. Dinner at 5:30; the meeting officially begins at 7:00 pm. Newcomers welcome.
WONDERLAND BOOKCLUB When: Last Friday of every month, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Where: Center for Excellence, 3803-B Computer Dr. - Suite 106 Website: http://www.meetup.com/wonderlandbookclub/ Cost: Free and open to the public Now going into its tenth year, Wonderland Book Club features a monthly author guest and is especially helpful for aspiring writers who want to know more about the craft of writing by meeting a published author. Read the book and then meet the author! We have regular members who are both writers and readers who love good writing and who love to meet a new author every month. In 2018 we will cover the genres of fiction, memoir, and non-fiction. The Wonderland Book Club is co-sponsored by Alice Osborn and the North Carolina Writers' Network, and is the monthly meeting of the NCWN Wake County region. Lunch follows the meeting (Dutch treat) at Vivace at North Hills. Sign up for free at our Meetup site.
HEART OF CAROLINA ROMANCE WRITERS When: Second Saturday of the month, 1:00 pm Where: ECPI University, 4101 Doie Cope Rd. Cost: First two meetings free; then, $30 annual dues Contact: Susan Chapek, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: www.HeartofCarolina.org Arm your Fiction with Facts! Presenter Harvey Webb is going to demonstrate the types and uses of weapons that we rely on in our fiction to promote our characters’ conflicts. He will bring props for us to handle so we can get the feel of the weapons our characters might use and he will arm us with informational details that will make our fiction more realistic and believable.
RALEIGH REVIEW When: Friday, February 21, 2020, 7:00 pm Where: Quail Ridge Books, 4209-100 Lassiter Mill Rd. Raleigh Review began as a blogzine called Rig Poetry on February 21, 2010. Over the past decade, Raleigh Review has evolved into a nonprofit organization that publishes an award-winning literary magazine that believes great literature inspires empathy in neighbors everywhere in the world. Writers and poets will include: Landon Houle, Tyree Daye, Leila Chatti, Dorianne Laux, Joseph Millar, and emcee Heather Bell Adams.
THE NC BOOK FESTIVAL 2020 When: February 21-23, 2020 Where: Various locations Cost: Free Website: https://ncbookfestival.com With special guests including Katya Apekina, Jericho Brown, Kwame Mbalia, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Kim Stanley Robinson, and more.
ARTS & LECTURE SERIES - SEASON 2 When: Various dates in March, 2020 Where: Quail Ridge Books, North Hills Mall, 4209-100 Lassiter Mill Rd. Cost: $85 Info/Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-2020-nc-book-festival-and-quail-ridge-books-arts-lecture-series-tickets-82529270269 Announcing the North Carolina Book Festival/Quail Ridge Books Arts & Lecture Series. The Arts & Lecture Series strives to bring the most engaging authors, writers and thinkers to our state. As follows:
- Tuesday, March 10, 7:00 pm, Therese Anne Fowler in conversation with John Kessel
- Tuesday, March 17, 7:00 pm, James McBride
- Thursday, March 19, 7:00 pm, Valeria Luiselli
WAKE FOREST WAKE STORYTELLING CIRCLE When: One Sunday per month, usually third Sunday Where: Morning Glory, 523 Wait Ave. Information: Claire at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / 919-610-1483 Whether we are sitting around the kitchen table or speaking at a conference, the world is filled with stories. The Storytellers Book Store hosts The Northern Wake Storytelling Circle, a open group of storytellers, students and listeners, who love a good story. Facilitated by Claire Ramsey.
WATAUGA COUNTY BOONE HIGH COUNTRY WRITERS WORKSHOP When: First Thursday of the month, 10:00 am Where: Blue Ridge ArtSpace, 377 Shadowline Dr. Contact: Bill Runyan, President, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Workshops devoted to skills training, open to the public.
HIGH COUNTRY WRITERS When: Second and fourth Thursdays, 10:00 am Where: Watauga County Library, 140 Queen St. Contact: Bill Runyan, President, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Judith Geary, co-VP / Program Coordinator, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or Anita Laymon, co-VP / Program Coordinator, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Thursday is devoted to a program and the fourth Thursday is used to critique a manuscript of a member. Meetings are open to the public.
WAYNE COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Wayne County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
WILKES COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Wilkes County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
WILSON COUNTY WILSON NCWN DOWN EAST WRITERS OF NASH-PITT-WILSON COUNTIES When: Third Saturdays of the month, 10:00-11:00 am Where: Say Yum Yum Ice Cream and Deli, 408 Nash St. NE Contact: Celestine Davis at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.252-526-7353 or or Toshika Johnson Smith, 252-363-8480 The NCWN Down East Writers of Nash-Pitt-Wilson Counties will host opportunities for writers of all genres to stir up their creative juices with stimulating writing prompts, quality feedback, and occasional open-mic style readings with special guests. Sponsored by the North Carolina Writers' Network and co-hosted by Vision Community Theatre Group, Inc.
YADKIN COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Yadkin County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
YANCEY COUNTY Know of a literary event happening in Yancey County? Send a brief notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inclusion in the NCWN Literary Calendar.
ONLINE ONLINE NEW! TECHNIQUES FOR WRITING YOUR FIRST BOOK When: Tuesday, December 17, 7:00 pm Where: Online Cost: $45 Register: https://ncwriters.org/ncwnsecure/reg/onlineClassFormDec2019.php A good novel, memoir, or children's book should be filled with great images to draw readers into the story. This is achieved via great language. This workshop will explore the art of descriptive writing and how to create memorable narrative. Workshop discussions will include: Prewriting; Developing characters; First Draft; Revising you manuscript. Led by Shelia P. Moses.
ONLINE NEW! BALANCING THE CONCRETE AND CONCEPTUAL (POETRY) When: Tuesday, January 14, 2020, 7:00 pm Where: Online Cost: $45 Register: https://ncwriters.org/ncwnsecure/reg/onlineClassFormJan2020.php In this workshop, we’ll study the poetry of Sandra Lim, Jake Skeets, Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Penn Warren, Richard Wright, and Crystal Simone Smith, examining aspects of the real and ethereal, matter and imagination, the world and the mind. We’ll write poems, engage in dynamic and positive discussion and critique, and have fun! Led by Gideon Young, a member of the Carolina African American Writers’ Collective and the Carrboro Poets Council. Gideon is a contributor to One Window’s Light: A Collection of Haiku, edited by Lenard D Moore and published by Unicorn Press in 2017, winner of the Haiku Society of America Merit Award for Best Anthology. Gideon is a Teaching Fellow for A+ Schools of North Carolina, a K-12 Literacy Specialist, and stay-at-home dad.
OTHER STATES GEORGIA WRITERS’ NIGHT OUT When: Second Fridays, 7:00 pm (April through November) Where: Union County Community Center, 129 Union County Recreation Rd., Blairsville Cost: Free and open to the public Contact: Karen Paul Holmes, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Featured reader plus open mic. Food/drink available for purchase starting at 6:00 pm. Also serves writers in the bordering NC counties of Cherokee and Clay.
ROOM FOR POETRY When: One Tuesday a month, 2:00-4:00 pm Where: Mountain Regional Public Library, 698 Miller St., Young Harris Contact: Maren O. Mitchell, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Cost: Free This poetry critique group provides constructive verbal and written feedback from other poets. No fees or membership dues required. This progarm is hosted by NCWN-West, a program of NCWN, and is open to the public.
SOUTH CAROLINA HUB CITY SPRING WORKSHOPS When: Saturdays, 2:00-5:00 pm Where: Spartanburg Public Library, 151 S. Church St. Ext, Spartanburg Cost: $35 Info/Register: https://hubcity.org/news/2019/spring2019workshops We are thrilled to announce another jam-packed season of spring workshops! As follows:
VIRGINIA WRITERS HOUSE WINTER CLASSES When: Various dates in fall Where: WriterHouse, Inc., 508 Dale Ave., Charlottesville Info/Register: http://writerhouse.org/upcoming-classes Register now to ensure your spot in your favorite class. Fulll-day and half-day seminars available.
WHAT'S YOUR STORY When: Wednesdays, January 15 - November 4, 2020, 6:30-9:30 pm Where: Writer House, 508 Dale Ave., Charlottesville Cost: $1,299 Info/Register: http://writerhouse.org/class/writing-revising-pitching-2/2020-01-15 For most novelists, the ultimate goal is to get published. Before that, however, comes much revision, along with some frustration and confusion at a seemingly impenetrable system of submission, waiting, and hoping. “Writing, Revising, Pitching” is a class for people who have written a substantive portion of a novel and seek to develop it in workshop, blended with a detailed look at how books are pitched and marketed. This class is designed for writers who already have something on the page, as writers will be asked to start with a project of at least 50,000 words. Led by Randall Klein.
OTHER COUNTRIES ENGLAND WORDTHEATRE WRITERS WORKSHOP AND RETREAT When: June 26 - July 3, 2020 Where: Edale, England Cost: Varies Info/Register: https://wordtheatre.com/workshop-and-guest-speakers We are excited to announce that Ron Carlson, who bravely lead the very first one, will be back to run the 2020 workshop in Edale, England. The evening salons are an important part of the workshop and are led by authors of several genres – short story, travel writing, children’s books, novelists – as well as agents, publishers, journalists and more. 2020 Speakers to be announced!
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