NC Writers’ Network Blog

Appalachian State University student and bookstagrammer Abigail Portell attended her first NCWN Fall Conference the weekend before last. Here, she reflects on her experience. By Abigail Portell This was my first […]

The news of Philip Gerard’s death was the kind of shock that tempts you to think it can’t possibly be true. His vitality was of a kind that seemed irreducible […]

By: Ed Southern The Writingest State is known for its writerly communities, often centered around colleges: Jackson County and Western Carolina University; the UNCG crowd in Guilford; whole hosts of […]

By: Ed Southern I’m not going to lie: As an author, part of me would love to see my books slapped with a 5, the highest, most restrictive rating in […]

We are excited that Sayantani Dasgupta will join us as faculty in fiction for this year’s Fall Conference. Dasgupta will lead one of our Master Classes titled How to Move through a Story—Pacing […]

The staff and board of the North Carolina Writers’ Network congratulates Jaki Shelton Green who made the Forbes Magazine “50 over 50: Lifestyle” list. Jaki Shelton Green was named Poet […]

Author, teacher, and NCWN member Kevin McIlvoy died suddenly on Friday, September 30. The staff and board of the Network join the many, many others who mourn his passing. The […]

We are excited that KaToya Ellis Fleming editor of Lookout Books will join us as a Manuscript Mart reviewer and faculty member for this year’s conference. Manuscript Mart provides writers […]

In The Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine by Rachel Lance (Dutton Books) “This past July, I visited the Hunley Museum (in North Charleston, […]

We are excited that Whiting Award Winner Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams will join us as faculty in creative nonfiction for this year’s Fall Conference. Abrams will lead one of our […]