NC Writers’ Network Blog

Network member Brent Martin was selected as the winner of the 2022 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award by the Western North Carolina Association for his nonfiction book George Masa’s Wild […]

A statement from the North Carolina Writers’ Network We at the Network are happy and relieved to share The Pilot’s report that power has been restored to all Moore County […]

In a press release, the N.C. Literary and Historical Association announced their 2022 North Carolina Book Award Recipients. Presented during the annual meeting of the association, the annual awards recognize […]

A statement from the North Carolina Writers’ Network Like everyone across the country—everyone with a shred of decency, at least—the staff and board of the North Carolina Writers’ Network are […]

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 […]