Bland Simpson Re-Releases Debut Album for Charity
Bland Simpson was inducted into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame in 2020. A former past chair of the Department of English & Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill and […]
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Kelly Starling Lyons Named Piedmont Laureate
Acclaimed, Raleigh-based children’s author Kelly Starling Lyons has been named the 2021 Piedmont Laureate. Each year, a Piedmont Laureate is appointed for a one-year term to conduct literary activities in […]
Tamara Kissane Is 2020 Piedmont Laureate
From our friends at Raleigh Arts: Tamara Kissane, a Durham-based dramatist and audio fiction writer, has been selected as the region’s 2020 Piedmont Laureate. During 2020, Kissane will appear at […]
2020 Piedmont Laureate Applications Open
The City of Raleigh Arts Commission, Durham Arts Council, Orange County Arts Commission, and United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County announce the opening of the application process for […]
Piedmont Laureate Applications Now Open
“If you are a writer, you must listen,” says current Piedmont Laureate Nancy Peacock. “You must disengage, every day, from the noise and commerce and traffic and politics of the […]
Nancy Peacock is 2018 Piedmont Laureate
New York Times bestselling novelist and longtime friend of the North Carolina Writers’ Network, Nancy Peacock, has been named the 2018 Piedmont Laureate. Nancy Peacock’s first novel, Life Without Water, […]
Mimi Herman is Piedmont Laureate
We’re outrageously tardy in passing along this news, but if you haven’t heard, poet Mimi Herman was named the 2017 Piedmont Laureate, and we want to take a moment to […]
Carrie Knowles Named New Piedmont Laureate
Longtime North Carolina Writers’ Network member Carrie Knowles, of Raleigh, has been selected as the 2014 Piedmont Laureate in the Short Story. As Piedmont Laureate, Knowles will receive an honorarium […]