The Johnston County Heritage Center has published a new hardcover book: Johnston County Literary and Historical Journal, Volume 1. This collection of poems, short stories, and essays—written by locals—celebrate Johnston County as “a fast-growing rural county in central North Carolina whose history dates back to colonial times.” Like much of North Carolina, roots run deep […]
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Margaret Maron, RIP
Thursday, February 25, 2021
“I knew from childhood that I wanted to write,” said Margaret Maron in her acceptance speech to the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame, in 2016, “and I felt that I had a facility for words, but I also felt that I had nothing to say. It was the mystery form that gave me freedom […]
NCWN Members Recognized by Carolina Woman Magazine
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
For the past few years, the North Carolina Writers’ Network has sponsored one of the prizes for the Carolina Woman Writing Contest. This contest recognizes fine writing across genres by female authors. We take care to include this contest in our Opportunities listings, and we are beyond thrilled when one of our members sees the […]
The Statue of Liberty Is a Redhead
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Every time a poem gets rejected, another angel gets its wings. Or something like that. In his acclaimed poem “Howl,” Beat poet Allen Ginsberg claimed the energetic books of Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, and Neal Cassady were all “published in Heaven.” Luckily for today’s poets, Heaven is a place on Earth. Redheaded Stepchild literary magazine […]