I would’ve posted yesterday . . .
. . . but yesterday was April Fools’ Day, my second-favorite holiday of the year, and I wouldn’t have been able to resist the temptation to add a little prank to my post. Something like, say,...
View ArticleCarrie Knowles Named New Piedmont Laureate
Carrie Knowles, 2014 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...
View ArticleInstructors Return to Conference: As Attendees
Who knows? You may find yourself sitting next to Stegner Fellow and NEA grantee (and poet!) Rebecca Black…. There might be no better proof of the value of our writing workshops than the fact that four...
View ArticleMaking the Most of a Writing Conference
Leave your introverted self at home! ©Sylvia Freeman The North Carolina Writers’ Network 2015 Spring Conference is right around the corner. So how to make the most of a day spent on the campus...
View ArticleWe’re Saving You a Seat at Spring Conference
© Sylvia Freeman Pre-registration for the North Carolina Writers’ Network 2015 Spring Conference closes Sunday, April 12. If you’ve already registered, thank you! If you’re planning on joining us but...
View ArticleMeet the Slush Pile Live! Panelists
For the second year in a row, the North Carolina Writers’ Network Spring Conference will feature Slush Pile Live! Last year’s sessions were insanely popular, with folks camping out in the seminar rooms...
View ArticleMeet Our Spring Conference Exhibitors – Part 3
Pre-registration for our 2016 Spring Conference closes on Sunday. So there’s still time to register at a great discount, and ensure your place in what promises to be a fun, full day of sessions,...
View ArticleMimi Herman is Piedmont Laureate
Mimi Herman, 2017 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...
View ArticleIntroducing Spring Conference Exhibitors: Part 1
The North Carolina Writers’ Network 2017 Spring Conference happens Saturday, April 22, in the MHRA Building and Curry Auditorium of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. There’s still time to...
View ArticleIntroducing Spring Conference Exhibitors: Part 2
This week and next, we’re introducing those exhibitors who’ll be joining us at our 2017 Spring Conference on Saturday, April 22, at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. To read Part 1 of...
View ArticleIntroducing Our Spring Conference Exhibitors: Part 3
Pre-registration for the North Carolina Writers’ Network 2017 Spring Conference may be closed, but you can still join us: we’ll open on-site registration bright and early at 8:00 am on Saturday, April...
View ArticleNominate a Deserving Writer for NC Award in Literature
Michael McFee The North Carolina Awards are open for nominations through April 15. The North Carolina Awards are the highest civilian honor bestowed by the state. Facilitated by the North Carolina...
View ArticleAccept No Substitutes
By Ed Southern, Execcutive Director, NCWN Writers at an NCWN Spring Conference © Stanley Dankoski So an event called the “North Carolina Writing Workshop” is taking place in Charlotte on Saturday,...
View ArticleCoronavirus and Spring Conference
By NCWN Executive Director Ed Southern Okay, who all washed their hands? © Stanley Dankoski We intend to hold the 2020 Spring Conference as planned—as of right now. We are keeping a close and careful...
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