Writers' Night Out and Janice Moore

WRITERS’ NIGHT OUT FEATURES JANICE MOORE, MARCH 18
--Karen Paul Holmes

Come, be part of Writers’ Night Out. This month, award-winning poet and Young Harris College associate professor of English, Janice Townley Moore, will read her poetry. The March 18 event at Green To Bean Coffee House in Hiawassee begins at 7 p.m. Those who’d like to share their own poetry or fiction can participate in the Open Microphone portion of the program, which follows the featured reader.

A native of Atlanta, Janice Townley Moore has lived in Hayesville, North Carolina, for many years. Her poems have appeared in such journals as The Georgia Review, Prairie Schooner, Shenandoah, Connecticut Review, Southern Poetry Review, The Journal of the American Medical Association, and numerous others. Among the anthologies that include her poetry are The Bedford Introduction to Literature, Echoes Across the Blue Ridge, and The Southern Poetry Anthology: Contemporary Appalachia. In 2009 she won first place in poetry in the Press 53 Open Awards, an international contest. Last year she won first place in the Georgia Poetry Society competition.

Moore serves as the facilitator of a poetry critique group, meeting monthly at Tri-County Community College and sponsored by the North Carolina Writers’ Network.

Writers’ Night Out, usually on the second Friday of the month at 7 p.m., has been changed to the third Fridays in March and April. Beginning on May 13, Writers’ Night Out will resume its normal schedule on the second Friday of each month. Green To Bean Coffee House is located at 538 Bell Creek Road in Hiawassee, next to the Humane Society Thrift Shop and across from McDonald’s. Come early to get a seat: The February event had standing-room only. The evening is free and open to the public. Light snacks and refreshments, including coffees from freshly roasted beans, are available for purchase. Those interested in reading at the Open Mic may sign up at the event. Each writer will have three minutes to read.

For more information, please contact Karen Holmes at (404) 316-8466 or kpaulholmes@gmail.com, or call Green To Bean at (706) 896-4524.