Writers' Night Out, August 10th

Prize-winning poet Rosemary Royston, who is also a lecturer at Young Harris College, will entertain the audience as featured reader at 7 p.m. on Friday, August 10 at Brother’s Willow Ranch Restaurant in Young Harris, GA.  Writers’ Night Out is a free monthly event that also includes an open microphone for local authors.

Royston holds an MFA in Writing from Spalding University. Her poetry chapbook Splitting the Soil is forthcoming in 2012 by Redneck Press, and she is currently seeking a publisher for her first full collection, Soulangenea. She has also had poetry published in journals such as The Comstock Review, Main Street Rag, Coal Hill Review, FutureCycle, and Alehouse. Her essays on writing poetry are included in Women and Poetry: Tips on Writing, Teaching and Publishing by Successful Women Poets. Her poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and she was the recipient of the 2010 Literal Latte Food Verse Award. Most recently, she received Honorable Mention in the George Scarbrough Poetry Contest, Mountain Heritage Literary Festival.  She currently serves as the Program Coordinator for the North Carolina Writers Network-West.  Her blog is http://theluxuryoftrees.wordpress.com/

Writers’ Night Out takes place on the second Friday of each month. Open microphone readers can sign up at the door, and each person has three minutes to read poetry or prose. Brother’s Willow Ranch Restaurant is located at 6223 Hwy 76 West across from Brasstown Valley Resort, phone 706-379-1272. The event is in the upstairs room, accessible via stairs inside the restaurant or the ramp (no stairs) from the upper parking lot. Food and beverages will be available for purchase; please come early to order.

            

 For more information, please contact Karen Holmes at (404) 316-8466 or kpaulholmes@gmail.com.