Writers' Night Out is Zooming along

 

Please join us for  Sally Stewart Mohney prose & poetry Writers' Night Out via Zoom March 12, 7 pm Reading & Discussion + Open Mic An award-winner writer and NC native, Sally Mohney will read and then discuss poetry's influence on prose and vice versa.    Sally majored in fiction writing at UNC-Chapel Hill and has taken graduate fiction classes at the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop as well as the University of Florida. She has published short stories in journals such as the Boston Literary Review, and she is the recipient of the Jesse Rehder Writing Prize from UNC-Chapel Hill. Currently, she is searching for a home for her full-length literary manuscript, Migratory Spirits, set in North Carolina and Cumberland Island. Sally was invited to read an excerpt of Migratory Spirits at the Southern Women Writers Conference.    Her new poetry book is eventide (Kelsay Books) -- see the quote next to the book cover below. Her previous book, Low Country, High Water, (Texas Review Press) won the Southern Poetry Anthology Prize: North Carolina. Other publications include A Piece of Calm (Finishing Line Press) and pale blue mercy, (Main Street Rag, Author’s Choice Series). Sally's poems have appeared in the Broad River Review, Charlotte Observer, Cortland Review, James Dickey Review, North Carolina Literary Review, Poetry Daily, Verse Daily and elsewhere. A North Carolina native, she now lives a thousand feet from the Chattahoochee River in Georgia.   "From the low country to the Appalachians, to the River Thames and the North Sea, Sally Stewart Mohney seeks solace and bears witness to water—from wetlands to dry waterfall during her intriguing journey."  - NC Writers' Network If you are not a member of NCWN, contact Karen Holmes or Glenda Beall and we will  send your invitation to join us on Friday night. Members should have received the link to the Zoom program. Open Mic 3-4 minute maximum of poetry or prose (2 poems only, please) To sign up for Open Mic, please send Glenda an email (with a sentence she can use to introduce you) by clicking here: glendabeall@msn.com  ZOOM Helpful Hints: You can join Writers' Night Out by cell phone, notebook, laptop, or computer and use audio only or audio and video. You can do a test for yourself anytime at zoom.us, where you'll see yourself on video and be able to test your audio too.  The night of WNO, try to get on before 7 pm to make sure everything is working on your end. You will be in a waiting room until the host opens the door. Sign up for Open Mic by clicking here: glendabeall@msn.com

Writers' Night Out is the second Friday of every month. We will continue via Zoom for now.  April 9: Annette Clapsaddle, novelist, Even as We Breathe   The North Carolina Writers' Network is not allowing in-person events right now. Some time In 2021, we hope to continue in person at our new location: The Ridges Resort on Lake Chatuge  but please check your email.   But don't wait, join the fun and camaraderie on Zoom!    Stay well, friends,  - Karen Karen Paul Holmes www.karenpaulholmes.com www.simplycommunicated.com www.facebook.com/karenholmespoetry www.instagram.com/sharing_poems/