Poet Scott Owens , a friend of Netwest Writers, is featured at Writers' Night Out April 8

 

We are happy to have Scott Owens, an excellent poet, with us Friday evening for Writers' Night Out, at 7:00 PM. This will be a Zoom event as we are not meeting in person yet. 

We have a long history with Scott going back many years when he often came to western NC and north Georgia to do readings and to teach poetry at Writers Circle around the Table. He has also invited our members to Hickory, NC where he holds a monthly meeting for poets at his coffeehouse. 

If you are not familiar with Scott's poetry, you don't want to miss this opportunity Friday night for this reading. If you know his work, you will be very glad you contacted me for the link to the Zoom meeting. glendabeall@msn.com

Scott Owens is the author of 16 collections of poetry and recipient of awards from the Academy of American Poets, the Pushcart Prize Anthology, the Next Generation/Indie Lit Awards, the NC Writers Network, the NC Poetry Society, and the Poetry Society of SC. 

His newest collection, Sky Full of Stars and Dreaming has been nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award. His book of poems for children, Worlds Enough, is due out from RedHawk Press later this year, as is a new collection of poetry entitled Prepositional. His poems have been featured on The Writer’s Almanac 7 times, and his articles about writing poetry have been used in Poet’s Market for several years. 

Owens holds degrees from Ohio University, UNC Charlotte, and UNC Greensboro.  He is a Professor of Poetry at Lenoir Rhyne University and the former editor of Wild Goose Poetry Review and Southern Poetry Review. He owns and operates Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse and Gallery and coordinates Poetry Hickory in Hickory, NC.   

As you can see, Scott writes poetry, publishes poetry, and teaches others to write poetry. We are so honored to have him with us for Writers' Night Out.

Contact glendabeall@msn.com to receive the Zoom link and to read at Open Mic. 

See you then.