Brent Martin and Angela Faye have many exciting adventures awaiting the outdoor person this month.
Visit their website, www.alarkaexpeditions.com to learn about a writing workshop by Brent and the opening of their new office in Franklin, NC.
Brent is a member of NCWN-West, a published writer and poet.
Brent Martin on the Bartram Trail in 2018
Writers and poets in the far western mountain area of North Carolina and bordering counties of South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee post announcements, original work and articles on the craft of writing.
Showing posts with label poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poetry. Show all posts
Sunday, May 5, 2019
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Local Students receive awards for Simpson Beck Writing Contest in Hayesville, NC April 23, 2019
On Tuesday, April 23, 2019, Hayesville Middle and High
Schools received awards for their entries in the Simpson Beck Student Writing Contest. The Clay County Historical and Arts Council (CCHAC) gave
awards for the students.
Winners of the Middle School Contest for Poetry were: 1st
place, E. Holland, 2nd place, L. Gottlieb, and 3rd
place, D. Fields.
Winners of the High School Contest for Poetry were: 1st
place, B. Johnson, 2nd place, M. Gottlieb, and 3rd
place, M. Crawford.
Winners of the Middle School Personal Essay Contest were: 1st
place, G. Gibson, and 2nd place, A. Gibson. There were no other
entries.
Winners of the High School Personal Essay Contest were: 1st
place, R. Bunch, 2nd place, B. Johnson, and 3rdplace, J. Green.
Carroll S. Taylor, Janice Townley Moore, Rosemary Rhodes Royston |
Judges for the contests were: Rosemary Rhodes Royston, Poetry
judge, and Janice Townley Moore and Carroll S. Taylor, Personal Essay judges.
Reba Beck and Joan Ellen Gage |
This writing event was coordinated by English teacher Carla
Beck, Joan Ellen Gage, representing NCWN-West, and by Reba Beck, from CCHAC, a
retired art teacher from Hayesville High School. Reba Beck established the
original contests, (which at the time included art work), along with Nancy
Simpson (Brantley). Teacher Carla Beck was instrumental in coordinating the
contest with the middle and high school.
Awards for the judges were furnished by The Copper Door
Restaurant, Brother’s Willow Ranch Restaurant, and Rib Country (Hayesville).
Sunday, April 14, 2019
Poetry, Wine & Fun in Hiawassee, GA
free event
Wonderful Wednesday
April 17
5-7 pm
Poetry Reading - Karen Paul Holmes, 5:30
free event
Wonderful Wednesday
BodySense
2226 Ridge Crest Circle
Hiawassee, GA
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
The Literary Hour at JCCFS, Brasstown, NC, to feature Joan Ellen Gage, Bob Grove, and Carroll S. Taylor on Wednesday, April 17, 2019
On Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at 7:00 PM, John C. Campbell
Folk School and NC Writers' Network-West will sponsor The Literary Hour. At
this event, NCWN-West members will read at the Keith House on the JCCFS campus,
in Brasstown, NC. The Literary Hour is held on the third Thursday of the month
unless otherwise indicated. This reading is free of charge and open to the
public. This month's featured readers will be Joan Ellen Gage, Bob Grove, and
Carroll S. Taylor. For more information on this event, please contact Mary
Ricketson at: maryricketson311@hotmail.com.
Joan Ellen Gage is an author of humor and inspiration
written from her own unique perspective. Her recipe for her writing focuses on
staying upbeat and laughing at her own foibles. Gage’s photos are the spice in
the mix that serve to punctuate the writing and add that special garnish to her
creations.
Joan has written and published five books, Water Running Downhill,
Embracing Your Inner Cheerleader, A
Redhead Looks At 60, Trinity's Adventures in Imagination, and a special
edition of Water Running Downhill! the
Rose Edition, as a tribute to her friend Rose Macedo Kull. All of
the books are available on Amazon. Currently, Gage is working on a new book
entitled: Words of Defiance and
Empowerment.
Gage is a former administrator for the NCWN-West blog.
Additionally, Ms. Gage has two blogs, Traveling at the Speed of Now,
www.joanellengage.com,and A Redhead Blogs at 60, https://joans-zone.com/.
Bob Grove: Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Bob holds a Bachelor of
Arts degree from Kent State University and a Master of Science degree from
Florida Atlantic University. His diversified curriculum qualified him to teach
high school courses in biology, anatomy and physiology, earth and space
science, astronomy and space science, psychology, English, journalism, and
creative writing.
Bob was an ABC-TV
public affairs director and on-air program host, and founder and publisher of Monitoring Times Magazine. He has
published 19 books and hundreds of articles in 23 magazines. Additionally, he
has published a mystery novella, Secrets
of Magnolia Manor, his memoir, Misadventures
of an Only Child, a collection of children’s stories: Adventures of Kaylie and Jimmy, and many flash fiction stories as
well as some poetry. Grove’s books can be found on Amazon.
Grove is prose critique facilitator for the North Carolina
Writers Network and a co-facilitator of the Ridgeline Literary Alliance.
Carroll S. Taylor grew up in rural West Central Georgia. A
graduate of Tift College (Mercer University) with a BA in French, she holds
graduate degrees in French and English as well as an EdS in Educational
Leadership. An educator for forty-three years, Taylor taught French, English,
Journalism, Creative Writing, and ESL, and advised students to create and
publish school newspapers and yearbooks. After retirement, she moved on to her
second career as a part-time instructor at Columbus State University, teaching
freshman composition.
Taylor is the author of two young adult novels, Chinaberry Summer and Chinaberry Summer: On the Other Side.
She is currently writing the third novel in the series, Chinaberry Summer: Down by the Water. Her books emphasize
generational storytelling and respect for the valuable role of reptiles and
amphibians in our ecosystem. One of the personal highlights of publishing her
novels was her book reading held in the childhood home of Carson McCullers.
Readers
may find her journal blog at chinaberrysummer.com, and
follow her at: https://www.facebook.com/ChinaberrySummer/. .
Carroll is a member of North Carolina Writers’ Network,
North Carolina Writers’ Network-West, and the Georgia Poetry Society.
Sunday, April 7, 2019
Come Hear Georgia's New Poet Laureate
Writers' Night Out starts with a bang...
Not only is Chelsea Rathburn the new Poet Laureate, but the New York Times selected her new book Still Life with Mother and Knife for their “New & Noteworthy” list. Though I haven't read her latest yet, Unquiet Things by our other poet, James Davis May, is one of my favorite poetry books.
Please join us for this great reading, plus open mic: Sign up at the door to read up to 3 minutes of poetry or prose. Arrive by 6 pm if you'd like food or refreshment at The View Grill.
Not only is Chelsea Rathburn the new Poet Laureate, but the New York Times selected her new book Still Life with Mother and Knife for their “New & Noteworthy” list. Though I haven't read her latest yet, Unquiet Things by our other poet, James Davis May, is one of my favorite poetry books.
Please join us for this great reading, plus open mic: Sign up at the door to read up to 3 minutes of poetry or prose. Arrive by 6 pm if you'd like food or refreshment at The View Grill.
Saturday, March 30, 2019
Simpson Beck Student Writing Contest to resume in April 2019
The Simpson Beck Writing Contest for Clay County Middle and
High School will be held in April of this year. This contest is named for the late poet, Nancy Simpson, and for Reba Beck, retired art teacher for Clay County Schools. The categories for 2019, will
be writing Poetry and Personal Essay. The contest commences on April 5, 2019,
and the turn-in date for the entries is April 15. The winners will be announced
at the Hayesville High Lecture Hall, on Tuesday, April 23rd, at 7:00
PM.
This year’s judges are: Rosemary Rhodes Royston, for Poetry,
and Janice Townley Moore and Carroll S. Taylor for Personal Essay.
Rosemary Rhodes Royston holds an MFA in Writing from Spalding
University and is a lecturer at Young Harris College, Georgia. She is the
author of Splitting the Soil
(Finishing Line Press). Royston's poetry has been published in journals such as Appalachian Heritage, Split Rock Review, Southern Poetry Review,
KUDZU, Town Creek Review, and *82 Review. She’s the VP for Planning
and Special Projects at Young Harris College, where she teaches the occasional
creative writing course.
Her poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize,
she was the recipient of the 2010 Literal Latte Food Verse Award, received
Honorable Mention in a George Scarborough Poetry Contest, at the Mountain
Heritage Literary Festival, and her short fiction being selected as Honorable
Mention in the Porter Fleming Literary Awards, 2012.
Royston is treasurer for
the North Carolina Writers’ Network-West.
Janice Townley Moore, who lives in Hayesville, NC, is an
Atlanta native and Associate Professor Emerita of English at Young Harris
College. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals including The Georgia Review, Prairie Schooner, Connecticut Review, Southern Poetry Review,
Poetry East, and The Journal of the
American Medical Association.
Moore's chapbook, Teaching the Robins, was published by Finishing Line Press. Among
the anthologies that include her poems are The
Bedford Introduction to Literature, and three volumes of: The Southern Poetry Anthology: Contemporary
Appalachia, Georgia, and North Carolina from Texas Review Press.
Moore
serves as the coordinator of the North Carolina Writers’ Network-West poetry
critique group, is a Rep for the North Carolina Writers’ Network-West and is on
the poetry editorial board of The Pharos,
publication of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.
Carroll S. Taylor is a graduate of Tift College (Mercer
University) with a BA in French. She holds graduate degrees in French and
English as well as an EdS in Educational Leadership. She was an educator for
forty-three years. As a secondary teacher, she taught French, English, Journalism,
Creative Writing, and ESL. She advised students in the creation and publication
of school newspapers and yearbooks. After her retirement, Taylor moved on to her
second career as a part-time instructor at Columbus State University, teaching
freshman composition.
She is the author of two young adult novels, Chinaberry Summer and Chinaberry Summer: On the Other Side.
She is currently writing the third novel in the series, Chinaberry Summer: Down by the Water. Her books emphasize
generational storytelling and respect for the valuable role of reptiles and
amphibians in our ecosystem. One of the personal highlights of publishing her
novels was her book reading held in the childhood home of Carson McCullers.
Carroll
is a member of North Carolina Writers’ Network, and the Georgia Poetry Society.
Readers may find her journal blog at chinaberrysummer.com.
Reba Beck, a former Art Instructor for Clay County Schools,
and the President of the Clay County Historical and Arts Council, and Joan
Ellen Gage, of North Carolina Writers’ Network West are sponsoring the Simpson
Beck Student Writing Contest. High School English instructor Carla T. Beck, who
is integral to this writing contest, is the contact for Clay County Middle and
High School.
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