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.
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.
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Sunday, April 7, 2019
Monday, October 29, 2018
Delightful Reading, Nov. 9, Blairsville, GA, Writers' Night Out
Come hear Glenda & Estelle
read these beloved stories.
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Sign-up for Open Mic at the door
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It's the last Writers' Night Out of 2018.
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Friday, Oct 12 Writers' Night Features Loren Leith
Please join us for the entertaining prose of award-winning local writer, Loren Leith. She is our featured reader along with Atlanta poet Danielle Hanson. As always, open mic follows -- sign up at the door. Union County Community Center map here.
Friday, September 7, 2018
Janice Moore & Robert Kendrick at Writers' Night September 14
Janice Townley Moore, who lives
in Hayesville, NC, is an Atlanta native and Associate Professor Emerita of
English at Young Harris College. Her poetry chapbook is Teaching the Robins (Finishing Line Press) and her work has
appeared in esteemed journals including 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
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 poetry critique group, which meets at Tri-County Community College.
Robert Lee
Kendrick grew up in Illinois and Iowa, but now calls Clemson, South Carolina
home. After earning his M.A. from Illinois State University and his Ph.D. from
the University of South Carolina, he held a number of jobs, ranging from house
painter to pizza driver to grocery store worker to line cook. He now teaches.
Kendrick’s poems appear in Birmingham
Poetry Review, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Atlanta Review, Tar River Poetry,
Louisiana Literature, and elsewhere. His first full-length collection, What Once Burst With Brilliance, was
released in 2018 by Iris Press. His chapbook is Winter Skin (Main Street Rag Publishing, 2016).
Monday, June 25, 2018
Don't Miss the Georgia Author of the Year
NCWN-West & Georgia Poetry Society Team Up for Two Events, July 13 & 14
Jane Simpson, Georgia Author of the Year (Chapbook) |
Writers' Night Out, July 13, features Georgia Author of the Year for Poetry (Chapbook)
Jane Simpson. Also featured is NCWN-West member with two new books, Joan Howard. The event takes place at 7 p.m. at the Union County
Community Center in Blairsville, GA. There will also be an open microphone
where audience members can share three minutes of their own poetry or prose. The
event is free and open to the public.
The next day, July14, the Georgia Poetry Society will hold
their quarterly meeting from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Young Harris
College. Featured Georgia poets are Chelsea Rathburn, Jim May, Karen Paul Holmes, and Perry Ivey. The day includes presentations on craft and an open mic
session—plus the camaraderie and good spirits of fellow writers. Breakfast
items will be provided, and lunch is available by advance reservation. While
the meeting, which is free for members and $10 for non-members, will be geared
toward poetry enthusiasts, all writers are welcome.
Joan Howard's poetry has been published in The Lyric, The Road Not Taken: The Journal of Formal Poetry, Lucid
Rhythms, Victorian Violet, the Aurorean, Miller's Pond, Georgia Poetry
Society's Reach of Song (2012), POEM, The Wayfarer, and others.
She has recently published two books: Death
and Empathy: My Sister Web and Jack, Love, and the
Daily Grail (Kelsay Books, 2018) both available on amazon.com. She is a
former teacher, has an MA in German and English literature, enjoys birding and
kayaking on beautiful Lake Chatuge in Hiawassee. She is a member of North
Carolina Writers Network West, North Carolina Writers Network, Ridgeline, and
the Georgia Poetry Society.
Jane Simpson's first chapbook, On the Porch, was awarded Georgia Author of the Year for 2018. Her
previous chapbook was Under the Eave
(FutureCycle Press, 2017), and her full-length book, Blessings of the Beasts, will be published this fall. Her poems
have appeared in Atlanta Review, BorderSenses,
The Chattahoochee Review, Main Street Rag, POEM, The Penwood Review, Poet Lore
(Honorable Mention, Ratner-Ferber-Poet Lore Prize), and elsewhere. She was nominated
for a 2015 Pushcart Prize. In addition, she is the Chief Development Officer
for a non-profit organization and lives in Atlanta and Blue Ridge, GA.
Writers’ Night Out is sponsored by North Carolina Writers’
Network-West and takes place on the second Friday of the month, April through
November. The Union County Community Center is located at Butternut Creek GolfCourse at 129 Union County Recreation Rd., Blairsville, Georgia 30512, off
Highway 129 near the intersection of US 76, phone (706) 439-6092. Food is
available for purchase in The View Grill, but please arrive by 6 pm to get
served. For more information on Writers’
Night, contact Karen Holmes at (404) 316-8466 or kpaulholmes@gmail.com.
Details of the Georgia Poetry Society meeting are in their newsletter,
available on the News page at http://georgiapoetrysociety.org/contests/news/
(select Summer from the list). For more information, and to reserve lunch, contact GPS Treasurer Lyn Hopper, gpstreas@gmail.com by July 2.
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Loren Leith, Maren O. Mitchell, and Rosemary R. Royston to read at JCCFS, The Literary Hour, Wednesday, April 18, 2018
On Wednesday, April 18, 2018, 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:
Karen Paul Holmes, Maren O. Mitchell, and Rosemary Rhodes Royston.
Loren Leith is the author of MOSQ, by Shepherd Graham (pen name), winner of the Silver Royal
Palm Literary Award and the Pascoe Award for Best Thriller of 2011. She is the
recipient of the RPLA award for her short, nonfiction story, My Box Top Cat from
God. Leith is known for her powerful, poignant, and often humorous nonfiction
short stories, soon to be published in book-collection format.
Leith has published numerous professional and scientific articles and authored speeches given to nation-wide psychology-conference audiences.
She is the Founder and Director of Wordsworth Editing, and previously held a position as Literary Judge for the University of Montclair.
Leith has published numerous professional and scientific articles and authored speeches given to nation-wide psychology-conference audiences.
She is the Founder and Director of Wordsworth Editing, and previously held a position as Literary Judge for the University of Montclair.
Maren O. Mitchell: A prolific writer,Mitchell’s poems appear
in POEM, The Comstock Review, Slant, A
Journal of Poetry, The Pedestal
Magazine, Tar River Poetry, Poetry East, Hotel Amerika, Chiron Review, Iodine Poetry Journal, Appalachian Heritage, The South Carolina Review, Southern Humanities Review, The Lake (UK), Skive (AU), The Classical
Outlook, Town Creek Poetry, The Journal of Kentucky Studies, Wild Goose
Poetry Review, Pirene’s Fountain,
Appalachian Journal, The Arts Journal and
Red Clay Reader #4.
Mitchell's nonfiction book, Beat Chronic Pain, An Insider’s Guide, is available on Amazon and through www.lineofsightpress.com.
Her work is included in The Crafty Poet II: a Portable Workshop; The World Is Charged: Poetic Engagements
with Gerard Manley Hopkins; The Southern Poetry Anthologies, V &
VII; Stone, River, Sky: An Anthology of Georgia Poems; Sunrise from Blue
Thunder; Nurturing Paws; and Echoes across the Blue Ridge.
Poems have been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize by the contributing editors of Pushcart.Mitchell's nonfiction book, Beat Chronic Pain, An Insider’s Guide, is available on Amazon and through www.lineofsightpress.com.
Rosemary Rhodes Royston: Her chapbook, Splitting the Soil, is currently available through Finishing Line Press and amazon. Her poetry and flash fiction have been published in the following journals: Southern Poetry Review, Appalachian Heritage, NANO Fiction, The Comstock Review, Main Street Rag, The Museum of Americana, Razor Literary Magazine, The Kentucky Review, Town Creek, *82 Review, KUDZU, Coal Hill Review, STILL, Literal Latte, New Southerner, Flycatcher, Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume V: Georgia, Echoes Across the Blue Ridge, Motif version 3, and Alehouse.
Two of Royston's essays are included in the anthology Women and Poetry: Tips on Writing, Teaching and Publishing by Successful Women Poets (McFarland). Books reviews have been published in Prairie Schooner and, most recently, Appalachian Heritage.
She holds an MFA in Writing from Spalding University. Read an interview with Rosemary at Writer’s Digest. Royston blogs at: https://theluxuryoftrees.wordpress.com/.
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