POETS OF WNC - DON'T MISS THIS CHANCE TO STUDY WITH CATHY SMITH BOWERS

There are still spaces available for the poetry workshop with Cathy Smith Bowers at the Network's Squire Summer Writing Residency, July 24-26, at Warren Wilson College.
Cathy has been described as "an inspiration and model for her students. Cathy is on fire with love for the written word and she fires up her students as well. Her students love and admire her; they flock to her creative writing classes."
Her work has appeared in publications such as the Atlantic Monthly, the Gettysburg Review, the Georgia Review, Poetry, the Southern Review, and the Kenyon Review. She served for many years as poet-in-residence at Queens University of Charlotte, where she received the 2002 J. B. Fuqua Distinguished Educator Award.

She now teaches in the Queens low-residency MFA in Creative Writing Program, and at conferences throughout the United States.


The Squire Summer Writing Residency offers:
Affordable three-day session includes daily classes, free writing periods, evening readings & discussions, and group meals
Commuter rates for those who do not wish to stay on campus
Limited number of dedicated writers in each workshop
In-class exercises and "hands on" discussion of work

The registration deadline is July 8th. Please visit our website to get more information and to register online. We hope you can join us for a weekend of poetry and community in the cool mountain air.



Best Regards,

Virginia Freedman
Administrative Director

North Carolina Writers' Network
P.O. Box 954
Carrboro, NC 27510
Phone: 919.251.9140
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Silverarts Winners

Brenda Kay Ledford and Blanche L. Ledford received medals for their entries in the 2009 Cherokee County Silverarts literary competition May 16 during an award's ceremony held at Murphy First Baptist Church; Murphy, NC.

Brenda received a silver medal for her entry, "Birthday Present." Blanche won a bronze medal for her story, "Red Shoes." Nancy Gadsby and Clarence Newton were the judges for the Silverarts literary competition.

Brenda is a member of North Carolina Writers' Network and North Carolina Poetry Society. Her work has appeared in OUR STATE, ASHEVILLE POETRY REVIEW, PEMBROKE MAGAZINE, and other journals.

Blanche's work has appeared in many publications including EXIT 109, MOONSHINE AND BLIND MULES, LIGHTS IN THE MOUNTAINS, and other journals.

Another Netwest Winner in Poetry

Congratulations, Janice Townley Moore, first place winner in poetry, Press 53 Open Awards anthology.

The results of the 2009 Press 53 Open Awards writing contest are posted online at http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1024106115&msgid=1837059&act=KZ5G&c=416361&admin=0&destination=http://www.press53.com/OpenAwards_2009.html.

Celebrate Nancy Simpson

Nancy Simpson celebrates her 100th post on her blog, Living Above the Frost Line. Look at the photo on her page today of some Netwest members back in 1998 when we soaked up Nancy's gifts in her classes at Tri-County Community College. Can you name those writers?

NETWEST SUPPORTS INDEPENDENT BOOK STORES

Curiosity Shop Bookstores in Murphy and Andrews, NC
sent their upcoming events list.


Friday, 5/29 - 5-7pm Hondo will be playing music at The Shoppes of Murphy.
5pm - Relay for Life in Konehete Park, Murphy

Saturday, 5/30 3-4pm The Bear Notes will play music at our Andrews location.

Saturday, 6/6 11:00am-1:00pm Senator Zell Miller will be in our Murphy store to sign his book, Purt Nigh Gone
The Murphy Spring Fest takes place that day downtown.
(If you can't be here that day and want him to sign a book, you may purchase in advance and we'll take care of it)!

Saturday, 6/13 11am-1pm Senator Zell Miller will be in our Andrews store.

Saturday, 6/20 6pm - 11pm Andrews "Cruise Night". Join us on our deck to watch the action!!

Saturday, 6/27 - Andrews Cultural Art Center Garden Tour
also, Andrews Music Festival

Waynesville book store - Osondu's coming events

This week's events at Osondu's books in Waynesville, NC

Friday the 29th
@ 7:00 p.m. tea tasting

Saturday the 30th
@ 11:00 a.m. tea tasting

@ 3:00 p.m. meet the author Sarah Addison Allen
Sarah Addison is the author of Garden Spells and The Sugar Queen. Come out support Sarah by attending her signing. If you have never read her books or met her you will be so happy you came. If you have read and met her you will be thrilled to see her again. :)

@7:00 p.m Music with Lorraine Conard
This is our last Saturday night of music. So come in join us in thanking Lorraine for the year of music she has provided on Saturdays.
We will see Lorraine on many of the Friday Art after Dark evenings.

Tuesday June 2nd
@10:00 a.m. Mystery Book Club first meeting. All our welcome.

Squire Summer Writing Residency to be held in WNC

Western North Carolina Writers - Now is the perfect time to sign up for the Squire Summer Writing Residency at Warren Wilson College, near Asheville.



North Carolina Writers’ Network

SQUIRE SUMMER WRITING RESIDENCY

Friday–Sunday, July 24–26
Warren Wilson College
Swannanoa, NC

Writing Workshops Featuring:

Poetry with Cathy Smith Bowers
Fiction with Tommy Hays
Nonfiction with Catherine Reid


Register by July 8 at http://www.ncwriters.org/ or call 336-293-8844.

SILVER BOOMER BOOKS CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Silver Boomer Books issues a Call for Submission


Two anthologies - be sure to check these links.

http://silverboomerbooks.com/submissions.htm

http://www.eaglewingspress.com/guidelines.htm





Karen Greene

abilenewritersguild.org

writing as:Kerin Riley Bishop

silverboomerbooks.com

silverboomers.com

frecklestowrinkles.com

New Anthology is making progress

The new Netwest anthology will have a lovely cover, I'm sure, although it hasn't yet been chosen. Photos are coming each day and I get excited to see what the next envelope will hold.
Work on the book is moving along as CDs have been mailed to Nancy Simpson, Editor. Each story, essay or poem will be proof-read several times before all are combined into one file to go to Katje, Karen Holmes daughter, who will format the book for the printer. It will take many weeks, many hours of reading, and more reading before the manuscript is complete.
If your work was selected for the anthology, and if you cannot make a CD with your work and a fifty word bio, please contact Nancy
and we will work out something so that your poem or prose piece will not be left out.

NETWEST MEMBER, JACK JOSEPH PRATHER RECEIVES RAVE REVIEWS

Jack Joseph Prather, author and poet, is reading and signing his highly praised new novel - The Day of the Knights.

Saturday, June 13th from 11:30-2 p.m. at Mike's On Main, Main Street and Third Avenue, Hendersonville, NC

Tuesday, August 18th from noon-1:30 at the Lanier Library, Chestnut Street, Tryon, NC

Thursday, August 20th from 4-5:30 p.m. at the Henderson County Library, Washington Street, Hendersonville, NC

Be sure to check out Jack's website: http://www.jackjosephprather.com/
Order The Day of the Knights from Amazon.com and other sites you will find on Jack's website.

One reviewer asks for a sequel, and others say this book is impossible to put down. A page-turner, it seems. If you have read Jack Joseph Prather's books, please leave a comment.

Candy Maier Scholarship Fund

Mary Ricketson, Netwest Rep for Cherokee County, Mary Jo Dyre, Netwest Representative on the Board for NCWN Board of Trustees, Glenda Beall, Program Coordinator for Netwest, Gwendie Camp, Chairman of the Candy Fund, Cheryl Dietrich, treasurer of the Candy Fund stand in front of a beautiful quilt at the Curiosity Shop Bookstore in Murphy. The quilt was raffled off and a name drawn the day of our visit.

Recently Gwendie Camp and Cheryl Dietrich drove down to join Mary Jo Dyre who acts as a liaison for the Candy Fund, and her guests, Mary Ricketson and Glenda Beall to discuss the future of the new non-profit charity over lunch at Shoebooties' restaurant in Murphy. In the three years this fund has been active, they have raised $11,000 and given out 50 scholarships totaling $8, 000.
They are ready now to develop a website, send out a newsletter and hold a series of fundraisers. Gwendie says they have volunteer positions available on the Board of Directors and for regional coordinators to reach out beyond the boundaries of Asheville to women south and north of Buncombe county.

We offered our support from Netwest because we believe this to be a needed organization. The Candy Maier Fund provided scholarships to several of our members in the past couple of years. The Fund is seeking donations to help meet the growing need for Candy Fund scholarships. Donations, any amount is appreciated, are tax-exempt.The Candy Fund is the only scholarship program of its type in this area.
You can reach the Candy Maier Scholarship Fund for Women Writers by email: thecandyfund@yahoo.com or by snail mail: 4B Long shoals Road #164, Arden, North Carolina, 28704-7781.

Jo Carolyn Beebe and Karen Holmes read to a full house at JCCFS

Karen Holmes impressed students from around the U.S. as well as locals with her powerful poetry Thursday evening at John C. Campbell Folk School. Karen is a recent member of Netwest. Enthusiastic and energetic, Karen is helping with the new Netwest anthology, and she publishes and edits the online newsletter, Netwest News. With her background as V.P. with ING corporation, she brings new ideas and talent to Netwest.

Jo Carolyn Beebe writes historical fiction. Her long time interest in genealogy provides fodder for her writing. At JCCFS Thursday evening the large audience enjoyed excerpts from her most recent young adult manuscript about Willie, a young boy in Mississippi during the War Between the States. With humor and mystery, she enthralled her listeners, and left everyone wanting more.

Support Our Local Bookstores

Curiosity Shop Bookstores in Murphy and in Andrews, NC
are proud to welcome Senator Zell Miller to our stores to sign his new book, Purt Nigh Gone, about the disappearing "old mountain ways".

Saturday, June 6th - Murphy store (46 Valley River Ave.) from 11:00 am-1:00 pm. This will coincide with the Murphy Spring Festival in downtown Murphy.

Saturday, June 13th - Andrews store (1060 Main Street) from 11am-1pm.

JEFF BIGGERS TO SPEAK IN ASHEVILLE

Jeff Biggers will speak at the Folk Art Center in Asheville, NC on Friday May 22 at 6:30 pm. For more on Jeff click on link below.

http://www.maconnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4722&Itemid=85

Want to reach Ed Southern?

New Address:Ed Southern, Executive Director
North Carolina Writers' Network
P.O. Box 21591
Winston-Salem, NC 27120-1591

336.293.8844