Tuesday, February 27, 2018

New Post on Network blog about Nancy Simpson

Today on http://www.ncwriters.org/whitecross/ you can find a blog post about Nancy Simpson. Remembrances from Janice Moore and Blanche Farley take us back to the days before there was a NCWN or NCWN-West. See photos of Nancy as a young woman who traveled with others to Atlanta to find a place to read her poetry to an audience.

Karen Holmes, outstanding poet and friend to Nancy, writes about Nancy's poetry. I write about how I met Nancy and what she has meant to me as a writer.

If you like poetry and you don't have Nancy's last book, click on the link below to order it.

https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780932112613

Many people are visiting this site to read the interview I did with Nancy in 2003 and to read more recent posts about Nancy. Please leave a comment on this blog or email me, glendabeall@msn.com to express your thoughts.

Sunday, February 25, 2018

NCWN-West's Spring 2018 Flash Fiction Writing Contest call for submissions



Call for Submissions
North Carolina WritersNetworkWest (Network-West)
Spring 2018 Flash Fiction Writing Contest

Whos Eligible: Members of Network-West whose dues are paid up to date.

Original Work: The entry must be the author's original work and not previously published.

Eligible Genres: The entry must be fictional and includes all genres except childrens fiction. Creative non-fiction is not eligible for submission.

Dates: Submissions will be accepted upon receipt of this announcement. All entries must be emailed or postmarked by April 15, 2018.

Entry Fees: An author may enter up to three submissions. A fee of $5.00 must accompany each entry. Entry fees will be used for awarding prizes to the winners.

Length: The word count (excluding the title) may not exceed 1,000 words.

How to Enter: No entry form is required. Electronic and paper entries are acceptable. Handwritten copies cannot be accepted.
To submit by email, copy and paste the manuscript into the body of an email or send the manuscript as an email attachment to novelistapproach@gmail.com
Paper manuscripts and checks for email and paper entry fees should be submitted by mail to Pat Meece Davis, 23 Tutor Lane, Brevard, NC, 28712.
An author may enter up to three manuscripts, but each entry must be submitted separately with a $5.00 fee for each.

Authors Identifying Info: The author's identifying information and manuscript title should appear on the subject line of the email or on a separate sheet of paper if entering by mail. No identifying information should be on the manuscript.

Judges: Judging will be non-biased. Writersidentities will not be shared with the judges.
  
Agreement to Publish on the Network-West blog: By entering this contest, the author agrees that Network-West may publish the winning entry/entries on its website. Each winner will be asked to provide a short one-paragraph biography to accompany the published manuscript.