Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Maren Mitchell is the new Georgia representative for NCWN-West


NCWN-West is delighted to announce that Maren O. Mitchell, who lives in Young Harris, Georgia is our new representative for NCWN-West in the north Georgia region. Rosemary Royston, who served as representative and as program coordinator in the past resigned to become treasurer. She is taking the place of the late Newt Smith, our treasurer since 2009.


Maren Mitchell is a well-published poet who is now holding a poetry group that meets monthly at the library in Young Harris. I have heard much praise from those attending. Maren is giving extra time to assist poets with publishing tips.  As many as twelve or thirteen people are joining this group each month. Contact the library for date and time of meetings. 

You can find Mitchell's professional profile at:
https://netwestmembers.blogspot.com/2015/05/maren-o-mitchell.html

You can contact Mitchell at: marenomitchell@gmail.com

Monday, December 3, 2018

Poet Maren O. Mitchell's poems appearing in The Lake, online poetry journal, and The Macguffin Literary Magazine



Maren O. Mitchell’s poem, “O without a kickstand, Q” appears in The Macguffin, Volume 35.1, and her poem, “Falling Toward Winter” appears in The Lake, December issue, online UK journal.


Maren O. Mitchell, poet and author of Beat Chronic Pain, An Insider's Guide:



 


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.
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
 
Two poems, “X Is a Kiss on Paper” and “T, Totally Balanced,” have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes by contributing editors of Pushcart. In 2012 she received 1st Place Award for Excellence in Poetry from the Georgia Poetry Society. Her nonfiction book, Beat Chronic Pain, An Insider’s Guide, (Line of Sight Press, 2012) www.lineofsightpress.com is on Amazon. Interconnecting with writers throughout mountain towns in northern Georgia, she participates in monthly critique groups and public reading venues.