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May 26, 2015
One City, One Book 2015
The One City, One Book selection for this year is Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods. The Greensboro Public Library, along with several community partners, leads a city-wide reading of a selected title every other year. The readings are followed by discussion, films, theatrical productions, and more to engage the community in the themes of the selected title. For more information about this year's selection, see One City, One Book 2015. Happy reading!
May 20, 2015
Gabrielle Freeman of Greenville Wins Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition
Gabrielle Freeman of Greenville, NC, is the winner of the 2015 Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition for her poem, “Failure to Obliterate.” She will receive $200 and publication in a special supplement of storySouth. Freeman's poetry has been published or is forthcoming in many journals, including Beecher’s Magazine, Chagrin River Review, Gabby, Hobart, Melancholy Hyperbole, Minetta Review, Shenandoah, and Waxwing. She has been nominated twice for the Best of the Net, and she was a finalist in 2014. In 2013, she earned her MFA in poetry through Converse College.
The first runner-up was “Testimony,” by Ann Deagon of Greensboro. “Every Field of Paradise,” by Chapel Hill’s Ralph Earle, was second runner-up. The Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition honors the work and legacy of the poet and critic Randall Jarrell, who taught at what is now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro for nearly eighteen years. storySouth is an online literary journal dedicated to showcasing the best poetry (and fiction and creative nonfiction) that writers from the "new south" have to offer.
Gabrielle Freeman
The first runner-up was “Testimony,” by Ann Deagon of Greensboro. “Every Field of Paradise,” by Chapel Hill’s Ralph Earle, was second runner-up. The Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition honors the work and legacy of the poet and critic Randall Jarrell, who taught at what is now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro for nearly eighteen years. storySouth is an online literary journal dedicated to showcasing the best poetry (and fiction and creative nonfiction) that writers from the "new south" have to offer.
May 7, 2015
2015 Squire Summer Writing Residency
The 2015 Squire Summer Writing Residency runs from Thursday, July 23
through Sunday, July 26. This summer's program will be held at East Carolina University and will offer intensive workshops with
accomplished instructors, group events such as readings, discussions, and meals, and a
chance to share your work and bond with other dedicated writers.
Registrants will select workshop sessions in the genre of their
choice—Fiction, Creative
Nonfiction, or Poetry.
These sessions will begin on Friday morning and continue until mid-day
Sunday, July 26. For more information about the program and how to
register, click here.
Jan DeBlieu (Creative Nonfiction)
Amber Flora Thomas (Poetry)
Luke Whisnant (Fiction)
May 1, 2015
Wilmington Native Wins 2015 Doris Betts Fiction Prize
Brad Field, a Wilmington Native and retired English professor, has been named winner of the 2015 Doris Betts Fiction Prize. His story, "Achmed's Lesson," will appear in the North Carolina Literary Review’s 25th issue in 2016, and he will receive a prize of $250 from the North Carolina Writers' Network. Read the full story here!
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