NC Writers' Network
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Supporting "The Writingest State" since 1985. We provide a network for North Carolina writers through conferences, online classes, critique services, and other programs. Learn more: https://linktr.ee/ncwriters
✨️Squire Summer Writing Workshop Spotlight!✨️
Don't miss your chance to learn from award-winning author Maddie Norris in "Writing the Body: Embodied Creative Nonfiction."
Registration for Squire Summer Writing Workshops is currently open until July 11: www.ncwriters.org/squire-summe...
Don't miss your chance to learn from award-winning author Maddie Norris in "Writing the Body: Embodied Creative Nonfiction."
Registration for Squire Summer Writing Workshops is currently open until July 11: www.ncwriters.org/squire-summe...
July 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
✨️Squire Summer Writing Workshop Spotlight!✨️
Don't miss your chance to learn from award-winning author Maddie Norris in "Writing the Body: Embodied Creative Nonfiction."
Registration for Squire Summer Writing Workshops is currently open until July 11: www.ncwriters.org/squire-summe...
Don't miss your chance to learn from award-winning author Maddie Norris in "Writing the Body: Embodied Creative Nonfiction."
Registration for Squire Summer Writing Workshops is currently open until July 11: www.ncwriters.org/squire-summe...
We're back after a mini summer break! Just in time to tell you about Squire Summer Writing Workshops, happening at Davidson College in July. You don't want to miss this long weekend of craft intensive sessions. 4 days. 12 writers per workshop. Learn more: www.ncwriters.org/squire-summe...
July 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
We're back after a mini summer break! Just in time to tell you about Squire Summer Writing Workshops, happening at Davidson College in July. You don't want to miss this long weekend of craft intensive sessions. 4 days. 12 writers per workshop. Learn more: www.ncwriters.org/squire-summe...
Spring Conference spotlight: Don’t miss “Writing the Big Issues in YA” with Lauren Yero! In this workshop, we’ll discuss how to write stories that deal with important social and political themes without being didactic.
www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
April 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Spring Conference spotlight: Don’t miss “Writing the Big Issues in YA” with Lauren Yero! In this workshop, we’ll discuss how to write stories that deal with important social and political themes without being didactic.
www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
Spring Conference Spotlight: As a writer, your audience and your community are the two anchors that will keep you motivated throughout your entire career. So you don't want to miss "Finding Your Audience and Building Your Writing Community" with Alyson Sinclair! www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
April 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Spring Conference Spotlight: As a writer, your audience and your community are the two anchors that will keep you motivated throughout your entire career. So you don't want to miss "Finding Your Audience and Building Your Writing Community" with Alyson Sinclair! www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
A big congrats to Anne Raustol of Weaverville, who won this year’s Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize for her story “Brown Butter!”
Read the full announcement: www.ncwriters.org/news/network...
Read the full announcement: www.ncwriters.org/news/network...
April 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A big congrats to Anne Raustol of Weaverville, who won this year’s Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize for her story “Brown Butter!”
Read the full announcement: www.ncwriters.org/news/network...
Read the full announcement: www.ncwriters.org/news/network...
ONLY A FEW SPOTS LEFT! Spring Conference Spotlight: Don't miss your chance to take a Master Class with Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn! Learn more and register: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
April 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
ONLY A FEW SPOTS LEFT! Spring Conference Spotlight: Don't miss your chance to take a Master Class with Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn! Learn more and register: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
Spring Conference Spotlight: Paul Jones! Paul will join authors Patrick Cumby and Michele T. Berger for a can't-miss discussion on writing and A.I. Examine both sides of the coin and one of the most pressing issues of our community.
Registration is now open:
www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
Registration is now open:
www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
April 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Spring Conference Spotlight: Paul Jones! Paul will join authors Patrick Cumby and Michele T. Berger for a can't-miss discussion on writing and A.I. Examine both sides of the coin and one of the most pressing issues of our community.
Registration is now open:
www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
Registration is now open:
www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
Our Executive Director Ed Southern and other network members are in Los Angeles this week for #AWP2025! If you're an NCWN member and attending the AWP conference, feel free to share your photos or tag us! Have fun!
March 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Our Executive Director Ed Southern and other network members are in Los Angeles this week for #AWP2025! If you're an NCWN member and attending the AWP conference, feel free to share your photos or tag us! Have fun!
The TBR pile just got a little bigger, thanks to these excellent books now out in the world! Congrats to our NCWN members.
March 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The TBR pile just got a little bigger, thanks to these excellent books now out in the world! Congrats to our NCWN members.
Don't miss "Biography, Observation, and Belief" with Keith Flynn! This workshop will focus on incorporating elements of the writer’s personal life with tangible visual aspects to give their work greater authenticity and credibility.
Register now: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
Register now: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
March 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Don't miss "Biography, Observation, and Belief" with Keith Flynn! This workshop will focus on incorporating elements of the writer’s personal life with tangible visual aspects to give their work greater authenticity and credibility.
Register now: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
Register now: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
Do you have an inspirational quote near your desk? Something you can look at and remember why you're there? Let us know in the comments!
March 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Do you have an inspirational quote near your desk? Something you can look at and remember why you're there? Let us know in the comments!
Spring Conference Spotlight: Don't miss "Landbound: Writing Artfully About Place" with Jeremy B. Jones! In this session, we’ll explore approaches for putting place on the page. Registration is open for our Spring Conference, happening in Asheville. Register now: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
March 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Spring Conference Spotlight: Don't miss "Landbound: Writing Artfully About Place" with Jeremy B. Jones! In this session, we’ll explore approaches for putting place on the page. Registration is open for our Spring Conference, happening in Asheville. Register now: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
Applause for our Network members who recently celebrated good publishing news!
Are you a NCWN member and have news to share with us? Reach out! We'd love to spotlight you.
Are you a NCWN member and have news to share with us? Reach out! We'd love to spotlight you.
March 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Applause for our Network members who recently celebrated good publishing news!
Are you a NCWN member and have news to share with us? Reach out! We'd love to spotlight you.
Are you a NCWN member and have news to share with us? Reach out! We'd love to spotlight you.
Spring Conference Spotlight: It was a matter of when, not if, we would address the elephant in the writers' room: A.I.
Don't miss Saturday's kickoff panel, "Have You People Never Seen The Terminator? Writers & AI" with Patrick Cumby, Michele Berger & Paul Jones.
www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
Don't miss Saturday's kickoff panel, "Have You People Never Seen The Terminator? Writers & AI" with Patrick Cumby, Michele Berger & Paul Jones.
www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
March 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Spring Conference Spotlight: It was a matter of when, not if, we would address the elephant in the writers' room: A.I.
Don't miss Saturday's kickoff panel, "Have You People Never Seen The Terminator? Writers & AI" with Patrick Cumby, Michele Berger & Paul Jones.
www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
Don't miss Saturday's kickoff panel, "Have You People Never Seen The Terminator? Writers & AI" with Patrick Cumby, Michele Berger & Paul Jones.
www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
What was the last book you read that surprised you? A plot twist, a new form, a memoir epiphany...Let us know in the comments!
March 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
What was the last book you read that surprised you? A plot twist, a new form, a memoir epiphany...Let us know in the comments!
Spring Conference Spotlight: James Beard Award winner Ronni Lundy will take attendees through a series of food-related prompts to enhance their ability to create mood, define character, describe place, and reveal motivation in their work. Learn more & register: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
March 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Spring Conference Spotlight: James Beard Award winner Ronni Lundy will take attendees through a series of food-related prompts to enhance their ability to create mood, define character, describe place, and reveal motivation in their work. Learn more & register: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
"Is Asheville open after the hurricane?" "How do I get the most out of my Master Class?" "Are there books for sale? Will authors sign them for me?"
Your questions will be answered on our Live Q&A on Tuesday, March 11 from 1-2pm. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Your questions will be answered on our Live Q&A on Tuesday, March 11 from 1-2pm. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"Is Asheville open after the hurricane?" "How do I get the most out of my Master Class?" "Are there books for sale? Will authors sign them for me?"
Your questions will be answered on our Live Q&A on Tuesday, March 11 from 1-2pm. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Your questions will be answered on our Live Q&A on Tuesday, March 11 from 1-2pm. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Spring Conference Spotlight: we are thrilled that the one and only Kelle Jolly will join us at the Saturday night network banquet! Registration is open now for our spring conference. Don't wait! Learn more and register: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
March 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Spring Conference Spotlight: we are thrilled that the one and only Kelle Jolly will join us at the Saturday night network banquet! Registration is open now for our spring conference. Don't wait! Learn more and register: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
CLOSING SOON - There's still time to enter the Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition, which honors a single poem. Open to any writer who is a legal resident of North Carolina or a member of the North Carolina Writers’ Network. Send in your submissions by March 1st! www.ncwriters.org/programs/com...
February 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
CLOSING SOON - There's still time to enter the Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition, which honors a single poem. Open to any writer who is a legal resident of North Carolina or a member of the North Carolina Writers’ Network. Send in your submissions by March 1st! www.ncwriters.org/programs/com...
Want something to read that IS NOT the news? Our authors can deliver! Check out the most recent publications from NCWN members.
February 20, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Want something to read that IS NOT the news? Our authors can deliver! Check out the most recent publications from NCWN members.
Spring Conference Spotlight: Join Meg Reid, the Publisher of Hub City Press, as she demystifies all aspects of small press publishing. We'll discuss publishing models, mission, distribution, query letters, agents, & more, followed by a Q&A. Registration is open now: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
February 20, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Spring Conference Spotlight: Join Meg Reid, the Publisher of Hub City Press, as she demystifies all aspects of small press publishing. We'll discuss publishing models, mission, distribution, query letters, agents, & more, followed by a Q&A. Registration is open now: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
Spring Conference Spotlight: Don't miss "Bending Reality" with award-winning author Michele T. Berger! What is speculative fiction and how does it play with realist constructs?
Find out!
Registration is open now: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
Find out!
Registration is open now: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
February 20, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Spring Conference Spotlight: Don't miss "Bending Reality" with award-winning author Michele T. Berger! What is speculative fiction and how does it play with realist constructs?
Find out!
Registration is open now: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
Find out!
Registration is open now: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
Looking for some literary inspiration? Check out these last-half-of-February events and many more. You can see all the details on our Literary Calendar online or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, where you'll receive a curated roundup each Wednesday in your inbox.
February 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Looking for some literary inspiration? Check out these last-half-of-February events and many more. You can see all the details on our Literary Calendar online or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, where you'll receive a curated roundup each Wednesday in your inbox.
Spring Conference Spotlight: We're thrilled to have author Heather Newton offering the class, "The Use of Sound in Prose." How can you describe sound in your prose in a way that is both original and instantly familiar to the reader?
Registration is open now: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
Registration is open now: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
February 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Spring Conference Spotlight: We're thrilled to have author Heather Newton offering the class, "The Use of Sound in Prose." How can you describe sound in your prose in a way that is both original and instantly familiar to the reader?
Registration is open now: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
Registration is open now: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
SCHOLARSHIP ALERT! Thanks to the generosity of our friends at Flatiron Writers Room, we are able to offer a full Spring Conference scholarship to one WNC writer of color for the weekend of May 2-4, 2025. Learn more, spread the word, and apply here: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
February 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
SCHOLARSHIP ALERT! Thanks to the generosity of our friends at Flatiron Writers Room, we are able to offer a full Spring Conference scholarship to one WNC writer of color for the weekend of May 2-4, 2025. Learn more, spread the word, and apply here: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...