The North Carolina Literary Review (NCLR), produced at East Carolina University, publishes interviews and literary criticism about North Carolina writers and high-quality poetry, fiction, drama, and creative nonfiction by North Carolina writers or set in North Carolina. Our definition of a North Carolina writer is anyone who currently lives in North Carolina, has lived in North Carolina, or uses North Carolina as subject matter.
A cross between a scholarly journal and a literary magazine, NCLR has won numerous awards and citations, including five from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals: the Best New Journal award in 1994, the Best Journal Design award in 1999 and 2010, the Parnassus Award for Significant Editorial Achievement in 2007, and the Phoenix Award for Significant Editorial Achievement in 2014.
Latest News
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FREE BOOKS! (with purchase)
We are preparing for our closet cleanout/issue inventory next week, which seems like a good time to mail out copies of back issues to NCLR readers BUY ANY BACK ISSUES FROM OUR USTORE BEFORE MONDAY AT NOON AND GET A FREE BOOK (from the list below). $2500 of the NCLR budget is contingent upon back…
Current Call for Submissions
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Both 2024 NCLR Poetry Competitions Open
During the month of April, the North Carolina Literary Review is accepting submissions for both written and performance poetry contests from NC poets.
Upcoming Events
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NC Writers’ Network Spring Conference
NCLR will have a booth at the NCWN Spring Conference in Greensboro. And save the date: 5/13, Cherokee, NC: A Celebration of Cherokee writing from NCLR 2023
From the Archives
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The Sensibility of Poet Betty Adcock
Friday from the Archives: “Working With The Wiggle: An Interview With Betty Adcock” by James Smith from NCLR 18 (2009) “Betty Adcock’s work often suggests a struggle with words, an attempt to make them do something, go someplace, for the first time.”
Book Reviews
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Smith reviews Rowland
Saturday Review: “The Stories We Tell – And Don’t Tell” a review by Julia Ridley Smith of Inside the Wolf by Amy Rowland (2023) in NCLR Online Winter 2024
Editors’ Blog
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My First S.W.O.T.
In the current climate’s emphasis upon “pragmatic” programs of study, which Threatens perceived impractical subjects like creative writing and literature, ECU is providing Opportunities for students interested in these subjects…
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