Ehle and Kenan Prizes Winners in NCLR 2025
This year’s Ehle Prize goes to Katherine Henninger and the Kenan Prize belongs to Anna Creadick.
This year’s Ehle Prize goes to Katherine Henninger and the Kenan Prize belongs to Anna Creadick.
Congratulations to Susan Wilson, our Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize Winner for 2025, and the runners up and other finalists!
Our Spring issue, due out for release later this month, contains a new short story by Jim Grimsley, poetry from the ’24 Applewhite contest, 21 book reviews, and more!
The 2025 Poetry Contest judges are…
The Winter online issue of the North Carolina Literary Review introduces the 2025 feature, LGBTQ+ Literature of North Carolina.
Greensboro’s Evan Fackler wins this year’s Betts Prize!
The Fall issue feature rounds out with pieces by Ashely Harris, Vivian Bikulege, Paula Gallant Eckard, and more. (Cover art by Nysie Hurst)
ECU’s English Department and the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences are proud supporters of the North Carolina Literary Review. Your support—every little bit adds up—means NCLR can continue training the next generation of editors, writers, and graphic designers.
Announcing the winners of the 2024 Applewhite Poetry Prize
Lyra Thomas joins the staff of NCLR as the first Managing Editor. They will also work in the ECU English Department as a Teaching Assistant Professor, teaching a variety of writing courses.