NCLR’s 2025 Spring Issue with New Fiction by Jim Grimsley
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!
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2025 Poetry Contest Judges: Bowens & Bathanti
The 2025 Poetry Contest judges are…
NCLR’s First 2025 Issue Introduces “LGBTQ+ Literature” Feature
The Winter online issue of the North Carolina Literary Review introduces the 2025 feature, LGBTQ+ Literature of North Carolina.
Fackler Wins the Doris Betts Fiction Prize
Greensboro’s Evan Fackler wins this year’s Betts Prize!
NCLR Releases Fourth Issue of the Year
The Fall issue feature rounds out with pieces by Ashely Harris, Vivian Bikulege, Paula Gallant Eckard, and more. (Cover art by Nysie Hurst)
NCLR Launches First Crowd-funding Campaign
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.
“Not A Night Without A Line” Wins 2024 Applewhite Poetry Prize
Announcing the winners of the 2024 Applewhite Poetry Prize
NCLR Staff Expands with New Managing Editor
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.
Mabrey Wins 2024 Jaki Shelton Green Performance Prize
Announcing the winners of the Second Annual Jaki Shelton Green Performance Poetry Competition!
“Guest Star” Wins 2024 Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize
Congratulations to Ashlen Renner, the 2024 Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize Winner, as well as honorable mentions for Erick Aguilar and Loss Pequeno Glazier.