Flagship Issue #34 for NCLR
Our 34th issue celebrates our award winners, artists, and our feature.
News
New NC Poet Wins 2025 Green Performance Poetry Contest
Established poet new to NC takes the 2025 Jaki Shelton Green Performance Poetry Prize
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.
Susan Wilson of Clemmons Wins the ’25 Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize
Congratulations to Susan Wilson, our Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize Winner for 2025, and the runners up and other finalists!
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!
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.