“My Stillborn Son, the Moon” Wins 2025 Applewhite Poetry Prize
Karen Sherk Chio takes the top prize, and all poets who placed and were selected as finalists included in our latest news.
Karen Sherk Chio takes the top prize, and all poets who placed and were selected as finalists included in our latest news.
Our 34th issue celebrates our award winners, artists, and our feature.
Established poet new to NC takes the 2025 Jaki Shelton Green Performance Poetry Prize
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)