Saturday, September 17, became a day to remember when NC Poet Laureates John Bathanti and Shelby Stephenson read for the 90th Anniversary of the North… Read More »NC Poetry Society Announces New Poetry Contest Named for NC Poet Laureate
The North Carolina Literary Review accepts submissions for the 2022 Doris Betts Fiction Prize starting Thursday, September 15. The deadline to submit is October 31. Find… Read More »Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle to Judge 2022 Doris Betts Fiction Prize
Final Judge LeAnne Howe selected poems by Barbara Campbell of Charlotte for both the James Applewhite Poetry Prize and Honorable Mention in the contest. Campbell’s… Read More »Barbara Campbell’s Poems Selected for Both 1st place and Honorable Mention in the James Applewhite Poetry Prize Contest
Guest Editor Casey Kayser Many North Carolina writers have written about their own experiences with chronic illness or disability, from Reynolds Price’s meditations on the… Read More »Disability (in) NC Literature
NCLR 2023 will feature Native American Literature of North Carolina, guest edited by Kirstin L. Squint. Submit interviews and articles via Submittable. And if you… Read More »NC Native American Literature
Calling it “astonishing and beautifully written,” David S. Cecelski has selected “In the Summer of Missing Girls” by Audrey Jennifer Smith of Greensboro, NC, as… Read More »Audrey Jennifer Smith Named Winner of the Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize
The North Carolina Literary Review is excited to announce the winners of three honors given for content in our issues: the Paul Green Prize, the John… Read More »Prize-Winning Content Forthcoming in the 2022 North Carolina Literary Review Issues
Heather Bell Adams is the winner of the 2021 Doris Betts Fiction Prize for her story, “The Virgin of Guadalupe’s Moon.” Adams will receive a prize of $250 from the North Carolina Writers’ Network, and her story will be published in the North Carolina Literary Review’s 2022 issue.
Submissions are open for the 2021 Doris Betts Fiction Prize, which awards $250 and publication in the North Carolina Literary Review to a short story under 6,000 words.The deadline is October 31. Find the full submission guidelines, and submit, here. The final judge for this year’s Doris Betts Fiction Prize is Monique Truong.
The North Carolina Literary Review (NCLR) received a record number of poetry submissions to the 2021 James Applewhite Poetry Prize competition: 416 poems by 117 poets. NCLR Editor Margaret… Read More »Out of Over 400 Poems, James Applewhite Poetry Prize Winner Announced