UNC-Greensboro Professor Mark Smith-Soto is the winner of the 2012 James Applewhite Poetry competition for his poem “Last Retreat to Topsail Island.” James Applewhite presented the award… Read More »Mark Smith-Soto Wins 2012 James Applewhite Poetry Prize
Leah Hampton of Waynesville, NC, is the winner of the 2012 Doris Betts Fiction Prize competition for her story “The Saint.” Hampton will receive a… Read More »Leah Hampton Wins the 2012 Doris Betts Fiction Prize
North Carolina poet James Applewhite, Greenville’s City Art Gallery, and the North Carolina Literary Review (NCLR) will collaborate on the second annual exhibit of original art inspired… Read More »James Applewhite Featured at Greenville Gallery
John Thomas York of Greensboro is the winner of the 2011 James Applewhite Poetry Prize competition for his poem “Lamp.” York will receive a prize… Read More »John Thomas York Named First Winner of the James Applewhite Poetry Prize
Presented by J. Y. Joyner Library INAUGURAL EXHIBIT: ANNOUNCING THE STUART WRIGHT COLLECTION Featuring Distinguished Poet Fred Chappell, the inaugural exhibit will take place in… Read More »Stuart Wright: A Life in Collecting
Thomas Wolf of Chapel Hill is the winner of the 2011 Doris Betts Fiction Prize competition for his story “Boundaries.” Wolf will receive a prize… Read More »Thomas Wolf (Without The “E”), Two-Time Winner of the Doris Betts Fiction Prize
The North Carolina Literary Review (NCLR) has announced the new James Applewhite Poetry Prize competition. Editor Margaret Bauer reported that upon noting NCLR had received almost 100 poetry submissions… Read More »North Carolina Literary Review Announces Inaugural James Applewhite Poetry Prize Competition
Poetry giant James Applewhite, Greenville’s City Art Gallery, and the North Carolina Literary Review (NCLR) collaborated on an exhibit of original artwork inspired by the poet’s work.… Read More »Poet James Applewhite Featured at Unique Greenville Gallery Exhibit
The North Carolina Literary Review (NCLR) has won the 2010 Best Journal Design Award in the recent Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ) competition. NCLR is published… Read More »North Carolina Literary Review Receives ‘Best Journal Design’ Award in National Competition
Considering that the first NCLR featured the nature writing of one of North Carolina’s earliest travel writers, John Lawson, it is appropriate that the 20th issue returns… Read More »20th Issue of NCLR to Feature North Carolina Environmental Writing