Despite COVID-19, 93 poets submitted 328 poems to the 2020 James Applewhite Poetry Prize competition. NCLR Editor Margaret Bauer reports that this year’s participation beats all but… Read More »Poet’s First Submission Selected by North Carolina Poet Laureate for the 2020 James Applewhite Poetry Prize
Andrew Scrimgeour of Cary, NC, is the winner of the 2020 Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize competition for “Trouble in the Heartland,” which will be published in the North… Read More »Andrew Scrimgeour Named Winner of the 2020 Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize
The North Carolina Literary Review (NCLR) editorial staff presented the first Paul Green Prize to Rachel Warner during the launch event for its 2019 issue,… Read More »Rachel Warner receives first Paul Green Prize
Katey Schultz of Celo is the winner of the 2019 Doris Betts Fiction Prize for her story “Something Coming.” She will receive a prize of… Read More »Ben Fountain Selects Story by Katey Schultz for 2019 Doris Betts Fiction Prize
Nancy Werking Poling of Black Mountain is the winner of the 2018 Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize competition for “Leander’s Lies.” Poling will receive $1000… Read More »Randall Kenan Selects Nancy Werking Poling Winner of the 2018 Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize
Miriam Herin of Greensboro, North Carolina, is the winner of the 2018 Doris Betts Fiction Prize competition for her story “Lucky.” She will receive a… Read More »Novelist Miriam Herin Wins 2018 Doris Betts Fiction Prize
Christina Clark of Durham is the winner of the 2017 James Applewhite Poetry competition for her poem “Adrift in the Port City”; and another one… Read More »Christina Clark’s “Gritty” Poem Wins the 2017 James Applewhite Poetry Prize
Catherine Carter is the winner of the 2018 James Applewhite Poetry Prize in a record-breaking year of entries. Carter’s prize-winning poem, “Womb-Room,” will be published… Read More »Catherine Carter Receives Top Prize in Record-Breaking 2018 Applewhite Poetry Contest
Dr. Margaret D. Bauer, professor of literature at East Carolina University and editor of the North Carolina Literary Review, was presented with the state’s top… Read More »Top Honor: Margaret Bauer Presented with North Carolina Award
The state’s highest civilian honor, the North Carolina Award, will be presented to six distinguished North Carolinians Thursday, Nov. 9, at the Raleigh Marriott City… Read More »Editor to Receive North Carolina Award for Literature