Harrington reviews Bell
Saturday Review: “The Dangerous Myths of Motherhood”, a review by Janis Harrington of Bridget Bell’s All That We Ask of You Is to You Always Be Happy (2025) forthcoming in NCLR Online Fall 2025
poetry
“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.
New NC Poet Wins 2025 Green Performance Poetry Contest
Established poet new to NC takes the 2025 Jaki Shelton Green Performance Poetry Prize
“Not A Night Without A Line” Wins 2024 Applewhite Poetry Prize
Announcing the winners of the 2024 Applewhite Poetry Prize
Mabrey Wins 2024 Jaki Shelton Green Performance Prize
Announcing the winners of the Second Annual Jaki Shelton Green Performance Poetry Competition!
The First Applewhite Prize Poem: John Thomas York
Friday from the Archives: “Lamp” by John Thomas York, the first Applewhite Prize winning poem from NCLR 21 (2012)
Mountain(top) Poetry: NCLR’s Poetry Editor Jeff Franklin
Friday from the Archives: “what poetry can do and how it can do it”: An Interview with NCLR’s Poetry Editor Jeffrey Franklin by James Smith from NCLR 16 (2007)
Have you submitted to either of our April poetry contests yet? If your written poem is chosen by our group of first-pass readers, it will then go to our long-standing Poetry Editor Jeff Franklin for review.
Janis Harrington Wins 2023 Applewhite Poetry Contest
The 2023 Applewhite winner is Janis Harrington. Michael White and Debra Kaufman were also chosen.
Allan Wolf Wins Inaugural Green Performance Poetry Prize
Announcing the winners of the inaugural Jaki Shelton Green Performance Poetry Competition!
Ghost Stories: An Interview With Khalisa Rae
Friday from the Archives: “The last ghost is always the lies that are told”: An Interview with Khalisa Rae Thompson by Maia L. Butler from NCLR Issue 31 (2022)
This week, we are continuing highlighting performance poetry for our first annual Jaki Shelton Green Performance Poetry Contest.