The 2026 James Applewhite Poetry Prize contest received a record number of submissions – over 425 poems from 135 different poets. Final Judge Tyree Daye… Read More »2026 Applewhite Poetry Prize Goes To Becky Gould Gibson
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… Read More »Harrington reviews Bell
Karen Sherk Chio takes the top prize, and all poets who placed and were selected as finalists included in our latest news.
Established poet new to NC takes the 2025 Jaki Shelton Green Performance Poetry Prize
Announcing the winners of the 2024 Applewhite Poetry Prize
Announcing the winners of the Second Annual Jaki Shelton Green Performance Poetry Competition!
Friday from the Archives: “Lamp” by John Thomas York, the first Applewhite Prize winning poem from NCLR 21 (2012)
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… Read More »Mountain(top) Poetry: NCLR’s Poetry Editor Jeff Franklin
The 2023 Applewhite winner is Janis Harrington. Michael White and Debra Kaufman were also chosen.
Announcing the winners of the inaugural Jaki Shelton Green Performance Poetry Competition!