Dr. Gene Hirsch's Class at Writers Circle Sunday afternoon

Today at Writers' Circle we enjoyed Dr. Gene Hirsch who taught a class built around the theme of Humanism. In depth discussion from all six participants and Gene motivated us all to to write for meaning and to see how the reader brings her understanding of our words to gain her meaning of our poetry.

We appreciate Dr. Hirsch so much for his generosity to Writers Circle and to the writers in our area. He donated his time today so that the fees for the class can be used to purchase much needed equipment for the studio. The discussions about the poems we read, both those written by students in the class and from books, brought out interesting concepts on meaning and on humanism.

We hope Dr. Hirsch will visit Writers Circle again when he is in this area.

We have good news!

Congratulations to blogger and reader, Abbie Johnson Taylor, author of We Shall Overcome and How to Build a Better Mousetrap: Recollections and Reflections of a Family Caregiver

 A few poems and a short story of Abbie's were recently published in the spring/summer issue of Magnets and Ladders, an online magazine featuring stories, poems, and essays by people with disabilities. You can read the current issue, find more information about the magazine, and read submission guidelines at http://www.magnetsandladders.org/wp/


Visit Abbie's blog and website
http://abbiescorner.wordpress.com
http://www.abbiejohnsontaylor.com

Congratulations to reader Pat Daharsh

We celebrate our readers' accomplishments and tonight I want to congratulate Pat Daharsh.

Honorable Mention in the 2013 ukiahaiku Contest.

halfway home

a tugboat’s horn

splits the fog

Pat has won numerous first place awards for her haiku as well.

Send your success stories to me at nightwriter0302@yahoo.com

Write:  Writers Circle in the subject line

WNC resident Kathryn Stripling Byer is elected to the NCWN Board of Trustees

NCWN West member Kathryn Stripling Byer has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Writers' Network along with a writer from the far eastern part of the state and one from the Raleigh area. Read more here.

http://www.ncwriters.org/news/network-news/3567-three-elected-to-ncwn-board-of-trustees

Joan Howard and Glenda Beall in Wild Goose Poetry Review now

I am happy to have a poem published online in The Wild Goose Poetry Review, and I am happy to announce that Joan Howard also has a poem in the Wild Goose.

Click on this link to read our work. http://wildgoosepoetryreview.wordpress.com/.

Let me know what you think.

Thanks,

Glenda

Author Interview you might like.

Check out this interview with C. Hope Clark, author of Low Country Bribe, an exciting mystery. This is Hope's first published book. She talks about her writing history.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=M5CYHmOGKlo

NCWN's Squire Summer Writing Residency July 11-14 in Western NC

2013 Squire Summer Writing Residency will be July 11–14 on the campus of Western Carolina University in Cullowhee.

The Squire Summer Writing Residency is the Network’s smallest and most intensive conference. Admission is limited to the first fifty registrants who sign up for one of three three-day workshops:

• Poetry with Kathryn Stripling Byer, North Carolina’s first woman Poet Laureate. Byer has published six full-length collections of poetry, including Descent (LSU Press, 2012), her most recent. A re-print of her first, the AWP Award-winning The Girl in the Midst of the Harvest, is forthcoming from Press 53. Her work has appeared in many journals and newspapers, including The Atlantic, Hudson Review, Boston Globe, and Georgia Review.

• Fiction with Elizabeth Lutyens. Lutyens returned to her native North Carolina after a career in the Boston area as a journalist in print and television. Her novel-in-progress, Medicine Island, was a semi-finalist in the 2011 William Faulkner – Wisdom Competition. A faculty member of the Great Smokies Writing Program at UNC Asheville since 2006, she currently teaches its by-invitation Prose Master Class and is editor-in-chief of its online literary magazine, The Great Smokies Review.

• Creative Nonfiction with Catherine Reid. Reid is the author of Coyote: Seeking the Hunter in Our Midst (Houghton Mifflin) and Falling into Place (forthcoming from Beacon Press); she has also edited two anthologies and served as editor of nonfiction for a literary journal. Her essays have appeared in such journals as Georgia Review, Massachusetts Review, Fourth Genre, and Bellevue Literary Review. She is currently the director of creative writing at Warren Wilson College, where she specializes in literary nonfiction and environmental writing.

The Residency will begin on Thursday evening, July 11, with registration and check-in. Workshops begin on Friday morning, July 12, and continue until the early afternoon of July 14. The Residency will also feature panel discussions and readings by faculty and attendees.

Registrants also will enjoy meals together and have the option of staying overnight in on-campus accommodations.

“The small class sizes and extended, intensive format of the Squire Summer Writing Residency makes it especially safe for writers to share their work, get to know other writers, and find inspiration,” NCWN executive director Ed Southern said.

Registration is available online at www.ncwriters.org or by calling 336-293-8844.

The nonprofit North Carolina Writers’ Network is the state’s oldest and largest literary arts services organization devoted to writers at all stages of development. For additional information, visit www.ncwriters.org.

Poets, submit your best poetry for this outstanding anthology.

I was very happy to have a poem in the last Kakalak Anthology.

Beautiful book with great work in it. 

KAKALAK POETRY CONTEST

http://mainstreetrag.com/Kakalak%202013.html

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$10 ENTRY FEE

Must be a native or resident of North Carolina or South Carolina.

Send 1 to 3 poems by email as WORD formatted attachments. Any style, virtually any subject (we are not interested in pornography or poems that promote ethnic or religious hatred), no more than one poem per page, up to 60 lines (including stanza breaks) per poem. Deadline

May 31, 2013.

First Prize -- $300

Second Prize -- $150

Third Prize -- $75

Publication -- One free copy of the published book for each poem 

selected for publication

You can pay the entry fee online. Visit the link above to pay with PayPal or credit card.