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WHAT TO VERSE: Poetry Writing & Performance, at the Gantt Center. Join Emmy Award winner Boris "Bluz" Rogers as he leads you step-by-step on a creative writing journey. Workshop participants will write and perform a poem that incorporates writing techniques acquired in the class. Targeted for ages 12+ and for adults, this could be the start – or resurgence – of your writing practice. Part of the Family First series. Info
WHAT TO NOT MISS: Judy Goldman's blog post for Charlotte Lit, "Nervous." It opens: “Whenever something good happens to you regarding your writing, you just get nervous,” my daughter tells me. She’s talking about when I’m on my way to publication, when I get a positive review, when I win a prize. What’s also true is that when something bad happens to me regarding my writing (publication impossible, bad review, no prize), I get nervous. Read the rest here.
WHAT TO POD: Charlotte Readers Podcast: In episode 247, host Landis Wade visits with Rose Senehi, author of Falling Off a Cliff, a novel of the Appalachian Mountains, in which two women decades apart traverse the same path—one woman searching for her past, the other looking toward the future. In episode 248, Landis visits with Walter Bennett, author of The Last First Kiss, a meditative novel of love and last chances set against the backdrop of an oncoming hurricane in the Outer Banks.
WHAT TO BLOG: Storied Charlotte this week is about the filming, here in Charlotte, of Judy Blume’s Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret. In it, Mark West recounts meeting Judy Blume in New York City in 1985.
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 CHARLOTTE WRITERS CLUB
Monday, October 11, 7:00 p.m. — Virtual Writing Salon & Social Time via Zoom.
Thursday, October 14, 2021at 7:00 p.m. Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, virtual reading and conversation.
October 22 (and every 4th Friday) — LIVE Open Mic Night for CWC Members to read their work, 6:45 - 9 p.m. Mug's Coffee, 5126 Park Road, Charlotte.
Learn more about these events and register at charlottewritersclub.org.
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NORTH CAROLINA WRITERS' NETWORK
November 19- 21: Fall Conference, Sheraton Imperial in Durham-RTP — and available as a livestream so that writers can attend from home. More than 20 classes on the craft and business of writing, spread across five sessions in two days, plus three multi-session Master Classes, a Manuscript Mart and a Critique Service, and three general-session panel discussions: “From Lore to Lit and Back Again,” with the NC Folklife Institute; “Community Journalism,” sponsored by PEN America; and the ever-popular (and self-explanatory) “Agents & Editors.” Info
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FRIENDS OF CHARLOTTE LIT
NEW! Queen City Suspects (Sisters in Crime, Charlotte Chapter): Next chapter meeting, Monday, October 4, 7 p.m. via Zoom. Guest speaker: Terri Bischoff, senior editor from Crooked Lane Books. She will speak to us about the first five pages and what it takes to grab an editor's attention. Info
NEW! Verse & Vino: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation’s signature annual fundraiser is a celebration of reading, writing and the joy of libraries – shared with a community of readers and New York Times best-selling authors. This year: Janet Evanovich, Alka Joshi, Heather Morris, Alex Michaelides, Bryant Terry, and debut author Wanda Morris. November 4, 7 p.m.
Flatiron Writers Room in Asheville hosts a number of great classes, some in person and some online. Check out Manipulating Time, November 14, with Tessa Fontaine; and Scrivener Essentials with Charlotte Lit's Paul Reali, October 16; Creating Audiobooks with Landis Wade, October 20. Info
19th Annual James River Writers Conference, Online, October 8-10, with pre-conference master classes on Friday, October 8. Classes, agent one-on-one meetings, and "First Pages Panel" with literary agents. Info
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Doris Betts Fiction Prize, sponsored by the NC Writers' Network, awards $250 and publication in the North Carolina Literary Review to a short story under 6,000 words. The final judge is Monique Truong. Deadline is October 31. Info
Ruth Moose Flash Fiction Contest, from Charlotte Writers Club. Stories up to 500 words. $15 CWC members, $20 non-members. Deadline October 19. Info
CWC North & Mooresville Arts Ekphrastic Exhibit 2: Seeking poets and artists to participate in an ekphrastic art exhibit. Eight works of art will be featured along with sixteen poets’ interpretations at a reception on June 10, 2022, at the Mooresville Arts Gallery. This is a two-part judged, non-compensatory exhibit open to members of CWC and poets in the Carolinas. Deadline October 20. Info
Press 53 Award for Short Fiction: For an outstanding, unpublished collection of stories. First Prize: $1,000 Advance, publication (softcover and hardcover), 50 copies. Deadline: December 31. Info
Seeking Poetry Mentors: Charlotte Lit is partnering with The Dozen Years of Digging Poetry Festival to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Winterfield Community Garden in East Charlotte on Saturday May 14, 2022. The festival is working with Winterfield Elementary and other CMS schools to commemorate the garden through sustainability themed poems. Students are being asked to write poems which will be included in a collective journal for the celebration. Poetry mentors from the community will conduct revision workshops with students serve as judges to select a winning poem that will be displayed on a memorial in the garden. The workshops will begin in late October / November. If interested, please contact Brooke Lehmann at brooke.lehmann@gmail.com.
And don't forget: Charlotte Lit's Writers/South Awards. $10,000 in prizes, deadline December 1. Info
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CHARLOTTE LIT'S MISSION is to celebrate the literary arts by educating and engaging writers and readers through classes, conversations, and community.
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Charlotte Lit is a community, open to all. Through our programming and practices, we consciously reach out to non-majority and under-represented groups and individuals.
— Charlotte Lit's Statement of Inclusivity, adopted by our Board of Directors
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Charlotte Lit is Grateful for the Support of...
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Charlotte Lit is honored to have Stephanie Elizondo Griest as the nonfiction judge for our inaugural Writers/South Awards.
