The new issue of the e-Muse arrived today with news about readings, contests, and publication opportunities around the state. The highlight, though, is this announcement of the NC Poetry Society’s Fall Meeting.
Annual Fall Meeting
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities, Southern Pines, NC
Please mark your calendars! An exciting day filled with readings by award-winning poets, including a reading by Joseph Bathanti, current Poet Laureate of North Carolina.
In the morning, we’ll first hear from the winners of the NCWN Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition, Joseph Mills, Ross White, and Katherine Soniat. Then, the winners of the Brockman-Campbell Book Award read: Kathryn Kirkpatrick and Katherine Soniat.
In the afternoon, we get quite a treat: a poetry reading from the current Poet Laureate of our state: Joseph Bathanti is an award-winning poet and novelist with a robust commitment to social causes.Featuring a reading from current NC Poet Laureate Joseph Bathanti, Also, the winners of the Randall Jarrell and Brockman-Campbell Book Awards will read.
To find out more about the program, visit http://www.ncpoetrysociety.org/events.