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  About the Writers' Network...
With more than 1,500 members, the nonprofit North Carolina Writers' Network is one of the largest statewide literary service organizations in the country, but it is also a resource for writers everywhere. Membership is open to all. Among the benefits is a subscription to the bimonthly Writers' Network News, our printed newsletter. To run news or calendar items, classified ads (free to Network members), or display ads in our printed newsletter, contact newsletter@ncwriters.org or call 919-967-9540. The next Network News deadline is August 1 (September/October issue).

The Writers' Network is grateful to the North Carolina Arts Council for its support.

North Carolina Writers' Network
P.O. Box 954, Carrboro, NC 27510
Telephone: 919-967-9540

WRITERS' NETWORK SERVICES...

Manuscript Critiquing and Editing Service
For a nominal fee, Writers' Network members can get feedback about their work from established writers and editors. See link above for details, including bios.

Center for Business and Technical Writing
On-site business, technical, and scientific writing workshops designed to meet the specific writing needs of any organization. See link above for details.

UPCOMING WRITERS' NETWORK EVENTS...

Network West Meetings and Events
NetWest serves serves Clay, Cherokee, Graham, Macon, Swain, Jackson, Transylvania, and Haywood counties in North Carolina, as well as North Georgia writers. Coffee with the Poets is held the second Wednesday of each month at Phillips and Lloyd Book Shop in Hayesville at 10:30 a.m. A Network West poet is featured. Open mic follows and is open to everyone.

Writers' Night Out
Writers' Network members around the state get together on a regular basis for informal networking and socializing. Let us know if you want to start a Writers' Night (or Lunch) Out in your part of the state, and we'll help get you started. Contact mail@ncwriters.org.

NORTHEAST Periodic get-togethers are held at Acoustic Coffee, 302 S. Broad Street, Edenton. Contact Tamika Spruill at t_spruill@yahoo.com.

WILMINGTON This group meets on the THIRD MONDAY of the month at Henry's Restaurant, 2508 Independence Blvd (910-793-2929). Contact Nicki Leone at booklady66@charter.net.

RALEIGH This group meets at Napper Tandy’s, 126 North West Street downtown. Please feel free to bring a short excerpt to share, with a few copies. For more information, contact Cherokee@SoulKissWriter.com.

SANFORD Writing Out Loud is held at 7 p.m. the SECOND TUESDAY of each month at the Lee County Library on Hawkins Avenue, sponsored by the Lee County Arts Council. Contact: C. Pleasants York at Yorkshome@wave-net.net or 919-776-7525.

WINSTON-SALEM An open mic is hosted by Winston-Salem Writers at 7 p.m. the THIRD TUESDAY of the month at Dilworth Coffee House, Towers Shopping Center, 205 S. Stratford Rd. Nonmembers welcome. E-mail: info@wswriters.org.

CHARLOTTE This group meets at Joseph-Beth Booksellers behind Southpark Mall. Contact Tom Berrisford for more information at berristr@earthlink.net

ASHEVILLE Organizer Joan Medlicott, author of the Ladies of Covington novels, says: "It's pretty wonderful that at these gatherings important networking takes place, contacts get made, and information disseminated." Contact jmedlicott@mindspring.com.

NORTH CAROLINA RESOURCES...

News & Observer's Sunday Reader
An archive of short stories and poems published in the N&O.

North Carolina Book Pages
Asheville Citizen-Times////Charlotte Observer////(Raleigh) News & Observer
The (Southern Pines) Pilot////Wilmington Star-News////Winston-Salem Journal

North Carolina Bookwatch
Join D. G. Martin for a new season of interviews with North Carolina authors on WUNC-TV at 9:30 p.m. Fridays, with an encore at 5 p.m. Sundays.

North Carolina Center for the Book
A collaborative project to focus public attention on books, reading, libraries, literacy, print culture, and the literary heritage of the state.

North Carolina Literary Magazines
Appalachian Journal////Asheville Poetry Review////Cairn////Carolina Quarterly////Cold Mountain Review////Crucible////Ecotone: Reimagining Place////Greensboro Review////Main Street Rag////North Carolina Literary Review////Obsidian////The Pedestal////Pembroke Magazine////Tar River Poetry////Tract

North Carolina Miscellany
This Web log explores the state's history, literature, and culture. It's produced, edited, and maintained by the North Carolina Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill.

North Carolina Poet of the Week and Book of the Month
Visit the N.C. Arts Council site above for the "Poet of the Week" and the "Book of the Month" selected by state Poet Laureate Kathryn Stripling Byer.