N C P O E T R Y S O C I E T Y. O R G

The North Carolina Poetry

Society serves its membership

by offering opportunities to

study the craft of writing poetry;

to participate in contests and

competitions; and to enjoy

a meaningful connection with

poets throughout our state.

S U P P O R T I N G , P R O M O T I N G , A N D C E L E B R AT I N G P O E T R Y I N N O R T H C A R O L I N A S I N C E

1 9 3 2• Gilbert Chappell Distinguished Poet

Series, in which distinguished poets mentor

selected student and adult poets

• Susan Laughter Meyers Poetry

Fellowship, a one-week residency at

Weymouth Center, with stipend, for a North

or South Carolina poet

• Collaborations with many literary

organizations, events, independent

bookstores, and publishers across the state,

including North Carolina Writers’ Network,

Poetry Out Loud, Winston-Salem Writers,

Nazim Hikmet Poetry Festival

V I S I TVisit ncpoetrysociety.org for more

information and instructions on becoming

a member.

M E N T O R S H I P S , F E L L O W S H I P S , C O L L A B O R A T I O N S

• Meetings four times yearly at

Weymouth Center for the Arts

and Humanities in Southern

Pines, North Carolina: readings,

workshops, award presentations

• Workshops across the state

offering poets instruction and

camaraderie

• Sponsorship of readings,

conferences, festivals, in

collaboration with other

organizations

P R O G R A M S• Pinesong, annual anthology of

the NCPS’s contest winners

• eMuse, monthly electronic

newsletter with announcements

and news of upcoming events

• Pine Whispers, newsletter

published three times yearly and

mailed to members

• ncpoetrysociety.org, with ample

information and links to contest

and competition guidelines,

programs, instructions on

becoming a member and

benefits of membership

P U B L I C A T I O N S

• Adult and Student Contests;

presentation of awards and reading of

winning poems at May meeting

at Weymouth

• Brockman-Campbell Book Award,

recognizing the best book published

by a North Carolina poet

• Lena M. Shull Book Award, selecting

for publication the best full-length

unpublished poetry manuscript by

a poet living in North Carolina

• Randall Jarrell Poetry Contest,

sponsored by The North Carolina

Writers’ Network; reading by winners

at Fall meeting

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