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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unpublished poetry manuscript by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
A N N U A L C O N T E S T S A N D A W A R D S