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Muse News
NCPS E-Muse: Would you like to receive e-mails about upcoming
NCPS meetings and events of interest? Send a quick e-mail to
caren@windstream.net with your name, address, and e-mail information and ask
to be added to our e-database. We'd be delighted to update you in cyberspace!
With the additions of Arnie Johanson's A Man and A Horse and Maureen Sherbondy's
Praying at Coffee Shops, the NCPS member
Poetry Book List
has grown to 54 books by 28 members. All current NCPS members are welcome to submit
their own books of poetry for inclusion in this list.
Check out the
North Carolina Poet Laureate webpages on the
North Carolina Arts Council website for features on North Carolina poets.
The Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poets
for 2007-2008 are:
Eastern Region [ contact
Rebecca Godwin ]:
Lenard Moore
Central Region [ contact
David Bell ]:
Tony Abbott
Western Region [ contact
Mary Adams ]:
Cathy Smith Bowers
For more about the Distinguished Poet Series, see the
DPS Guidelines.
The NCPS has created an endowment for a student poetry contest in memory of the late
Joan Scott of The Country Bookshop in Southern Pines. See
Joan Scott Memorial Award.
Brockman-Campbell
Book Award Poetry Pages
have been created for eight winning books so far. All winning poets
(1977-2006) are invited to participate.
To bring a humanities scholar or poet to your community for a six-session
poetry series, see the North Carolina Center for the Book's
NC Reads NC: Our Poets Speak.
The NCPS
From the time of its birth in Charlotte in 1932, the
North Carolina Poetry Society has given awards for excellence
in poetry. In addition to the
Brockman-Campbell Book Award,
the NCPS sponsors annual
Poetry Contests
with awards in 9 adult and 5 student categories.
For an overview of NCPS activities, see the NCPS President's
Welcome Message.
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The NCPS does NOT accept manuscripts or publish
books of poetry for members or visitors.
You may submit your individual poems to our annual
poetry contests.
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