NCPS Poetry Event Calendar

2008 Calendar

Event links may be added below as details become available and time permits.

Jan. 19   North Carolina Poetry Society — Winter Meeting
	  Featuring: Fred Chappell, Presentation & Poetry Reading
	  Workshops by Alex Grant, Lou Lipsitz, and Gail Peck
	  Southern Pines, NC — Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities 

Mar. 15   North Carolina Poetry Society — Poetry Workshop
	  Workshop Leader: Carolyne Wright
	  Boone, NC - Black Bear Books

Apr. 05   North Carolina Poetry Society — Poetry Workshop
	  Workshop Leader: Barbara Presnell
	  Asheboro, NC - Moring Arts Center

Apr. 19   North Carolina Poetry Society — Poetry Workshop
	  Workshop Leader: David Manning
	  Chapel Hill, NC - Amity United Methodist Church

Apr. 26   North Carolina Haiku Society — Haiku Holiday
	  Featuring: Fleur-de-Lisa, Roberta Beary, Lenard D. Moore, Dave Russo
	  Chapel Hill, NC — Bolin Brook Farm 

May 17    North Carolina Poetry Society — Awards Day Meeting
	  Featuring: Presentation of 2008 NCPS Student and Adult Contests Awards 
	     with readings by winners in all contest categories
	  Southern Pines, NC — Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities 

June 21   Sam Ragan Poetry Festival
	  Featuring: Award-winning poet, lyricist, and singer Keith Flynn, 
	     founder and managing editor of Asheville Poetry Review
	  Southern Pines, NC — Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities

Sept. 20  North Carolina Poetry Society — Fall Meeting
	  Featuring: information will be posted as this date approaches
	  Southern Pines, NC — Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities

Poetry Event Details

Event Schedule
09:15   Registration:   box lunch order ($10), or bring your own lunch
10:00   Business meeting:   NCPS members vote on board candidates
10:15   Workshop introductions:   Alex Grant, Gail Peck, Lou Lipsitz
10:30   Concurrent workshops (choose one):
     —   Alex Grant:   "Writing toward Plenitude: Tools for Generating New Work"
     —   Gail Peck:   "Ekphrastic Poetry"
     —   Lou Lipsitz:   "Digging in the Backyard"
12:00   Enjoy lunch, visit, and peruse the book room
01:00   Open mic:   bring a poem to read (limit of one page)
01:30   Poetry reading and talk by Fred Chappell
            sponsored by Friends of Weymouth Ragan Writers Series
02:30   End of program, or more open mic, if desired

Lunch Orders
— A box lunch may be purchased on-site for $10.00 between 9:15 and 10:00.
— Choices are chicken salad sandwich, tuna salad sandwich, or vegetarian salad.
— All box lunches come with iced tea, side dish, and dessert.
— Pay for lunches by cash or by check made out to caterer 195 Eclectic Cuisine.

Acknowledgement
— Thanks to Friends of Weymouth for joining NCPS for our winter
meeting and for sponsoring the poetry reading by Fred Chappell.

Workshop Description
— Carolyne Wright will conduct this workshop from 9:00am to 3:00pm.
— Participants should bring a bag lunch.
— The cost is $15 for NCPS members and $25 for non-members.
— Participants are encouraged to submit a poem for critique.
— Contact Sue Spirit at degreesoffreedom@verizon.net for more information and to register.

Workshop Leader
Carolyne Wright, winner of the 2007 Independent Publishers Book Award, is the poet in residence at Lynchburg College in Virginia. She has published eight books and poetry chapbooks.

Workshop Description
— Barbara Presnell will conduct this workshop from 10:00am to 3:00pm with:
     * morning critique from 10am–noon with coffee and muffins provided
     * lunch from noon–1:00pm with drinks provided (brown bag or eat locally)
     * afternoon session from 1:00pm-3:00pm with writing exercises
— The cost is $15 for NCPS members and $25 for non-members.
— Registration must be postmarked by March 8 and should include:
     * a check for the appropriate fee made out to the North Carolina Poetry Society, and
     * one poem to be critiqued.
— Registration check and poem should be sent to:
     * Bette Burgess    1825 Lantern Drive    Asheboro, NC 27205
— For more information, call Bette at 336-879-3070.

Workshop Leader
Barbara Presnell’s weekly newspaper column is distributed nationwide by the New York Times News Service. Her award-winning poetry has been widely published and appears in four individual collections of her work. A native of Asheboro, NC, Barbara currently teaches in the English department at UNC-Charlotte and lives with her husband and son in Lexington, NC.

Event Flyer
— See Dave Manning Workshop.

Workshop Description
— Dave Manning will conduct this workshop from 10:00am to 2:00pm.
— Location is 825 N. Estes Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, in Room 2.
— The workshop will be limited to the first 10 applicants.
— Participants should mail or e-mail one poem to Dave Manning by Friday, April 4.
     One week in advance, Dave will distribute copies of participant poems for review.
— Participants should bring their lunches. NCPS will provide coffee/tea/water and snacks.
— The cost is $15 for NCPS members and $25 for non-members.
     Make checks payable to the North Carolina Poetry Society.
     Mail checks to Carol Peters at 1477 Battalion Dr., Charleston, SC 29412.
— E-mail questions to "pssc.programs@gmail.com".

Workshop Leader
David Treadway Manning was the winner of the North Carolina Poetry Society’s Poet Laureate Award in 1996, 1998, and 2006. He is current host of the Friday Noon Poets of Chapel Hill and co-editor of Always on Friday, an anthology of poems from that group. A Pushcart nominee, his poems have appeared in many journals and in five chapbooks. His full-length collection, The Flower Sermon, is now available from Main Street Rag in its Editor’s Select Poetry Series.