Writing and Reading Opportunities
Writing Opportunities for ACC College Students
The Explorer Magazine
A literary magazine published by ACC’s English Department
Annual deadline for personal essays, research essays, short fiction, and poetry is early Fall.
https://www.alamancecc.edu/english-department-site/home/acc-student-writers-contest/
Burlington Times-News
Produces a column in the newspaper every Monday called “Teens and 20s.”
Writing Organizations
Piedmont Voices Writing Project
Burlington Writers Club
North Carolina Writer’s Network
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
North Carolina Arts Council
North Carolina Poetry Society
South Writ Large
Poets & Writers
The Poetry Foundation
Author Readings, Book Clubs, and Events
Burlington/Graham/Mebane
Burlington Writers Club http://www.burlingtonwritersclub.org/
Burlington Writers Club http://www.burlingtonwritersclub.org/
Alamance Public Library Book Clubs
https://www.alamancelibraries.org/adult/adult-book-clubs/
https://www.alamancelibraries.org/adult/adult-book-clubs/
Barnes N Noble https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/store/2285
Chapel Hill
Flyleaf Books http://www.flyleafbooks.com/
Chapel Hill Public Library
Hosts a monthly “Meet the Author Tea” https://chapelhillpubliclibrary.org/events/adults/
UNC English Department
The English department hosts readings throughout the year — check their calendar. Annually, they bring in nationally recognized authors at two main events — the Thomas Wolfe Lecture (held in the Fall) and the Frank B. Hanes Writer-in-Residence Reading (Spring).
UNC’s Sonja Hanes Stone Center for Black History and Culture
The Stone Center hosts an “Author Discussion Series” at the Bullshead Bookstore on campus
http://stonecenter.unc.edu/ (Then click on programs)
Greensboro
Scuppernong Books http://www.scuppernongbooks.com/event
UNCG MFA in Creative Writing sponsored readings http://mfagreensboro.org/
Programs that Feature Authors
WUNC Public Radio
“Books” http://wunc.org/term/books
“Author Interviews” https://www.npr.org/sections/author-interviews/
UNC Public TV
“Bookwatch” http://video.unctv.org/show/nc-bookwatch/