Accepting what is to come
You can’t change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust your sails.
I can't believe how much is going on this spring and summer. I am a member of the NC Poetry Society and on the committee for Poetry Day. My sister is traveling with me to Hickory for Poetry Day.
I am one of the volunteers working on the Netwest Writers Conference in May. It takes many volunteer hours to hold a conference.
And as part of the NC Poetry Society, I will be reading in Franklin, NC. in July.
I hope to see you, my friends and readers,
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| Scott Owens |
at the events below.
Saturday, April 26, 9:30 am - 3:00
pm
Catawba Valley Community College, Hickory NC
Becky Gould
Gibson, NCWN Regional Representative, Scott Owens, and Pat
Riviere-Seel will read as part of the 2014 North Carolina Poetry
Society's Poetry Day. Owens, NCWN Regional Rep Glenda Beall,
and others will sit on a panel, "The State of Poetry in Western NC." The day
also includes workshops and an Open Mic.
Saturday, May 10, 9:15 am
Jackson
County Courthouse Library Complex, Sylva, NC
Judy Goldman will
give the Keynote Address; Gary Carden and Newton
Smith will present "History and Writing: the Cowee Tunnel Tragedy";
Kathryn Stripling Byer and Nancy Simpson will
present "Building a Readership for Your Poetry"; William Everett
will be the special guest at a workshop hosted by City Lights
Bookstore; and more at the 2014 NetWest Writers Conference. Register: www.netwestwritersconference.blogspot.com.
Saturday, July 19, 2:00 pm
Macon County Community Facilities Building, 1288 Georgia Rd., Franklin NC
Glenda Beall and others
will read as part of a poetry reading series sponsored by The North Carolina
Poetry Society and Ridgeline Literary Alliance.
On April 14, poets from across the state will descend upon Hickory, NC, as Catawba Valley Community College hosts the Poetry Council of NC’s annual Poetry Day celebration. As many as 30 award-winning poets are expected, including Katherine Soniat of Asheville, Susan Lefler of Brevard, and Joanna Catherine Scott of Chapel Hill, winners of the Oscar Arnold Young Award for the year’s best book of poetry from NC.
This 62-year-old event will bring winners of the Council’s annual poetry contests together with poetry lovers as the winners receive their awards and share their poetry with all who attend. The event will also feature the debut of the Council’s 2012 annual awards anthology, Bay Leaves, and a live-judged Poetry Slam. Attendance is free and everyone is welcome.
The doors of CVCC’s Student Center will open at 9:20 for registration. The dedication of Bay Leaves will follow at 10:00, after which winners will be announced for the Charles Shull Traditional Poetry Award, the Charlotte Young Elementary School Student Award, and the Gladys Owings Hughes Heritage Award. All winners present will give a reading of their winning poems.
Before breaking for lunch, poets are invited to participate in the Poetry Slam. Entering the Slam requires a $5 entry fee and features awards of $35, $25, and $15 for first, second, and third place performances. Judging the Slam will be author, Emmy-winner, and coach of Slam Charlotte, Boris Rogers, also known as Bluz.
Following lunch, winners will be announced for the Ellen Johnston-Hale Light Verse Award, the Carol Bessent Young Middle School Student Award, the James Larkin Pearson Free Verse Award, the Sam Ragan High School Student Award, and the Poetry Slam.
The event will conclude with readings from the winners of the Oscar Arnold Young Book Award. For more information on Poetry Day or the Poetry Council of NC, visit www.poetrycouncilofnc.wordpress.com or contact Scott Owens at (828) 234-4266.
