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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

CFS: 2027 Southern Gothic in North Carolina Literature! Deadline is 8/31/26 for author interview pitches, scholarly critique ideas, or literary analysis! FICTION only accepted via Betts Fiction contest in October. Details: nclr.ecu.edu/2026/05/01/2...

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

NC POETS: we've extended the Applewhite Poetry Prize Contest a bit longer. All you need to enter is to subscribe. Details: nclr.ecu.edu/submissions/...

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Did we hear someone say it was National Library Week? We adore all the libraries featuring local authors in their displays. Libraries are a fantastic place to start your Read Local journey!

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Zachariah Claypole White @zachariahcw.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Thank you to @nclitreview.bsky.social for choosing this bonkers story as an honorable mention for the 2025 Doris Betts Fiction Prize and for including it in their most recent online issue! issuu.com/eastcarolina...

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North Carolina Literary Review Online Spring 2026

A literary review published online quarterly by East Carolina University and by the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association.

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Need some more good news today? Our Spring 2026 Issue is available to read now! 100 pages of North Carolina literary goodness. Click the cover here: nclr.ecu.edu/issues/nclr-...

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Our Winter '26 issue is now live! Check out all the book reviews (25 books!!) plus the amazing creative writing and the first of our Military Writing in North Carolina pieces! issuu.com/eastcarolina...

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Are you hanging out by the fire and need something to read on this cold wintry day (at least here in NC)? We suggest you check out the latest issue of NCLR Online! nclr.ecu.edu/issues/nclr-...

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Our 2026 Special Feature "Saluting Military Writing" closes on 8/31!! Anyone who is 1) an #NCwriter and 2) active duty/veteran/family member writing about #military service can submit! #Fiction goes through the upcoming Betts Prize contest. All the details: nclr.submittable.com/submit

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Please read our complete submissions guidelines before submitting. Categories are active (i.e, genre/section submission categories are visible) during the submission period.If you have difficulty maki...

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

2026 Feature Call for Submission CLOSES 8/31! Accepting interviews and literary criticism by and about North Carolina writers who have served or are in the military or who write about their experiences related to loved ones' military service. More details at nclr.submittable.com/submit

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

New Editors' Blogpost, this month by our 2026 Guest Feature Editor Anna Froula! "All veterans are humanists in one way or another, having lived, if also not lost the extremes of human experience." Read: nclr.ecu.edu/2025/06/16/v...

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Working on this week's Friday from the Archives and wishing I could go back in time to Black Mountain College's heydey. What's a literary time travel location for you?

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

As someone who once featured Cats of North Carolina Writers in an issue, we are fur-scinated by this.

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Bull City Press @bullcitypress.com · 21/05/2025

We love Daniel Wallace interviews.

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MelfromNC💙🇺🇦☮️ @melindathomsen.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

issuu.com/eastcarolina... I’m thrilled to announce my poem, “Nadiya Becomes a Sonnet” is in the current Spring 2025 issue of the North Carolina Literary Review. @nclitreview.bsky.social

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North Carolina Literary Review Online Spring 2025

A literary review published online quarterly by East Carolina University and by the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association.

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

NCLR Online Spring 2025 is NOW AVAILABLE! ⬇⬇⬇ nclr.ecu.edu/issues/nclr-... Tell us your favorite piece (and it can totally be your own!), since we're partial to every single page. Help us celebrate releasing our second Spring issue ever!

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Congrats to former NCLR intern @inacarino.bsky.social on winning the 2025 Lucille Medwick Memorial Award from @poetrysociety.org !

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

CALLING ALL POETS! If you hail from NC, we'd love to hear from you for either or both of our POETRY PRIZE competitions! Winners get automatic publication AND a cash prize! Check out all the details: nclr.ecu.edu/submissions/ (and please share!)

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

"Asked to speak on “the renaissance of North Carolina literature,” my reaction had been: what renaissance? How can you have a renaissance when there has never been a waning?" -- Our dear Editor Margaret Bauer, in our 2013 issue. 😍

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Happy Pub Day to UNCG Creative Writing faculty member Xhenet Aliu! EVERYBODY SAYS IT'S EVERYTHING launches today from Random House buff.ly/LoI1HuF #UNCGEnglish #UNCG #UNCGWay #FindYourWayHere @mfagreensboro.bsky.social

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Happy Pub Day to UNCG Creative Writing alum Carole Boston Weatherford! RAP IT UP! launches today from Henry Holt & Co. buff.ly/vFCEd7o #UNCGAlumni #UNCGEnglish #UNCG #UNCGWay #FindYourWayHere @mfagreensboro.bsky.social

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

UPDATE!! Joining winner Ashlen will be UNC Professor of Creative Nonfiction Stephanie Elizondo Griest (who also happens to be Ashlen's former professor!). We are so excited to listen to these two read and have a lively Q&A about their creative work. (and hope Ashley Harris gets well quickly!)

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Creative Nonfiction Writers!! Come hear a couple of last year's Albright winners and finalists and get all your questions answered about our contest, this Saturday 2/22 in Southern Pines! Details: ticketmesandhills.com/events/alex-...

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

ICYMI: EVERYBODY SAYS IT'S EVERYTHING, the latest novel from UNCG Creative Writing faculty member Xhenet Aliu is now available for pre-order from Random House buff.ly/4eFjWld @mfagreensboro.bsky.social #UNCGEnglish #UNCG #UNCGWay #FindYourWayHere

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

ICYMI - YOU BETWEEN THE LINES, the debut novel by UNCG Creative Writing alum Katie Naymon is now available for pre-order from Hatchette Book Group buff.ly/4iHh3U6 @mfagreensboro.bsky.social #UNCGAlumni #UNCGEnglish #UNCG #UNCGWay #FindYourWayHere

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Spoken Word Artists!! Mark your calendars for April! The Jaki Shelton Green Performance Poetry Contest is for you! Details: nclr.ecu.edu/submissions/...

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

THIS JUST IN: Albright Creative Nonfiction Contest Winners/Finalists reading will be Saturday Feb 22nd at 2pm at The Country Bookshop in Southern Pines! More details soon!

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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

@thehometownholler.bsky.social podcast welcomes authors Belle Boggs & Sylvester Allen Jr. to discuss the life and legacy of Wyatt Outlaw, the first African American to serve as Town Commissioner and Constable of Graham, NC. ➡️ Watch for their Ferris and Ferris Book, coming Fall '25 from UNC Press ⬅️

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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Happy Pub Day to UNCG Creative Writing alum Carole Boston Weatherford! If Kamala Can: . . . You Can Too! launches today from Sourcebooks buff.ly/3P2uNvc @mfagreensboro.bsky.social #UNCGAlumni #UNCGEnglish #UNCG #UNCGWay #FindYourWayHere

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Take a break from *gestures at everything* and read the first of our 2025 issues! Now Available! Free! issuu.com/eastcarolina...

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Hey, we resemble that remark!! Thank you for all you do for us!

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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Due South-WUNC's most anticipated books of winter/spring 2025, including THE ANTHOLOGY OF BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE POETRY (on sale 2/18/25)—thanks for the callout Flyleaf Books! www.wunc.org/show/due-sou...

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Due South's most anticipated books of winter/spring 2025

Leoneda Inge chats with Maggie Robe of Flyleaf Books about some of the most anticipated new releases of the new year.

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Christopher Pittard @christopherpittard.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

A reminder - don't use Amazon, but go to bookshops, which play a far more vital role in promoting literacy just by simply making books more visible, and allow you to find things by chance rather than by what the algorithm decides.

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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Calling all Southern poets! Apply for the Southern Prize and State Fellowships for Literary Arts by February 12. Visit southarts.org/grants-opportunities for more info. Here's the 2024 anthology we published in partnership that contains 9 stories chosen last year.

Photo of WHAT WE ARE BECOMING: 2024 SOUTHERN PRIZE & STATE FELLOWSHIPS FOR LITERARY ARTS anthology. Copies available at hubcity.org/becoming.

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

If you want to be inspired to write for our current Albright Creative Nonfiction Contest (now through March 1!), check out what judge @paulcrenstorm.bsky.social is writing.

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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Ever wonder which university presses publish in a particular field? Check out the updated AUPresses Subject Area Grid, one of our most popular resources. It offers an accessible overview of 130 subject areas published by more than 140 members worldwide. bit.ly/3C7ASUc

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Spread the word, Bluesky! Our #CreativeNonfiction contest is now open, through March 1! Check out all the details here: nclr.ecu.edu/submissions/...

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NC Writers' Network @ncwritersnetwork.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

The Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize closes Jan 30! Winner receives $1,000 and publication in The Thomas Wolfe Review. Open to all writers regardless of geographical location or prior publication. Don't miss your chance. www.ncwriters.org/programs/com... #writingcompetitions #amwriting #writingcontest

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NC Writers' Network @ncwritersnetwork.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

The Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition, sponsored by the North Carolina Writers’ Network, opens today! Submit your single poems for a chance to win $200 and publication in @storysouth.bsky.social. Deadline is March 1. For details and entry, visit: www.ncwriters.org/programs/com...

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NC Writers' Network @ncwritersnetwork.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Congratulations to USMC First Lieutenant Hunter Mendenhall, winner of NCWN’s first Barrax/Bayes Poetry Contest for his poem “The Salty Son.” Mendenhall will receive $250 and his poem will be considered for publication in the NC Literary Review. Read more here: www.ncwriters.org/news/network...

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U. S. Marine Wins First Barrax/Bayes Poetry Contest | North Carolina Writers' Network

USMC First Lieutenant Hunter Mendenhall has won the NCWN’s first Barrax/Bayes PoetryContest for his poem “The Salty Son.”

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NC Writers' Network @ncwritersnetwork.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

The mountains are calling. ⛰️ Registration is now open for the Network’s Spring Conference taking place in Asheville, May 2-4, 2025. Open to members and non-members with plenty of registration options! Register now to reserve your spot. www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Happy News! Congrats to Evan Fackler, this year's Doris Betts Fiction Prize Winner! And to all our finalists.

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

While we're looking forward to getting to know folks here, a reminder that to be assured of seeing all NCLR updates and CONTEST SUBMISSION info, the best is to sign up for monthly newsletter: nclr.ecu.edu

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North Carolina Literary Review @nclitreview.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

We're here to promote NC's rich literary culture. If you're an NC author or teaching/researching/writing about NC authors, we want to follow your work.

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