LITERARY ARTS
MEETINGS AND GROUP UPDATES
Johnston County Writers Group – August 2020 e-News
The Johnston County Writers Group will not have a group meeting in August.
We encourage you to participate in these other summer writing activities!
Special Facebook Live Local Event! Don’t miss new Smithfield author Michele Leathers’s Facebook Live event on Tuesday, July 28 at 8 pm. Michele and her husband Ryan published “Shadow Copy: Exit Darkness,” a manuscript they’d worked on together, during the COVID-19 shut down. Ask them any questions – from how to self-publish to what it’s like writing a book together. Michele is a member of the Johnston County Writers critique group that meets in Selma once a month.
VOTE throughout the month of August for your favorite entry in the Johnston County Arts Council JoCo Strong Art Challenge on the their Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/events/541378593406958
Author Roundtable: Saturday, August 8, 3:00 pm, Online, Cost: Free. RSVP: https://loom.ly/KUo6DYU. Join Page 158 Books (Wake Forest, NC) for a digital author roundtable featuring Heather Bell Adams, Caitlyn Hamilton Summie, Amy Willoughby Burle, J. D. Cortese, and Gregg Cusick. RSVP to save your spot! One of the many events promoted by the North Carolina Writers Network (www.ncwriters.org).
Writers of Rohan: Meet on Zoom on Wednesdays, August 12 and August 26 from 6 to 8 pm for critique sessions and networking. Contact Alison Hendrix, lightingthedark@hotmail.com for details.
Deadline for submissions – County Lines: A Literary Journal 2021: is August 15. County Lines Literary Journal is an annual literary anthology compiled by the Franklin County Arts Council Writers’ Guild. The Writers’ Guild is calling for entries of prose, poetry and art for the eighth edition to be published for 2021. There are no restrictions on age or residence of persons submitting. Past writers and artists have been from all over North Carolina and the Southeastern states. The 2021 journal is expected to be printed by December 2020. http://www.fcacarts.org/uploads/PDF%20Documents/2021%20County%20Lines%20Call%20To%20Authors%20Guidelines.pdf
Clayton Poetry Group: Meets Saturday, August 19 from 2 to 3:30 pm on Zoom. Bring a poem to share. In addition to sharing and writing, we will talk about the art and craft of poetry and its power to forge connections and healing. Facilitated by Leslie Waugh, founder of Write From Your Heart https://www.leslie-waugh.com/. Email jocowriters@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
Selma Write-In: Network with other writers or bring something to write on Wednesday, August 19 from 10 am to noon in Vick Park, 112 E Anderson Street in uptown Selma! Pizza, Honduran food, ice cream and fudge, all nearby. Spread out on numerous tables and benches, or write in the shade of the Gazebo across the street.
Selma Public Library Critique Group: Meets Thursday, August 27 at 10 am at the Gazebo behind Town Hall in Selma (library is currently closed). Bring a lawn chair for extra social distancing. Critique pages are due August 13. For more information, contact j ocowriters@gmail.com .
Fourth Friday Selma Open Mic: Meets Friday, August 28 from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm on Zoom. Bring something to read or perform, or sit back and enjoy the evening’s presentation. Email jocowriters@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
September 2 – Deadline for the Insecure Writer’s Support Group: Anthology Contest. Genre: Science Fiction. Theme: Dark Matter. Word Count: 4,500-6,000. Final judges: Dan Koboldt, #SFFpit founder, and Lynda R. Young. Sponsored by IWSG, a home for writers in all stages; from unpublished to bestsellers. For more info and to submit, visit: https://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/p/the-2019-annual-iwsg-anthology-contest.html.
Save the Date – Southern Festival of Books: October 1-11, Online, Cost: Free. Website: https://www.humanitiestennessee.org/programs-grants/core-program-overview/southern-festival-of-books-2020/ Authors confirmed for this year’s virtual Festival include Nikky Finney; Joe Hill; Erik Larson; Ann Patchett; and Natasha Trethewey. The full roster of more than 100 authors, including youth programming.
The Johnston County Writers Group will not have a group meeting in August.
We encourage you to participate in these other summer writing activities!
Special Facebook Live Local Event! Don’t miss new Smithfield author Michele Leathers’s Facebook Live event on Tuesday, July 28 at 8 pm. Michele and her husband Ryan published “Shadow Copy: Exit Darkness,” a manuscript they’d worked on together, during the COVID-19 shut down. Ask them any questions – from how to self-publish to what it’s like writing a book together. Michele is a member of the Johnston County Writers critique group that meets in Selma once a month.
VOTE throughout the month of August for your favorite entry in the Johnston County Arts Council JoCo Strong Art Challenge on the their Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/events/541378593406958
Author Roundtable: Saturday, August 8, 3:00 pm, Online, Cost: Free. RSVP: https://loom.ly/KUo6DYU. Join Page 158 Books (Wake Forest, NC) for a digital author roundtable featuring Heather Bell Adams, Caitlyn Hamilton Summie, Amy Willoughby Burle, J. D. Cortese, and Gregg Cusick. RSVP to save your spot! One of the many events promoted by the North Carolina Writers Network (www.ncwriters.org).
Writers of Rohan: Meet on Zoom on Wednesdays, August 12 and August 26 from 6 to 8 pm for critique sessions and networking. Contact Alison Hendrix, lightingthedark@hotmail.com for details.
Deadline for submissions – County Lines: A Literary Journal 2021: is August 15. County Lines Literary Journal is an annual literary anthology compiled by the Franklin County Arts Council Writers’ Guild. The Writers’ Guild is calling for entries of prose, poetry and art for the eighth edition to be published for 2021. There are no restrictions on age or residence of persons submitting. Past writers and artists have been from all over North Carolina and the Southeastern states. The 2021 journal is expected to be printed by December 2020. http://www.fcacarts.org/uploads/PDF%20Documents/2021%20County%20Lines%20Call%20To%20Authors%20Guidelines.pdf
Clayton Poetry Group: Meets Saturday, August 19 from 2 to 3:30 pm on Zoom. Bring a poem to share. In addition to sharing and writing, we will talk about the art and craft of poetry and its power to forge connections and healing. Facilitated by Leslie Waugh, founder of Write From Your Heart https://www.leslie-waugh.com/. Email jocowriters@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
Selma Write-In: Network with other writers or bring something to write on Wednesday, August 19 from 10 am to noon in Vick Park, 112 E Anderson Street in uptown Selma! Pizza, Honduran food, ice cream and fudge, all nearby. Spread out on numerous tables and benches, or write in the shade of the Gazebo across the street.
Selma Public Library Critique Group: Meets Thursday, August 27 at 10 am at the Gazebo behind Town Hall in Selma (library is currently closed). Bring a lawn chair for extra social distancing. Critique pages are due August 13. For more information, contact j ocowriters@gmail.com .
Fourth Friday Selma Open Mic: Meets Friday, August 28 from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm on Zoom. Bring something to read or perform, or sit back and enjoy the evening’s presentation. Email jocowriters@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
September 2 – Deadline for the Insecure Writer’s Support Group: Anthology Contest. Genre: Science Fiction. Theme: Dark Matter. Word Count: 4,500-6,000. Final judges: Dan Koboldt, #SFFpit founder, and Lynda R. Young. Sponsored by IWSG, a home for writers in all stages; from unpublished to bestsellers. For more info and to submit, visit: https://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/p/the-2019-annual-iwsg-anthology-contest.html.
Save the Date – Southern Festival of Books: October 1-11, Online, Cost: Free. Website: https://www.humanitiestennessee.org/programs-grants/core-program-overview/southern-festival-of-books-2020/ Authors confirmed for this year’s virtual Festival include Nikky Finney; Joe Hill; Erik Larson; Ann Patchett; and Natasha Trethewey. The full roster of more than 100 authors, including youth programming.
