North Carolina Poetry Society Event Calendar 2009


NCPS Poetry Event Calendar
This page lists information about poetry events sponsored by the NC Poetry Society, the Poetry Council of NC, the NC Haiku Society, and the NC Writers' Network. For earlier calendars see: NCPS 2009 NCPS 2008 NCPS 2007 NCPS 2006 NCPS 2005 NCPS 2004 NCPS 2003

2010 Calendar Event links may be added below as details become available and time permits. Click Here for a schedule of other poetry readings Jan. 16 North Carolina Poetry Society — Winter Meeting Featuring: Janice Moore Fuller, Jacki Shelton Green, and Ruth Moose Southern Pines, NC — Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities Mar. 13 North Carolina Poetry Society — Sam Ragan Poetry Festival Featuring: Poet Kathryn Stripling Byer and Musical Entertainment by Larry Sorkin and Tanja Bechtler Southern Pines, NC — Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities Apr. 15 North Carolina Poetry Society - Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet Series - Central Region - Reading Featuring: Central Region Distinguished Poet Becky Gould Gibson, reading with Central Region student poets Laurinburg, NC — St. Andrews Presbyterian College (8:00 pm) May 15 North Carolina Poetry Society — Awards Day Featuring: Presentation of 2010 NCPS Adult and Student Contests Awards with Readings by Winners in All Contest Categories Southern Pines, NC — Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities Sep. 18 North Carolina Poetry Society - Fall Meeting Featuring: The Brockman-Campbell Book Award winners and the North Carolina Writers' Network Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition winners Southern Pines, NC — Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities

Schedule of Poetry Readings Gilbert-Chappell Reading Series Mar. 12 Cameron Langford (Grade 11) Rachel Carroll (Grade 8) North County Public Library, 4 pm Mar. 24 James Leggett (first-year college) Scotland County Memorial Library, 3:30 pm Apr. 19 Cameron Langford Rachel Carroll Davidson Public Library, 6:30 pm Apr. 22 Celisa Steele (adult) Chapil Hill Public Library, 7 pm *2010 McIntyre Poetry Society Readings Schedule At Fearrington Village (halfway between Pittsboro and Chapel Hill on 15-501) All readings on the fourth Sunday of each month at 2 pm. Jan. 24 Mark Smith-Soto and Fred Chappell Feb. 28 Al Maginnes and Dannye Powell Mar. 28 Marty Silverthorne and Nancy King Apr. 25 John Amen and Lenard Moore May 23 Margaret Baddour and Tony Abbott June 27 Bruce Lader and Dave Manning July 25 Joan McLean and Richard Krawiec Aug. 22 Ruth Moose and David Riggsbe Sep. 26 Scott Owens and Alex Grant Oct. 24 Irene Honeycutt and TBA

Poetry Event Details
Saturday, January 16, 2010 — NCPS Winter Meeting Southern Pines, NC — Weymouth Center, 555 East Connecticut Ave. Event Schedule 09:15 Registration: order lunch, or bring your own (coffee and nibbles in the kitchen) 10:00 Short business meeting (Tony Abbott presiding) 10:30 Workshops [choose one]: — Janice Moore Fuller: Short Forms — Jaki Shelton Green: Lifting and Writing from behind Our Veils — Ruth Moose: No Ideas But in Things 12:00 Lunch (book room open) 01:00 Readings by Janice Moore Fuller, Jacki Shelton Green, and Ruth Moose 02:15 Open mic readings and recitations (Schedule subject to change) Saturday, March 13, 2010 — Sam Ragan Poetry Festival and NCPS Spring Meeting Southern Pines, NC — Weymouth Center, 555 East Connecticut Ave. Event Schedule 09:15 Registration: lunch orders ($10, cash or check payable to I95) until 10:15 am--or bring your own lunch; coffee, tea, and snacks 10:00 Business meeting with Tony Abbott, president, presiding 10:30 Reading by Kathryn Stripling Byer 11:30 Open mic and recitation 12:00 Lunch, socializing, walking in the gardens (weather cooperating!), and perusing the book room 01:00 Music and poetry by Larry Sorkin and Tanja Bechtler 02:00 More open mic and recitation (Schedule subject to change) Saturday, May 15, 2010 - Awards Day Southern Pines, NC — Weymouth Center, 555 East Connecticut Ave. Event Schedule 09:15 Register. Order a box lunch if not paid in advance (see below for more information on ordering box lunches) until 10:15 am (or bring your own lunch). Enjoy coffee, tea, and snacks. Buy the 2010 Pinesong (members and winners receive one free copy). Student contest winners meet upstairs. 10:00 Tony Abbott, president, presides at the business meeting in the great room. 10:15 Pinesong* 2010 is dedicated to Libby Campbell. 10:30 Winner of the Poet Laureate Award reads, followed by the finalists. Student contest winners read. Adult contest winners read (Caldwell Nixon Jr. Award, Lyman Haiku Award, and possibly others). 12:00 Lunch, socializing, walking in the gardens (weather cooperating!), and perusing the book room 01:15 Remaining adult contest winners read (Thomas H. McDill Award, Joanna Catherine Scott Award, Mary Ruffin Poole American Heritage Award, Katherine Kennedy McIntyre Light Verse Award, Poetry of Courage Award, and Poetry of Love Award, if they don’t read before lunch). LUNCH ORDERS As Awards Day in May is our largest meeting, please pre-order your box lunch by May 1. (Box lunches will also be sold the morning of the meeting, but to allow us to give our caterer, 195, as accurate an estimate as possible, we would appreciate your advance orders.) Please send $10 for each lunch (check payable to 195) and a note indicating whether you want chicken, tuna, or vegetarian to: Celisa Steele 407 James Street Carrboro, NC 27510 For questions, please contact celisa@steelcob.com or phone 919.451.0075*. (Schedule subject to change)