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Good news from our members!
The North Carolina Writers' Network is happy to announce good news from our members. If you have had a piece published, won a prize in a competition, or received an award or honor for your writing, let us know and we'll post the news here. "Hats Off" announcements are available to members only. To post your item on the website, please click here.
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Hats Off! to Judy Dearlove whose debut novel Play On! was recently released from RCWMS books. Set in a retirement community, Play On! celebrates the resiliency and creativity of characters who acknowledge their own mortality while embracing the life-affirming values of friendship and solidarity. Along the way, they confront age discrimination, a nearly estranged daughter, the tribulations of technology, and a cunning adversary. Ultimately, however, the greatest challenge comes from within.
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Hats Off! to Sam Barbee, Jenny Bates, Michael Gaspeny, John Haugh, NCWN Vice President of the Board of Trustees Paul Jones, Jeanne Julian, Peter Venable, Donna Wallace, and Emily Herring Wilson, whose poems appear in the inaugural issue of Hermit Feathers Review, the literary journal of Hermit Feathers Press.The press, founded by Angell Caudill, launched just this year.
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Hats Off! to Leah Jones of Durham who was nominated for Author of the Year by ACHI Magazine Awards and won the Editors Choice Award for her novel Diving Horses and her poetry collection Hibriten. Leah's work discusses North Carolina's beauty, culture, and diversity, as well as women's rights and the environment. She tries to raise awareness of social issues.