The day will kick off with a showcase of readings from the winners of North Carolina poetry competitions: NCPS’s Lena Shull Book Contest, Brockman-Campbell Book Award, and Susan Laughter Meyers Poetry Fellowship, in conjunction with the Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities; NC Writers’ Network’s Randall Jarrell Poetry Prize; and the NCLR/NCPS Jaki Shelton Green Performance Poetry Prize.

A vegetarian buffet-style lunch will be available for purchase, provided by Sassool.

After lunch, there will be a writing workshop facilitated by poet and educator, Tyree Daye, entitled “From my heart through my breath into a line: Breath as Meaning in Poetry”

Rounding out our day, there will be an Open Mic, open to all in attendance as time allows.

For more information and to register, please visit the event site: https://www.ncpoetrysociety.org/events/