North Carolina Poetry Society

North Carolina Poetry Society Since 1932 the North Carolina Poetry Society has existed as an all-volunteer organization especially for poets and friends of poetry.

For face-to-face meetings and workshops

The NCPS Board is committed to providing safe spaces for meeting together and to protecting the vulnerable. We strongly recommend indoor masking for all, regardless of vaccination status. If you do not wear a mask, please act responsibly and compassionately. Some attendees may be at high risk. Please do not attend in person events if you have had fever, COVID symptoms, or a positive test within the past 5 days.

Congratulations to Bridget Bell, the winner of the 2026 Brockman-Campbell Book Award for her collection, All That We As...
06/03/2026

Congratulations to Bridget Bell, the winner of the 2026 Brockman-Campbell Book Award for her collection, All That We Ask of You Is to Always Be Happy (CavanKerry Press, 2025)!

The judge this year was poet Matthew Lippman. Honorable mentions were awarded to Proud Roads by Kelly Riedesel, and Mackenzie Kozak’s no swaddle. Thanks to everyone who entered!

Link: https://cavankerrypress.org/products/all-that-we-ask-of-you-is-to-always-be-happy

Thank you to our 2026 Pinesong Dedicatee Joan Barasovska for all of her valuable and innumerable contributions to the No...
05/19/2026

Thank you to our 2026 Pinesong Dedicatee Joan Barasovska for all of her valuable and innumerable contributions to the North Carolina Poetry Society and the field of poetry in North Carolina and beyond! Additionally, thank you to all of our awarded Pinesong Youth and Adult anthology winners, as well as all who were able to join us and share their poetry with us!

What a glorious day at Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities with NCPS!!! Special thanks to our board, interns, and volunteers for making this meeting of poetic minds a wonderful success!

Be sure to join us again in September! Definitely more to come!

https://www.instagram.com/p/DYh2VmelLKu/?img_index=1&igsh=MXJycG9mMGljcnAyNg==

Congratulations to our Gilbert-Chappell mentees in the Eastern Region on a successful reading at ECU this week! First Pi...
04/25/2026

Congratulations to our Gilbert-Chappell mentees in the Eastern Region on a successful reading at ECU this week! First Picture from left to right: Edward Palmer (mentee), Gideon Young (Distinguished Poet), Cynthia Ward (mentee) and Kelly Jones (Regional Coordinator).

Additionally, we are grateful to all who came and participated in the open mic! It made this event so much more special!

Finally, sincere thanks to ECU English/NCLR Prof. Lyra Thomas for her assistance with organization and to Ecu Joyner Library for the reading space and grace.

Join Poet and Author Gideon Young and Mentees at East Carolina University on Thursday, April 23! This is sure to be an e...
04/22/2026

Join Poet and Author Gideon Young and Mentees at East Carolina University on Thursday, April 23! This is sure to be an exciting reading with an open mic to follow! See details below!

North Carolina Poetry Society North Carolina Literary Review

Join us for an evening of poetry featuring Gideon Young and his mentees, organized by our very own Lyra Thomas.📖

Enjoy a range of voices, creative expression, and community—plus an open mic for those who want to share their own work!🎤

📅 April 23
⏰ 5:00–7:00 P.M.
📍 Faulkner Gallery, Joyner Library

All are welcome—and yes, there will be free snacks. 😋

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Greenville, NC
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