Welcome to the North Carolina Poetry Society. If you would like to become a member of the Society and receive the monthly e-newsletter, the twice-yearly print newsletter, and many other benefits, visit the membership page of this website. Become part of a state-wide community of poets and poetry lovers.
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The North Carolina Poetry Society is an inclusive, welcoming community that does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, age, political preference, or any other category that has been used to divide human beings from each other and the natural world. We value diverse voices and varieties of expression.
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NCPS News
Winners of 2026 Pinesong Awards for Students and Adults Announced
See the full announcement on our blog here.
Winner of 2026 Brockman-Campbell Announced
The winner of the 2026 Brockman-Campbell Book Award is Bridget Bell’s All That We Ask of You Is to Always Be Happy ( CavanKerry Press). Our judge this year was poet Matthew Lippman. Honorable mentions were awarded to Mackenzie Kozak’s no swaddle and Kelly Riedesel’s Proud Roads. To read more, click here.
Registration Now Open for our September 2026 Meeting
We are excited to invite you to the next meeting of the North Carolina Poetry Society!
The next meeting will be held in-person on Saturday, September 19th, from 11 AM – 4 PM, at the Greenville Museum of Art in Greenville, NC!
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 two awards from DEFF honoring the Poet in Workshop, Keith Flynn.
A vegetarian buffet-style lunch will be available for purchase.
After lunch, there will be a writing workshop facilitated by poet and educator, Keith Flynn, entitled “The Rhythm Method, Razzmatazz and Memory: How to Make Your Poetry Swing”.
Rounding out our day, there will be an Open Mic, open to all in attendance as time allows.
We do hope you will join us!
Discover the New NCPS Bookshelf
Take a look at the newly established North Carolina Poetry Society Bookshelf! This bookshelf features poetry books by our upcoming program speakers, North Carolina Poets Laureate, and NCPS members. We want to support North Carolina authors and independent booksellers. Explore here.
New In Memoriam Page
Thanks to the dedicated pioneering work by Debra Kaufman, drawing on the work of others, we now have a list of NC poets who have passed away on our In Memoriam page. Thanks so much, Debra, for helping us honor our literary ancestors!
