Writers' Conference on UNC-Greensboro campus

Peggy Payne

Searching for information about writing a novel, poetry, a children's book -- or how to publish and market what you've written? Here's an upcoming conference that won't strain your purse or your nerves.

The North Carolina Writers' Network one-day spring conference on April 12 on the UNC Greensboro campus includes a stellar faculty:  acclaimed novelists, editors, poets, memoirists and publishers. Among them: Kim Church ("Byrd"), Steve Mitchell ("The Naming of Ghosts"), Peggy Payne ("Co-Balt Blue"), Nancy Peacock ("Life without Water"), Mark Smith-Soto ("Any Second Now") and Robin Muira (co-director of Carolina Wren Press).
Cost: $99 for NCWN members; $150 for non-members. There's a hefty discount if you register now. Details:  Ed Southern, ed@ncwriters.org. Or www.ncwriters.org.