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April is National Poetry Month, and to start things off right, FPL and KUAF are looking for your best haiku! During the week of March 3 through March 9th, send your best 17-syllable poem to us at haiku@faylib.org or drop them off at the library! The winners will be chosen by Friday, March 17th, and… Continue reading Calling All Poets to Enter Haiku Contest

The Fayetteville Public Library will host the FPL Author Series with An Evening with Dr. Maya Angelou on Friday, April 11th.  The library will begin taking reservations for free tickets online beginning Monday, March 3 at 9:00am via their website. Assistance will be provided over the phone or in the library to those who do… Continue reading Fayetteville Public Library to Issue Tickets for Maya Angelou Visit

Fayetteville will be officially celebrating National Poetry Month for the first time this April with poetry events for all ages, thanks to a joint effort from the Fayetteville Public Library, KUAF, and local poet Houston Hughes. Over 15 poetry-related activities such as performances, film screenings, and writing workshops are planned over the course of the… Continue reading Celebrate Rhyme and Verse with Poetry Month Fayetteville

University of Tulsa Nimrod International Journal has announced the 36th annual competition and awards for the Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry and the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction, among the most distinguished literary prizes in the country.  The Awards offer first prizes of $2,000 and publication and second prizes of $1,000 and  publication, along… Continue reading Nimrod International Journal 2014 Contests

SSS     January 8, 2018 Mailing deadline for Maureen Egen competition  

Book signing for Madelyn F. Young’s book “Views from an Empty Nest: Award-Winning Tales Written after Fifty” set for April 20, 2012 in Hot Springs Village.

Janis F. Kearney, publisher, author, educator and literacy advocate, will present “Preparing, Pitching, Publishing & Promoting: How to Take Your Manuscript from A to Z” at the Hot Springs Village Writers’ Club Workshop on Saturday, March 17 (9 a.m.-3 p.m.), at the Coronado Community Center in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. Kearney, born one of 19… Continue reading Janis Kearney Featured at HSV Workshop March 17

Arkansas author Carla Killough McClafferty will share how she researched her book about George Washington with the Hot Springs Village Writers’ Club on Monday, January 23, at the Home Plate Café, 5110 North Highway 7, in Hot Springs Village. McClafferty describes her book, The Many Faces of George Washington: Remaking a Presidential Icon, as “C.S.I. meets the… Continue reading Presidential Researcher Speaks to HS Village Writers Jan. 23