UPCOMING EVENTS
“Grief To Healing” A Poetry and Short Prose Workshop
with Phillip Shabazz
Deadline to Register – Wednesday, June 17, 2020
In this workshop we will use what we gather from our readings and experiences to write poems or short prose to document the journey from grief to healing. Writing from grief is essentially part of the process
of healing. Most everyone has been hit by a misfortune that takes you to the brink, and there’s not much you can do but suffer it. Sit with it. How do we write about what has happened?
How do we use writing poetry as a healing tool in grief?
Before the workshop, participants will submit a poem, or short prose piece, as well as up to three questions they have about revising and improving their own work.
Date: JUNE 20
Time: 10:00 AM to 3:00PM
Workshop Size: 5-12
Location: Online via Google Meets
Cost: $60
What I Provide: critique, feedback, and advice on your written work What’s In It For You: receive techniques of how to strengthen your writing.
Early-bird discount: $10 off through MON, JUNE 15
Register & Pay Online - Select “Grief To Healing” A Poetry and Short Prose Workshop (select full price or Early Bird Special price)
Register Online & Pay by Mail with check payable to Franklin County Arts Council, P.O. Box 758, Louisburg NC 27549 with “Grief To Healing” Select “Grief To Healing” A Poetry and Short Prose Workshop (select full price or Early Bird Special price)
COUNTY LINES: A LITERARY JOURNAL
CALL TO WRITERS & ARTIST - 8th EDITION
Deadline for entries - August 15, 2020
County Lines Literary Journal is an annual literary anthology compiled by the Franklin County Arts Council Writers’ Guild. The Writers’ Guild is calling for entries of prose, poetry and art for the eighth edition to be published for 2021. There are no restrictions on age or residence of persons submitting. Past writers and artists have been from all over North Carolina and the Southeastern states.
The 2021 journal is expected to be printed by December 2020.
Download Submission Guidelines.
Carolina Prize for Writing Contest
Deadline to enter – August 15, 2020
The Franklin County Arts Council (FCAC) Writers’ Guild is sponsoring its 8th-annual FCAC Writers’ Guild Carolina Prize for Writing Contest. The contest is open for previously unpublished works (this includes online publication):
- Poetry — no more than 30 lines per poem, single spaced (maximum five poems per contest entry)
- Prose — short story, essay, or creative non-fiction of 1,500 words or less (one per contest entry, maximum three entries)
Two prizes will be awarded: one for prose and the other for poetry. Each prize will be $100, plus publication in the 2021 issue of County Lines: A Literary Journal, and two copies of the journal. Up to five honorable mentions may also be named. Honorable mentions will receive publication in County Lines and one free copy.
There are no restrictions on age or residence of persons submitting to the Carolina Prize for Writing Contest.
$10.00 Entry Fee
Pay Online - Select "Pay Entry Fee" then select Entry Fee, and Carolina Prize Writing Contest
or Mail check payable to Franklin County Arts Council, P.O. Box 758, Louisburg NC 27549 with Entry Fee in memo
Download Submission Guidelines
FRANKLIN COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 2ND ANNUAL QUILT SHOW
August 15, 2020
Franklin County Arts Council is hosting its 2nd Annual Quilt Show at Historic Person Place on Saturday, August 15, 2020. The Quilt Show is not just for quilters, it’s also for people who enjoy the fiber arts and seeing where the quilts of our grandmothers have evolved.
Call for Submissions:
We are looking for a wide variety of quilting styles from local quilters in Franklin and surrounding counties.
- Deadline for entries – Monday, July 6, 2020
- Download full guidelines and entry form below.
BUNN FUN DAY STUDENT ART SHOW
September 26, 2020 - Rescheduled
Deadline for entries - Tuesday, September 1, 2020
The Student Art Show is open to FCS High School Students and Franklin County Home School Students (grades 9-12)
Categories - Paintings, Drawings, Mixed media, Ceramics, and Sculpture.
All entries must be submitted by the artist and be original works that is not copies or photographs of other art.
Art will be on display and for sale during Bunn Fun Day, September 26, 2020. Winners will be announced Septembwe 16 at 2:00 PM (main stage).
Download Submission Guidelines and Entry Form below
ART SATURDAYS –
Art Saturdays are cancelled till Franklin County Arts Council and the Gallery on the Hill reopen after the COVID-19 crisis.
Join the Franklin County Arts Council for Art Saturday from 12 noon to 3 PM at the Gallery on the Hill located at 99 S. Bickett Blvd, Louisburg NC 27549.
Fee $5 per session – all materials included
2nd Saturday - Elementary Students
4th Saturday - Middle School Students.
Click Register Now to register online, email fcac.arts@fcacarts.org, or call 919-497-6910 and leave a message. You can pay online with PayPal or at the Gallery. Add Students name in comments section when registering online.
BE THE HERO OF YOUR STORY: A MEMOIR WORKSHOP -With Alice Osborn
April 4, 2020 - POSTPHONED - will reschedule after MAy 15th
2 - 4:30 PM
Franklin County Arts Council
99 S. Bickett Blvd
Louisburg, NC 27549
When you write your memoir, you are the hero of your own story. You have overcome obstacles, experienced failures, braved the elements and have come out on top. In this two-hour workshop, you’ll learn how you can harness the power of your Hero’s Journey to bring your lessons learned back into your own community.
Fee: $35 members $45 non-members
