Carteret Writers is celebrating 40 years of building community among Eastern North Carolina writers and readers.
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Write & Reed’s has been cancelled due to scheduling conflicts. Stay tuned for future writer meetup opportunities.
We’re celebrating 40 years of building community among Eastern North Carolina writers and readers.
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Recent Blog Posts
Herding literary cats: how one Carteret Writers members organized a local writing event
On April 30, the New Bern Farmer's Market will be hosting its second Author's Day at the Market thanks in no small part to our legendary member Sarah Maury Swan. We were so impressed with the turnout at the last event in November, we asked Sarah to share with us how she managed to wrangle all those cats. This post is her response. Thanks, Sarah! In the early summer, of 2022, Julie McKeon, organizer of the New Bern, NC, farmers market where I sometimes sell my books,

Golden Lines, Volume 1
During the summer of 2022, Carteret Writers launched our very first virtual writing event – the Summer Doldrums Challenge. That ultimately led to our most recent experiment in digital publishing Golden Lines magazine.