News & Events

News

Maureen's prose piece, "Papercut," has been chosen as Editor's Choice for Prose in the Fifth Annual International Ultra-Short Competition sponsored by The Binnacle at The University of Maine at Machias.
Coming March 2008: Praying at Coffee Shops, a book of Jewish poems, published by Main Street Rag.
Maureen's short story, Neighborhood Watch, will appear in MSU's journal READ THIS.
Maureen's short story, "Web Invasion," recently appeared in The Chapel Hill News.
Maureen's fiction chapbook, A Comic Tale, was a finalist in the 2007 Noemi Press Chapbook Award.
One of Maureen's poems was selected as a finalist in the 2007 William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Contest.
One of Maureen's stories was selected as a Runner-Up in the 2007 William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Contest.
Maureen was a semi-finalist in the 2007 "Discovery"/The Nation contest (The Unterberg Poetry Center).
Maureen's story, "Black Cloud," appears in the Spring Issue of Scruffy Dog Review, 2007 You can read the story at: http://www.thescruffydogreview.com
Maureen's poem "Laundry Rant" has been chosen to receive the 2007 Hart Crane Memorial Award from Kent State University. The poem will appear in the literary journal ICON.
"Mr. Potato Head Reveals His Secrets" was chosen as a finalist in the Southeast Reveiw's World's Best Short Short Story Contest.

Upcoming Events

None currently planned

Memberships

North Carolina Writers' Network. NCWN
North Carolina Poetry Society. NCPS
Raleigh Write2 Publish Meetup Group. MEETUP

Previous Readings

Main Street Rag Reading Series, April and May 2008, at the Percolator
Poetry on Your Plate, April 2008.
Reading, April 2008, at the North Regional Library
Charlotte Book Release Party, March 2008, at Main Street Rag Publishing Company.
Quail Ridge Books & Music, January 2008.
Poetic Voices at the Regulator Bookshop, November 2007.
Kakalak 2007 Presents Alex Grant and Other Poets and Artists at McIntyre's Fine Books, October 2007.
Reading at the North Regional Library. 2007
Poets' Night at Owen's Bagels. 2007.
First Friday Reading at Borders-North Lake Mall (Charlotte). 2007.
NPR. Clemson University Radio program Your Day. 2005.
Temple Beth Or Jewish Book Fair, Raleigh, NC. 2005.
Catawba College, Awards ceremony, Salisbury. 2005.
Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Piccolo Spoleto Fiction Open. Charleston. SC. 2005.
Charlotte Writers' Club meeting, The Old Aunt Stella Center, Charlotte, NC. 2005.
Writer's Ink Guild, Cumberland County Library, Fields of Earth reading, Fayetteville, NC. 2005.
Weymouth Center Residency, Southern Pines Public Library. 2005.
Barnes and Noble, Carolina Woman Writing Contest Awards Ceremony, Cary, NC. 2004.
NPR The State of Things, interviewed by Melinda Penkava. 2004.
Temple Beth Or, Wordfeast, Readings by Jewish Writers, Raleigh, NC. 2004.
Greensboro Public Library, Writers' Group of the Triad Awards Ceremony, Greensboro, NC. 2004.
Barnes and Noble, Lead open mic and taught poetry writing to children, Raleigh, NC. 2003.
Barnes and Noble, Carolina Woman Writing Contest Awards Ceremony, Cary, NC. 2000.