Membership in the North Carolina Poetry Society includes you in the extensive poetry community of North Carolina and supports our meetings and programs across the state. You join an organization nearly 600 poets strong and one of the nation’s most active state poetry societies.
Three levels of membership are available: 1) $30 regular membership; 2) $10 student membership [elementary students through college seniors]; and 3) $500 lifetime membership. Dues are paid annually.
You may submit your membership form and dues in either of two ways:
- Online submission: To submit your NCPS membership dues, click on the DONATE button below to link to PayPal. (You can also use your credit card without a PayPal account.) Click here to fill out the online membership/contact form. Be sure to include your mailing address. We recommend using PayPal’s automatic renewal option.
- Regular mail submission: Click here to access a printable submission form, which you can fill out and send with payment via regular mail.
- For general membership questions and concerns, contact Joan Barasovska at msjoan9@gmail.com.
- For those requiring assistance paying dues, we have a limited number of scholarships made possible by member donations. Write to Joan at msjoan9@gmail.com.
Membership Makes a Difference!
Donations, grants, and entry fees contribute to all of the North Carolina Poetry Society’s programs, but none of these programs is entirely self-supporting. Membership dues make the crucial difference in funding the cost of these programs. For $30 per year your membership dues help fund the North Carolina Poetry Society’s quarterly meetings and newsletters that keep the state’s poets in touch with each other and with poetry developments and opportunities in North Carolina. You help fund the Brockman-Campbell Book Award for the state’s best book of poetry, as well as the full range of NCPS contests for adults and students. You help fund the Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poetry Series and other poetry workshops across the state that bring experienced poets and educators together with emerging poets. You help publish Pinesong, the annual awards anthology. Consistent payment of your annual membership dues makes a critical difference in these and many other opportunities to keep North Carolina poetry thriving.
If you would like the file (PDF format) for the NCPS Membership Brochure, to hand out at your event or at a NCPS event, it can be downloaded here: NCPS Membership Brochure.