About

Poetry Hickory is a monthy reading series held the second Tuesday of each month from 5:30 – 7:00 P.M. at Taste Full Beans Coffee House (29 Second St. NW) in downtown Hickory, NC.  Each reading is preceded by Writers’ Night Out, beginning at 4:00 also at Taste Full Beans, coordinated by Scott Owens as NC Writers’ Network Regional Representative.  These meetings and readings are open to the public and free of charge.

The series was founded by Scott Owens in September 2007 and is sponsored by Taste Full Beans and Main Street Rag.  Each reading includes two featured writers preceded by a 30-minute Open Mic.  Upcoming readings will be posted on this website.  Ten-minute video samples of several of the readings are also available here.

Previous featured writers have included the following:

Tony Abbott, John Amen, Margaret Booth Baddour, Joseph Bathanti, Rand Brandes, Ann Campanella, Jessie Carty, Bud Caywood, Ann Fox Chandonnet, Sara Claytor, DB Cox, Jeff Davis, M. Scott Douglass, Linda Annas Ferguson, Keith Flynn, Brenda Graham, Alex Grant, Bill Griffin, Irene Blair Honeycutt, Debra Kaufman, Helen Losse, Al Maginnes, Carter Monroe, Ron Moran, Tim Peeler, John Picard, Ted Pope, Pat Riviere-Seel, Dannye Romine Powell, Adrian Rice, Jonathan K. Rice, Molly Rice, David Rigsbee, Katherine Soniat, Mark Smith-Soto, Shari Smith, Chuck Sullivan.

For information on either Poetry Hickory or Writers’ Night Out, contact Scott Owens at asowens1@yahoo.com or 828-234-4266.