BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Library Market//iCal Export//EN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Writing Submissions for Adults Close Today UID:32544 DTSTAMP:20260411T070900Z DTSTART:20260601T040000Z DTEND:20260601T040000Z LOCATION:Main Library in Hillsborough, 137 W. Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, NC 27278, United States ROOM: Writing Submissions for Adults Close Today DESCRIPTION:Call for writing submissions! Adults, submit your 10 sentence story (or 10 line poem) May 1st 2026 through June 1st 2026 to contribute t o WAX2, the library’s literary zine for adults.The original WAXPRINT zin e was dedicated to youth expression. This new version of the zine will be dedicated to writing by adults with different themes per issue. In this fi rst issue in 2025 was focused solely on poetry. The 2026 issue is centerin g local stories told in 10 sentences or 10 lines of poetry. Local history is made up of our many stories of this place captured through bible record s, wills, and court documents but also through everyday recollections of a life lived. Unearth and share your stories with us. Your stories are a pa rt of local history. We hope to collect and publish around 25 pieces of wr iting in the 2026 volume of WAX2 which should be available in July. We wil l (if contributors are willing to attend) have a Moth-like gathering to sh are what we've written in July at Main Library in Hillsborough. We ca n also submit a contributor's work to PBS North Carolina's Homeg rown History archive if the contributor wishes. We look forward to seeing your work!Submission Guidelines:_Submissions will be open from May 1st 202 6 through June 1st 2026, though submissions may close sooner if we have an overwhelming response._Submit work in word format or via google doc to ka llah@orangecountync.gov_There is submission limit of 1 piece of writing th at is no more or less than 10 sentences or ten lines of poetry per person_ This year's submission theme is focused on local stories as a part of America 250, the the year-long commemoration of the nation's foundin g. As such we are asking for works set in NC from family lore to stories a bout people, places and events that have shaped you and/or our community.  _Submissions are for people 18+ years old. While "adult content and language" are not prohibited, submissions may not contain language t hat is oppressive, abusive, or diminishing to others. Please do remember our setting, here._If you have questions, call or stop by the upstairs des k at Main Library in Hillsborough or send an email to the address listed a bove. Many thanks!This is one of our programs throughout 2026 that commemo rate America 250, the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding. Cl ick to see more A250 events at your library.  URL:https://orangecountync.librarycalendar.com/index.php/event/2026_WAX2cl ose END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR