Join Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities to celebrate the writers of Moore County! The Moore County Writers’ Competition 2026 Awards Ceremony takes place Sunday, April 12th at 2PM in the Great Room at Weymouth Center. Come cheer on this year’s winners across fiction, poetry, and non-fiction — and hear some of their work read aloud. Free and open to the public Stay for Poetry By the Pond at 4PM.

Fiction (judged by Jim Moriarty)
🥇 Tyler Ritter — Final Jeopardy
🥈 Kellie Tabor Hann — Waste
🥉 April Hammond — Life Again
Honorable Mentions: Abby Liebenthal, Jabe Largen
Poetry (judged by Lee Stockdale)
🥇 Renee Whitmore — What Carries
🥈 Ally Markotich — Book of the Living
🥉 Renee Wheeler — I Am Waiting
Honorable Mentions: Jesalyn Nobles, Bonnie Proulx
Non-Fiction (judged by Lewis Bowling)
🥇 Julia Hans — Healing in the Pines
🥈 Jennifer McFadden-Little — The Art of Skipping
🥉 Jackson Wittkamper — Our Boys in the War
Honorable Mention: Corey Williams