PITTSBORO - The Central Carolina Community College Creative Writing program invites the public to join writers of prose and poetry for its winter open mic night.

The event will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 31, in the Mary Hayes Holmes Meeting Room at the Chatham Community Library, 197 N.C. Highway 87, Pittsboro.

Notes to writers who plan to read:

• Sign in when you arrive.
• Read in the order you signed in (if you want to read later in the evening, sign at the bottom of the page).
• Plan on a total of six minutes - including any introductions, background information, and closing remarks you wish to make.

For more information on the CCCC Creative Writing program, visit www.cccc.edu/creativewriting.