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In 1962, Owen took a position at [[North Carolina State University]]. He continued over the years to publish stories and poems in numerous periodicals, and his collection The White Stallion and Other Poems won a Roanoke-Chowan cup for poetry by a North Carolina poet. Throughout his career, until within months of his death, Owen worked hard to promote and improve the poetry of others. He co-edited several anthologies of state and regional verse, lectured and conducted workshops across the state for writers of all levels, participated in the "poetry in the schools" program, and directed the North Carolina Poetry Circuit, which brought together poets and college students.
As a writer and teacher of writing, Guy Owen adhered to two principles. The first was specificity: "Never write 'flower': write 'rose' or 'marigold' or 'chrysanthemum.'" The second was "Make your reader comfortable," meaning that a writer should give enough information in a clear style to enable the reader to easily enter the writer's world. Owen's many honors include a Bread Loaf Scholarship, the Henry H. Bellamann Foundation Award, a Yaddo Fellowship, and the 1971 gold medallion [[North Carolina Award]] for Literature.
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