In partnership with Emrys, the Department of Parks and Recreation is offering a writing program for teens! The program will meet on 3 consecutive Wednesdays…
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Emrys Foundation of Greenville and Hub City of Spartanburg have partnered to encourage writers in the two counties to participate in an annual creative writing contest. The contest has two categories, excellence in fiction and excellence in poetry.
Alice Fogel's third book of poems, Be That Empty (Harbor Mountain Press), was a national poetry bestseller in 2008, and in 2009 Strange Terrain (a guide for non-poet readers and teachers, as well as for poets) came out. A recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and five-time Pushcart nominee, her poems have appeared in many journals and anthologies, including Best American Poetry, former Poet Laureate Robert Hass’s Poet’s Choice, TriQuarterly, Third Coast, Crazyhorse, Hotel Amerika, and the Southern Review. A freelance proof reader and copy editor, she teaches writing for all ages and levels, and, with a passion for hiking and interests in many of the arts, she is also an award-winning designer and creator of custom clothing, particularly from “upcycled” materials (
South Carolina native, Nikki Finney, wins National Book Award for poetry. Read article in