Poetry for Their Freedom: Help Fight World’s Fastest Growing Crime
Human trafficking is the fastest growing crime in the world. Criminals buy, sell and trade human beings into the commercial sex industry and forced labor. Take up your pen to help combat this horrific...
View Article10th Annual Literary Competition for Short Fiction and Poetry: Call for Entries
The Arts Council of York County presents its 10th Annual Literary Competition, highlighting the best in short stories and poetry from across the Southeast United States; and the 2nd Annual Youth...
View Article2013-14 Poetry Out Loud Contest: November 1 Deadline to Enter
Dear Educators: LILA would like to draw your attention to South Carolina’s official statewide competition for the 2013-2014 Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest. Contestants must register with...
View ArticleMagnolia’s “Garden of Romance” Poetry Contest
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, America’s last large-scale romantic-style garden, will award prizes totaling more than $2,000 to poets – young and old – who best capture Magnolia as an idyllic “garden...
View ArticleCall for Submissions: New Annual SC Journal
Fall Lines – a literary convergence is a new literary journal based in Columbia, SC and presented by Jasper Magazine in partnership with Richland Library, the University of South Carolina Press, Muddy...
View ArticleSouth Carolina First Novel Prize
The South Carolina First Novel Prize recognizes one of South Carolina’s exceptional writers by providing a book contract with Hub City Press. The competition is a highly competitive, anonymous process....
View ArticleStudents: Holocaust Creative Arts Competition
Holocaust Creative Arts Competition for Greater Charleston Area Students Grades 6-12. THEME: Stolen Childhood MISSION STATEMENT: Children’s lives were forever altered during the years that Hitler was...
View ArticleListen to Your Mother: Charleston!
Calling all original, humorous, poignant, irreverent and soulful stories of motherhood: LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER: CHARLESTON seeks a diverse collection of writers to read their own words about motherhood....
View ArticleHave a Literary Valentine’s Wish? Share it With the Lowcountry!
“Image courtesy of Salvatore Vuono / FreeDigitalPhotos.net” February is supposed to be the month of LOVE, right? And love can come be found in so many flavors, so many colors, so many smiles....
View ArticleRichland Library Local Author Showcase
Calling All South Carolina Authors! Whether you’re a first time author or a veteran, whether you landed a big publishing contract or you’re self-published, Richland Library wants to showcase your...
View ArticleStorytelling Competition
Be part of a groundbreaking, three-day workshop featuring the internationally renowned Center for Digital Storytelling, and learn how to use today’s technology to preserve your personal stories and...
View ArticleWe want to hear your stories about motherhood! (Call for auditions)
Do you have a story about motherhood you want to share? Can you imagine giving that story a voice—your voice—a microphone, and a stage? The Listen To Your Mother show is coming back to Charleston and...
View ArticleUSC Press Palmetto Poetry Series Now Accepting New Manuscripts
New submissions are now being accepted for the Palmetto Poetry Series, edited by Nikky Finney and published by the University of South Carolina Press. The Palmetto Poetry Series takes as its mission to...
View ArticleOur Own NYT Bestselling Author Mary Alice Monroe Giving $40K Wedding to Mark...
It’s wedding season for New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe and her fans. Known for using the lowcountry landscape of coastal South Carolina as inspiration for her work, Monroe will...
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