Submissions

Our publications committee looks for literary or nonfiction books with a strong sense of place. We review manuscript proposals in March and September and have a particular interest in books from Upstate South Carolina.

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More than 300 people each year make a contribution to support the Hub City Writers Project. These donations are tax deductible. With a contribution of $100 or more, we send you the year’s lead title in hardback and list you in the front of the book as a sponsor. Please consider supporting Hub City this year.

Butler Brewton

Born in Spartanburg County, Butler Brewton received his Ph.D from Rutgers University. Brewton has more than seventy-five poetry publications in literary journals and magazines, including Pulpsmith, Lips, Footwork, Midway Review, Nimrod and Essence. He was an original Hub City writer, and his personal essays appear in Hub City Anthology and Hub City Christmas.

Butler Brewton
He was a tenured professor of English for twenty-five years at Montclair State University in New Jersey, retiring as professor emeritus. During that period he served as poet-in-residence for the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. In 1995 he moved back to the Upstate, first to Spartanburg, then to Greenville. He published the collection of poems Rafters (Sunbelt Books) in 1995 and Indian Summer (Sunbelt) in 1997. He is currently serving as an adjunct professor of English at Furman University.