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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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Welcome to hubcity.org
The Hub City Writers Project of Spartanburg, South Carolina, is focused on the literature of place. A non-profit independent press and literary arts organization, Hub City publishes place-based books and sponsors readings, writing seminars and contests.
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Seeking short stories from Spartanburg authors |
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The Hub City Writers Project is seeking
submissions of unpublished short stories from authors who were born in Spartanburg County
or are currently living in Spartanburg
County. Selected
manuscripts will appear in a forthcoming book called The Essential Fiction of Spartanburg,
edited by C. Michael Curtis, which will be in print in April 2009. Deadline is Sept. 15.
Curtis is senior
editor of The Atlantic magazine and
edits the magazine's fiction, letters to the editor, and other pieces. He is
the John C. Cobb Professor of Humanities at Wofford College.
Please
keep stories to a 3,000 word maximum. They can be emailed as a Word document attachment
to Patrick Whitfill or sent as a
hard copy to: Patrick Whitfill, 149-D S.
Daniel Morgan Ave., Spartanburg, SC, 29306. Hub City will consider a published short story as long as the author controls all rights.
This
book will be a companion to Hub
City's Still Home: The Essential Poetry of
Spartanburg, published earlier this year.
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happening at The Showroom, learn about the Artists in Residence Program
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Writer in Residence
Patrick Whitfill, a poet from Lubbock, Texas, is our writer-in-residence.
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