Submissions
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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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Donate to Hub City
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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.
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Tommy Hays Jeremy Jones interviews Tommy Hays, keynote speaker for the 2008 Writing in Place conference read more...
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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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Hub City seeks 2008-2009 writer in residence |
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Applications will be accepted through Feb. 15, 2008 for the
11-month "Live Free and Create" creative writing residency in Spartanburg SC. This residency,
which begins in June 2008, is open to one creative writer aged 20 to 30 as part
of the HUB-BUB.COM Artists-in-Residence program. The creative writer who is
selected will join three visual artists, all of whom receive a spacious
apartment above our offices for eleven months to focus on their work and
perform community service. The writer serves as an apprentice in the publishing
and programming operations of the Hub City Writers Project.
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Previous winners of this fellowship - Emily L. Smith of
Wilmington, NC, and Rachel Harkai of Grand Rapid, MI - have provided editing,
writing and research for Hub City books; hosted readings; coordinated NEA
literary programs in the Spartanburg area; and taught classes at area high
schools and colleges. Each of the four
HUB-BUB artists in residence also maintain a blog to document their residencies
here.
All rents and utilities are covered for eleven months, and
each resident receives a $600/month stipend.
The HUB-BUB Artists-in-Residence Program is a member of the
Alliance of Artists Communities. Full information and an application are
available at this link .
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Visit HUB-BUB
| Our sister program, Hub-Bub, has a website of its own. Here you can check up on what’s
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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