Upcoming Workshops

Hub City Writing Club

Last Wednesday of each month  |  5:30 - 7:00 PM  |  Hub City Press Office

Join us for Hub City Writing Club - a monthly, in-person writing group for every kind of writer!

Whether you’re almost done with the first draft of a novel-length thriller, or just enjoy dabbling in poetry while the kids are at soccer practice (or are somewhere in between!), Writing Club is your place to practice creativity and cultivate community here in Spartanburg.

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Summer 2026 Manuscript Critique Program

 

This summer, Hub City Writers Project is partnering with three book editors to offer writers professional services at accessible rates.

Note that this is NOT an actual in-person or virtual event; this is a sign-up page for our Manuscript Review Program. Sign-ups will close either a) when limited slots run out or b) on July 6 at 11:30 PM. Please review all details below before purchasing a slot.

What's Being Offered?

Hub City Writers Project is a non-profit organization, and one of our primary goals is to nurture and support writers of all kinds. The three editors listed below have generously agreed to offer their services at discounted rates in order to help us make quality manuscript critiques more accessible.

Simply choose your editor and complete payment. For a one-time fee (detailed below), you'll receive an editorial letter as well as some marginal notes on your manuscript. At this time, manuscripts are limited to 75k words (Anne Elizabeth Moore is also interested in reviewing graphic novels with a maximum of 250 pages.)

Who Are the Editors?

Anson Tong (she/her) is a writer, photographer, and behavioral scientist based in Chicago. Her work has appeared in Chicago Review of Books, The Brooklyn Rail, Joysauce, The Rumpus, The Millions, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and other publications. She also reads essay submissions for The Rumpus. (ansonjtong.com)

Jonathan Russell Clark has been publishing essays, features, and reviews in major publications for more than a decade. The author of three works of nonfiction, most recently the forthcoming Timecodes: The Conversation (Bloomsbury 2026), his writing has appeared in The New York Times, L.A. Times, Esquire, Vulture, Rolling Stone, Boston Globe, Literary Hub, Tin House, and dozens of others. He is the reviews editor for Punk Eek and a recipient of an artist grant from the Greater Columbus Arts Council.

Anne Elizabeth Moore was born in Winner, SD. She is the author of Lambda-nominated Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes (2023), a Chicago Public Library Best Book; Gentrifier: A Memoir (2021), an NPR best book; the Eisner Award-winning Sweet Little Cunt (2018); and Mother Jones’ Best Book of the year, Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and the Erosion of Integrity (2007), as well as several other award-winning and -nominated titles. She was the founding editor of the Best American Comics and is the former editor of the Chicago Reader and Punk Planet, as well as the Los Angeles Review of Books Comics. She has received support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Ragdale Foundation, and the Yaddo Corporation. Moore is a Fulbright Senior Scholar, taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the School of Visual Arts, and was the Mackey Chair of Creative Writing at Beloit College and the Jennifer Jahrling Forese Writer-in-Residence at Colby College. Selections from Body Horror were adapted for David T. Little’s newest opera Sin-Eater. Her podcast, My Inevitable Murder, is a true-crime podcast about her own suspicious death, which has not yet occurred, and was short-listed for a Press Gazette Future of Media Award for Best Podcast, as well as for the International Women’s Podcast Awards. The second season was funded by the New York State Council on the Arts with support from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. Moore lives in New York with her cats, Captain America and Mitakuye “Taku” Oyasin Moore-America. (https://anneelizabethmoore.com/)

What's the Cost and Turnaround Time?

These vary depending on which editor you choose to work with. Each cost is a one-time fee that guarantees you a review of your manuscript, including an editorial letter and marginal notes on your digital file.

• Anson Tong: $360; feedback in 6-8 weeks
• Jonathan Russell Clark: $400; feedback in 2-16 weeks
• Anne Elizabeth Moore: $500; feedback in a maximum of 16 weeks

Want More Details?

We encourage you to review the FAQ on our Eventbrite (linked below) and direct questions to our Writing Coordinator, Nina, at nina@hubcity.org.

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