Hub City Writers Project

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You heard right! We are raising money for a downtown bookstore. Through February 2010, all contributions made at our "Just Give" link will go toward upfit of the Hub City Community Bookstore. Theses gifts are tax-deductible, and you can print out your receipt.

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Hub City is a regional press that publishes books of literature and culture, with a special emphasis on works with a strong sense of place. Our publications committee reviews manuscript proposals in March and September.

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The Hub City Writers Project is a nonprofit organization in Spartanburg, South Carolina, dedicated to cultivating readers and nurturing writers through its independent small press, community bookstore, and diverse literary programming.

Hub City plans independent bookstore downtown

Construction is underway for Hub City Books, "Your Community Bookstore," on the ground floor of the historic Masonic Temple building in downtown Spartanburg. “This landmark bookstore will be on the leading edge of a new business model emerging in the book-selling industry—non-profit bookstores financially supported by communities of book-lovers and civically-engaged residents,” said Betsy Teter, executive director of the Hub City Writers Project. (Apply for manager's job here.)

Our highly popular Masters Craft Series classes return with five new workshops from top-notch instructors. These classes, which run monthly through May, will allow creative writers to have two hours of classroom time with master teachers from all over the United States. The workshops begin in January and will meet on Mondays from 7-9 p.m. in the Showroom at HUB-BUB in downtown Spartanburg. Registration is limited to 20 students. Our lineup of instructors includes Peter Meinke, Scott Gould, Erin McGraw, Susan Meyers, and Joni Tevis.

Do you want to live for free and write for a year? Each year we offer one Writer-in-Residence position in Spartanburg, SC, to an emerging writer between the ages of 20 and 35. The writer is given a beautiful studio apartment with all utilities paid and a $600/month stipend in exchange for 10-20 hours of work for the program. The writer is given ample time to create, the opportunity to interact with other creative people, and a community eager and willing to support his or her work.

The South Carolina Arts Commission and its literary partners announce a call for submissions for the biennial South Carolina First Novel Competition. The application deadline is Jan. 5, 2010; a winner will be announced in May. The contest will be judged by Bret Lott. Lott is the author of 12 books, most recently Ancient Highway (Random House, 2008). He is a former editor of the Southern Review and teaches creative writing at the College of Charleston.

The Hub City Writers Project will award the Hub City Prizes again in March 2010 for excellence in creative writing among Spartanburg County adults. Prizes will be awarded for poetry and fiction. The deadline for entry is Feb. 15, 2009. Winners each will receive a full, $500 scholarship to the Wildacres Writers Workshop, a week-long creative writing summer school in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Second- and third-place winners receive full or partial scholarships to Hub City’s “Writing in Place” summer workshop at Wofford College.

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Writer in Residence

Jameelah Lang, a fiction writer from Lawrence, Kansas, is our 2009-2010 writer in residence. Click on her photograph to read her blog.

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 and participate in community forums.