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South Carolina Writers' Workshop Contest awards SC Governor's School writing students
SOUTH CAROLINA - April 27, 2011 - The South Carolina Writers' Workshop (SCWW) High School Writing Contest recognizes South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities (SCGSAH) writing students. The annual state-wide competition awards a $100 first prize, a $25 second prize, and names three honorable mentions to high school juniors and seniors.
The SCGSAH creative writing faculty includes Scott Gould, faculty chair and non-fiction teacher; Mamie Morgan, poetry; and George Singleton, fiction.
About SCWW:
Established in 1990, the South Carolina Writers Workshop is a literary arts organization serving both new and established writers. Nearly every type of writing is represented from poetry to mainstream novels to short stories to non-fiction. SCWW offers a supportive environment for people to become better writers.
Award Listings & Student Home Counties:
Abbeville County
Boyce Gladden, Abbeville, Dixie High School
- Second Place, Non-Fiction - "My Mother: Waist Down"
Aiken County
Anna Faison, Aiken, South Aiken High School
- First Place, Fiction - "In Which My Brother Learns the Art of Fratricide"
Beaufort County
Megan Gallagher, Beaufort, Beaufort Academy
- Honorable Mention, Poetry - "Shame"
Charleston County
Lukas Hadtstein, Isle of Palms, Wando High School
- Honorable Mention, Fiction - "Hertz"
Greenville County
Emilea Wright, Greenville, Greenville Technical Charter High School
- Honorable Mention, Poetry - "Hummingbird"
Lexington County
Maya Bradford, Columbia, Irmo High School
- First Place, Non-Fiction - "Elijah's Chariot"
- Honorable Mention, Poetry - "Dollface"
Richland County
Luke Hodges, Columbia, Dreher High School
- Second Place, Fiction - "Foreign Relations"
- Second Place, Poetry - "A right (for Spring)"
- Honorable Mention, Non-Fiction - "My Mother Explains It All to Me"
Emily Nason, Columbia, Hammond High School
- Honorable Mention, Non-Fiction - "Vigilante"
Victoria Sharpe, Columbia, Dreher High School
- First Place, Poetry - "Shake"
- Honorable Mention, Non-Fiction - "Buried Alive"
Eric Stiefel, Columbia, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School
- Honorable Mention, Fiction - "Storm's Been Coming"
Spartanburg County
Katherine Carter, Duncan, James F. Bynes High School
- Honorable Mention, Fiction - "Planting"
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The South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities is a public residential high school located in Greenville, South Carolina, providing a unique arts and academic education to the state's emerging artists. Young artists, usually in 11th or 12th grade, study creative writing, dance, drama, music, or visual arts during the academic year and rising 9th and 10th grade students attend summer programs in these areas, with summer dance programs open to rising 7th through 12th grade students. For more information, visit http://www.scgsah.org/ or call 864.282.3713.
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