2011 South Carolina Writers Workshop
High School Junior and Senior Writing Competition

Four hundred letters announcing the SCWW High School Writing competition were sent out on January 13, 2011, to each of the public and private high schools in the state along with addresses that are available for home school students. Below is the list of winners for this year's contest. For more information, contact Martha Greenway, SCWW Contests Chair, at scwwcontests@gmail.com.

WINNERS OF 2011 HIGH SCHOOL WRITING COMPETITION

POETRY

First Place: Victoria Sharp - Shake
Second Place: Luke Hodges - A Right (for Spring)
Honorable Mention: Megan Gallagher - Shame
Maya Bradford - Dollface
Emilea Wright - Hummingbird

Teacher: Mamie Morgan, SC Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities
Judge: Gene Fehler

FICTION

First Place: Anna Faison - In Which My Brother Learns the Art of Fratricide
Second Place: Luke Hodges – Foreign Relations
Honorable Mention: Eric Steifel – Storm’s Been Coming
Lukas Hadtstein – Hertz
Katherine Carter – Planting

Teacher: George Singleton – SC Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities
Judge: Kathryn Lovatt

NON-FICTION

First Place: Maya Bradford – Elijah’s Chariot
Second Place: Boyce Gladden – My Mother: Waist Down
Honorable Mention: Emily Nason - Vigilante
Luke Hodges – My Mother Explains It All to Me
Victoria Sharpe – Buried Alive

Teacher: Scott Gould – SC Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities
Judge: Dr. Thomas Dabbs

2011 Carrie McCray Memorial Literary Awards

The Carrie McCray Memorial Literary Awards will again be a part of the annual 2011 SCWW Conference. Entries will be accepted in four categories: Poetry, Short Fiction, Short Non Fiction and Novel, first chapter. Three judges are invited in each category and review each submission separately. There is a $200 award for first place and $100 for second place. We are in the process of selecting judges at this time.

The Carrie McCray Memorial Literary Contest is open to all conference attendees. For more information, visit the Carrie McCray Memorial Literary Contest in our conference section.

2010 Carrie McCray Memorial Literary Awards Winners

Congratulations to the following 2010 Carrie McCray Memorial Literary Awards winners. Awards were presented during the South Carolina Writers' Workshop's 20th Annual Writers Conference, held October 22-24 at Myrtle Beach.

Poetry

Honorable Mention – Alex Raley, Choices
2nd Place – Christina L. Ruotolo, Bayou Bay - $100
1at Place – Joan Reavis Holcomb, Tobacco Settin’/Spring 1950 - $200

Nonfiction

Honorable Mention – S. Jane Gari, Archeology
2nd Place – Joann M. Kelley, Anniversary - $100
1st Place – Lisa Glisson, Divine Secrets of the Ta-Ta Sisterhood - $200

Short Fiction

Honorable Mention – Johnny R. Beavers, Band Candy – Lessons for Life
2nd Place – Connie Hullander, If Something Happens to Him - $100
1st Place – Teresa L. Burgher, Slayer - $200

Novel/First Chapter

Honorable Mention – Joan Reavis Holcomb, Hunt House Murder
2nd Place – Anne Creed, Folly Beach - $100
1st Place – Craig Faris, The Spectrum Conspiracy - $200