From staff reports
The S.C. Academy of Authors announces the 2024 Elizabeth Boatwright Coker Fellowships and Student Awards in Fiction and Poetry.
Fellowship prizes worth $1,250 and $250 in student prizes are being awarded. Entrants may submit up to 15 pages of fiction (single story or novel excerpt) or up to five unpublished poems totaling no more than 10 pages.
Submission and eligibilty details are available at https://bit.ly/49gDREA. Be sure to click on the appropriate SC Academy of Authors link. There is a $20 entry fee for the fellowships, while submissions for the student awards are free. Submission deadline is Thursday, Feb. 29.
The fiction judge is Valerie Sayers, author of six novels, including The Powers (2013), Brain Fever (1996), and Who Do You Love (1991). A native of Beaufort, she now lives in South Bend, Ind.
Judging the poetry will be Ashley Mace Havrid, author of Wild Juice (2021) and The Garden of the Fugitives (2014). The winner of the X.J. Kennedy Prize, she is a S.C. native and former Caddo Parish poet laureate.
For more information about the fellowships or awards, visit https://bit.ly/3UiSFOQ.
