The Hub City Writers Project is seeking submissions of personal essay/memoir (first-person, descriptive, reflective pieces) for a forthcoming book on the Upstate outdoors to be released in fall 2010. Works need to reference the Piedmont landscape of South Carolina in some way. Suggested topics include but are not limited to: birding, biking (mountain/road), climbing, fishing, hiking/camping, horseback riding, hunting, paddling. www.hubcity.org/news/call-for-submissions.html.

Each submission must be typed with letter-quality printing in a standard 12-point typeface and should include a cover page with author’s name, address, phone number and email address. Authors whose work is selected will receive both a hardback and a paperback edition of the book. Previously published work will be considered as long as the author holds the copyright. We are seeking both long (12-20 pages) and short (3-8 pages) submissions. This anthology is edited by Michel S. Stone of Spartanburg and Lydia Dishman of Greenville. Its publication is a collaboration between Hub City and the Emrys Foundation of Greenville.Deadline is September 1, 2009. Please email your submissions or any questions to editor Michel Stone. Please type “Hub City Book” in the subject line of your email.