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Our Mission:
The Poetry Society of South Carolina strives to support member poets both amateur and professional through innovative programming and a time-honored catalogue of events. We seek to maintain a high profile for poetry within all South Carolina communities and beyond, and to provide various opportunities for the art form to be enjoyed. The Society supports American poetics by making space for creatives whose vision represents the entire spectrum of ingenuity from classic to entirely new forms.
Our Vision:
Every Corner, Every County
Requiem for Past Poets:
Honoring the First 100
Years
Building the Next 100 Years
Walter Edgar Interview with Former President, Jim Lundy
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Poetry Society of SC readings and workshops are supported by South Carolina Humanities, a not-for-profit organization; inspiring, engaging, and enriching South Carolinians with programs on literature, culture, and heritage.
Upcoming Events
Sat, Apr 20Good Life CafeApr 20, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PMGood Life Cafe, 1216 Taylor St, Columbia, SC 29201, USA
Sat, Apr 27Edisto Beach State Park CampgroundApr 27, 2024, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PMEdisto Beach State Park Campground, Edisto Island, SC 29438, USA
Tue, Apr 30The Tasting Room of Travelers RestApr 30, 2024, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PMThe Tasting Room of Travelers Rest, 164 S Main St C, Travelers Rest, SC 29690, USA
Fri, May 10Charleston Library SocietyMay 10, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PMCharleston Library Society, 164 King St, Charleston, SC 29401, USAMay 10, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PMCharleston Library Society, 164 King St, Charleston, SC 29401, USAThe Forum is the last meeting of the calendar year, and as such includes a little business. The board for the upcoming 2024-2025 calendar year is elected. Our special guest poet is John Hoppenthaler, who will read for us and serve as forum moderator.
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All of our 2023 program readings are now featured at our YouTube site. Please visit and enjoy!
Watch some of the prior years' readings below, and enjoy other mentions in the press.
Contests - Submissions For Spring & Fall Writing Contests
PSSC has two rounds of poetry contests each academic year, Fall and Spring.
Prize-winning poems are published on this website and in the Poetry Society of South Carolina Yearbook, published annually since 1922 and now distributed to libraries of SC schools and universities, as well as to the membership.
Yvette Murray
Board Member, PSSC
Yvette has won the Susan Laughter Meyers Summer Scholarship for 2022! Photo credit to Bill Griffin. Read more here.
"I love what syntax can do in a poem, its ability to indicate not just sequence but also hierarchy and relationships, its role in manipulating the rhythm and pacing. Syntax is truly like a conductor leading an orchestra."
Susan Laughter Meyers
Press For The History of the Poetry Society of South Carolina
On its 100th birthday, Poetry Society of South Carolina gets a romp of a read
(link behind paywall)
By Mara Hogan, Post & Courier, October 21, 2021
Years in the making, the full history of the country's oldest state poetry society is now available in softcover. Purchase a PSSC Softcover Edition here.
The Poetry Society of South Carolina
P.O. Box 1090
Charleston, SC 29402
everycornereverycounty@gmail.com
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