If you are a high school senior in Spartanburg County and would like to apply, contact the guidance counselor at your school for an application. Applications must be submitted to your guidance counselor by March 31, 2012. To be eligible, you must satisfy all of the following criteria:

--You are passionate about creative writing: fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, or playwriting.

--You will graduate spring 2012 from a public or private high school located in Spartanburg County.

--You expect to attend a college or university in fall 2012.

The application must include a 300-word explanation of your commitment to creative writing and three to ten pages of your creative writing (fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, or playwriting).

The Spartanburg County Foundation is our partner in this scholarship program.

For more information, call Betsy Teter at 864-577-9349.

(Image provided by Hub City Writers Project.)

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