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• SCWA Summer Series

  • Start
    29 Jul 2026
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  • End
    19 Aug 2026
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    Virtual

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  Summer Series

  Wednesdays

  Zoom

  11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

  Class from noon - 1 p.m.

  SCWA Members Free

  All others $10 a session

  Turn it up!

  It is time for the Summer Series.

  Every Wednesday from June 10 to August 19 at 11 a.m. we are holding a midweek lunch class via Zoom. We will hear about writing techniques, business components, volunteer opportunities and more. As a bonus, you will have time for you to mingle.

  We will open the Zoom at 11, the speaker will start at noon but you don’t have to go until 2. Come join us for some fun and learning.  You do not have to stay from 11-2. Please join us from noon to 1.

  2026 Schedule

  June 10 - Sensory Prompts with Amber Wheeler Bacon

  June 17 - Writing the Quest for Money with Charles Hall

  June 24 - The Poetry Reviewer's Perspective with Art Turfa and Melanie McGhee

  July 1 - Writing the Other: Making Characters that You Are Not Become What You Wish Them to Be with Michael McIntyre

  July 8 - Become a World Building Master with Dakota McElhinny

  July 15 - Bedazzling your Newsletters with Becky Muth

  July 22 - Killing off your Character with Barbara Evers

  July 29 - Digging in: Generative activities in creative nonfiction with Sara Sobota

  August 5 - How to Choose Between Traditional and Self-Publishing with Andrew Geyer and Kris Boyd

  August 12 - Writing the Antebellum South with Mary Beth Gibson

  August 19 - Reading Partners SC with Danielle Daniels

  ZOOM LINK PROVIDED UPON REGISTRATION

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• Author's Toolbox: From the Mountains to the Sea: Weaving South Carolina through Your Writing

  • Start
    30 Jul 2026
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  • End
    03 Sep 2026
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    Virtual
  • Spaces left
    77

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  Join us for this new Author's Toolbox series that weaves its way through the tapestry of South Carolina. This state has a rich main character energy. Learn more about it to help you improve your characters, settings and plots. From the Mountains to The Sea weaves South Carolina through your writing. Members: $20 per class, $60 for all six classes, with first class free; nonmembers: $25 per class, $100 for all six classes.

  All sessions are via Zoom and start at 7 p.m.; link provided upon registration

  May 28 - Gullah Geechee Diasporas with Dr Elizabeth West and Dr Mohammad Fraser-Rahim
  July 9 -  The Music of the Carolina Coast with Dr. Rick Simmons
  July 30 - Back Country Resistance with Carl Borlick
  August 9 - Batter Up! with Charles Hall
  August 13 - Charleston: Gateway to the Sea with Dr. Sal Mercoligano
  RESCHEDULED DATE: September 3 - Eastern Cherokee, Southern Iroquois and United Tribes with Chief Lamar Nelson

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  July 9 - The Music of the Carolina Coast

  Music plays an important part of the community's soul. Learn about the distinct sound of Carolina beach music. While rock groups such as the Beach Boys and Jan and Dean defined the beach music of Southern California during the 1960s, a different, R&B influenced sound could be heard along South Carolina's Grand Strand.

  July 30 - Backcountry Resistance

  As we celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the founding of the United States, we will once again hear the stories of the founding fathers but what about that South Carolina tobacco farmer? Join us to learn about the real backbone of the Revolution. Carl P. Borick's new book, Backcountry Resistance, delivers a groundbreaking account of the citizen militia that defied British forces in South Carolina's volatile Backcountry during the pivotal Southern campaign of the Revolutionary War. When Charleston fell in May of 1780 and the Continental Army retreated, many assumed the Patriot cause in the South had collapsed. In the state's rugged interior, though, partisan militias waged a brutal insurgency that challenged British control and changed the course of the war.

  August 6 - Batter Up!

  Learn how the sport of baseball helped form the sense of community in the state. From the early mill leagues to today's professional leagues the fingers of South Carolina are spread across America's Game. Learn how the game brings the community together. The game is more than just play ball in South Carolina.

  August 13 - Charleston: Gateway to the Sea

  Join us to learn about the importance of Charleston in the United States maritime history. From precolonial to today Charleston is a gateway to the world. Charleston has such a connection to the sea that there is no better city in the state with the possibility of setting a historical fiction.

  Rescheduled Date September 3 - Learn about the Native American Cultures that formed South Carolina

  Join us as the rich heritage South Carolina’s first inhabitants, dating back 25,000 years, and the tools and ingenuity that allowed them to survive come alive. With vivid detail, learn how these early peoples hunted mastodons and later developed farming, pottery and permanent villages. Learn about the challenges the tribes face today, from the loss of ancestral lands to the erasure of native cultures. 

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