Update on the Young Minds Dreaming Poetry Contest

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Thank you for all of your poetry submissions this year! The contest has not been canceled; however, there are two major schedule changes:

  • Winners will be announced on Friday April 17 rather than March 31.
  • The April 18th ceremony with Pat Mora is postponed until further notice.

Thank you for participating in our poetry contest this year!

Please contact Denise Lyons (dlyons@statelibrary.sc.gov) if you have questions.

Upcoming Event

Cover of Pond Fishing with Papa by Mike Watts.

Speaker at the Center: Author Mike Watts

June 5, 2025, 3:00 PM

Please join us for our next Speaker at the Center talk with Mike Watts, author of "Pond Fishing with Papa" and "Riverbank Memories." on Thursday, June the 5th, at 3:00pm at the State Library. Mike Watts lives outside Greenville, SC, and is a publisher, freelance writer, author of two books, and the publisher of riversandfeathers.com, an online fly fishing magazine.