South Carolina's sixth state Poet Laureate, she served from 2003 to 2020. In 2021, she received the South Carolina Governor's Award for the Arts. 

Marjory Wentworth's compilation of work with subject matter spanning from war, to grief and loss, to politics, and more. Wentworth made national headlines when former SC Governor Nikki Haley removed her poem, "One River, One Boat" from her inauguration program schedule in 2015.

South Carolina's fifth state Poet Laureate, she was a poet and educator who published her first poem at the age of six. She also composed poetry for formal state occasions, most notably for Governor Jim Hodges' inauguration - a poem that also celebrated the end of the millennium. 

South Carolina's fourth state Poet Laureate. An poet and educator, she also wrote plays and radio and television dramas. 

South Carolina's third state Poet Laureate. He was a versatile poet, author, and educator who taught English at the University of South Carolina. He wrote poetry, translations, literary critism, books on teaching poetry, and popular children's books.