The South Carolina Academy of Authors (SCAA) will honor writers Dorothy Allison, Orville Vernon Burton, Betsy Byars, and Guy Davenport on April 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Anderson County Library in Anderson, SC. The Academy, which is devoted to the identification, recognition and promotion of the state’s distinguished authors and emerging writers, annually honors writers in a weekend of literary events. The reception and induction ceremony includes recognition of the writers and their induction in the South Carolina Academy of Authors literary hall of fame. Tickets, $35 a person, are still available. For more information please visit scacademyofauthors.org. The South Carolina Academy of Authors was founded at Anderson University in 1986. Its public recognition of the state's literary talents serves to increase the general readership of authors working today and leads to the rediscovery of works from the past. Those wishing to support the Academy, a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, may make a donation online at the SCAA website. Checks to the South Carolina Academy of Authors may be mailed to 701 Gervais Street, Suite 150-195, Columbia, SC 29201.
