Poet's Nook

Poet’s Nook

October begins in the peak of the annual Hurricane Season and ends with the fun of Halloween.  Here’s an award-winning poem by Anne Brent Wright, a former guild president, vp, […]

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Poet's Nook

Poet’s Nook

By Jay Wright – Foothills Writers Guild Angela Mason Lowe is currently president of our writers guild and leading us in our 50th Anniversary year. She attended Westside High and Tri-County […]

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Poet's Nook

Happy Birthday, USA

Judy Durham is a retired classroom teacher, reading specialist, principal, and instructional coach. She has written 6 children’s novels including The Evans Pond Series: Tales from the Carolinas, Patch: An Alaskan Tale and Even […]

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People to Watch

Elsie at 101 Years Old

Anderson’s Elsie Turner Holcombe turned 101 on Friday, June 23rd. Her father and mother had met and married while he was serving our country in Germany during WWI. When his […]

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Getting Schooled Lifestyle

The Spark

March and April were special months for our guild and a few local students and teachers at Westside High, T L Hanna High, Tri-County Technical College, and Anderson University. In […]

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Poet's Nook

Honor and Mourn

By: Jay Wright – Foothills Writers Guild Veteran’s Day is for honoring and thanking living veterans for their contribution to our national security and many freedoms. However, Memorial Day is […]

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Poet's Nook

The Dogwood at Easter

By: Jay Wright April is National Poetry Month. Ann Ramsey is currently our guild’s secretary and yearbook layout editor. She recently won the 2022 Anne Brent Wright Legacy Scholarship for […]

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Getting Schooled

Learning Never Ends

By: Jay Wright What? You’ve lived in Anderson County this long and never heard of the Foothills Writers Guild? Holy smoke, we’ve been a part of the greater Anderson arts […]

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Poet's Nook

Twittering by Coe Camak

By: Jay WrightFoothills Writers Guild This millennium began with Coe Camak as our president. Over the years she served our guild, she won eleven first place prizes in our spring […]

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