Hub City Press

**Hub City Writers Project is a literary nonprofit organization located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Comprised of an acclaimed literary book publisher, an independent bookshop, and a literary programmer focused on education and outreach, our mission is cultivating readers and nurturing writers in both the Spartanburg community and throughout the South to foster an inclusive literary arts culture.** Celebrating 30 years in 2025, **Hub City Press** is the South’s premier independent literary press. Focused on finding and spotlighting extraordinary new and unsung writers from the American South, our curated list champions diverse authors and books that don’t fit into the commercial publishing landscape. By offering these voices a national platform, we work to transform and expand the national perception of the American South in literature and beyond. Our list publishes 8-10 literary titles each year and we maintain a backlist of over 150 titles. Our importance in the region, as one of the very few literary presses that not only exists but thrives, is unparalleled. We are the only press publishing contemporary English language fiction by Southern authors to national and international acclaim. In recent years we've had numerous Best Book of the Year nods from NPR and Kirkus, books longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize and The Story Prize, and the PEN/Voelcker Award. Our books have received coverage in *the New York Times, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe*, magazines like *The New Yorker, Entertainment Weekly, People, O, The Oprah Magazine,* and on NPR and Good Morning America. Celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2025, **the Hub City Bookshop** has become an important cultural placemaking and tourism asset for the City of Spartanburg as it develops and grows. Early adopters of an idea that is increasingly taking hold, we believe bookstores are an important common good, deepening literacy in our communities and increasing civic engagement in our citizens. As Spartanburg’s headquarters for book culture, we empower our community by preserving local heritage and promoting literacy initiatives that inspire a love of reading.