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Emily Nason

Emily Nason lives in Columbia, South Carolina, and is a senior creative writing student at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities. She plans to study creative writing in college.

Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize

Fall 2011

Ripening

By Emily Nason

Runner-up 2011 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers   The summer I left home, a woman next to a honeysuckle vine counted the pearl buttons of my mother's sweater. […]

Past Recipients of the Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers

Ripening

By Emily Nason

2011 Runner-Up The summer I left home, a woman next to a honeysuckle vine counted the pearl buttons of my mother’s sweater. She said, I like your button. Your button. […]