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Megan Gallagher

Megan Gallagher is a senior at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, where she is part of the creative writing program. She was awarded an honorable mention in the 2010 South Carolina Writers Workshop competition for juniors and seniors. Megan plans to study poetry in college.

Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize

Fall 2010

Clutch

By Megan Gallagher

Runner-up 2010 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers In the spring, my father had a black thumb and too many blisters. Pear blossoms and new tomato worms kept him […]