The South Carolina Center for the Book at will hold its annual awards ceremony on August 14, 2008, at the Hilton Head Island Library from 2:00-4:00pm. The ceremony is free and open to the public. All three honorees will attend:

The Arts Council of Beaufort County has been selected for the SC Center for the Book Award for Literary Arts Advocacy. ACBC's literary components include the Get Your Art Out emerging artist initiative, grants for projects in Beaufort County, the Beaufort County Bibliography, ACBC's print publication ArtNews, and ArtWorks, which provides spaces for events and workshops (at ACBC's new home in Beaufort Town Center, 2127 Boundary Street in Beaufort.)

Author Mary Alice Monroe also won, for writing. Munroe is the author of Time is a River, and Sweetgrass.

Eileen Bergreen, of Hilton Head Middle School, is being honored for excellence in teaching.

The South Carolina Center for the Book is an affiliate of the Library of Congress, and a cooperative project of the SC State Library, the University of South Carolina, and the Humanities Council.

For more information about the South Carolina Center for the Book, please visit www.sccenterforthebook.org

For more information about the Arts Council of Beaufort County, including upcoming literary events, visit http://www.beaufortcountyarts.com