Terri McCord is a 2022 Pushcart nominee and a 2022 McCray Nickens Fellowship (sponsored by the South Carolina Academy of Authors and the South Carolina Writers Association) finalist. A poem in Fall Lines 2021 was a finalist in the poetry competition as well. She currently has two photos in a national juried show. She has taught art, writing, and design. McCord is a 2001-2002 recipient of a South Carolina Arts Commission juried artist literary fellowship. She has three published volumes of poetry and is looking for a home for another.