We’re getting ready for the 2024 Writing Contest!!
Contest Open: September 9
Contest Close: October 18
Award Ceremony: November 14
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Writing can be more than words on paper. It can be your therapist, your love, and if you choose, your profession. Think about it. You won’t know until you try.
– Nancy Van Sant
Featured Writings
from our Pickens writers
Sassafras Literary Exchange is Born
In 1981 the Sassafras Literary Exchange began with a small group of Pickens County Residents….
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Letter Writing – The Forgotten Art
Writing letters should be an important part of every writer’s life. Since writing is putting your thoughts on paper…
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Keeping Readers
Hooked
The key to creating the unexpected in character, setting or plot is that you control reader response….
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News and Recent Writings by our Local Authors
- 2023 Sassafras Youth Awards Presented
By Angela Reinhardt, Staff Writer originally published in the Pickens County Progress Nearly 200 students and parents were in attendance at the Sassafras Literary Exchange’s … - The 2023 Writing Contest Is Here
by William Young as published in the Pickens County Progress It’s writing contest time for students in Pickens County. The Sassafras Literary Exchange has set … - The Good Vibes Series: Joyce Southern Bennett’s gift for writing is her gift from God
by Larry Cavender, Contributing Writer originally published in the Pickens County Progress, Thursday, July 27, 2023 “Writing is not hard; finding time to write is hard.” …The Good Vibes Series: Joyce Southern Bennett’s gift for writing is her gift from God Read More »
- Sassafras Literary Exchange’s Youth Writing Contest Winners Announced
by Angela Reinhardt, Staff Writer originally published in the Pickens County Progress, Thursday, December 1, 2022 It was arguably the largest crowd in the history of the …Sassafras Literary Exchange’s Youth Writing Contest Winners Announced Read More »