Literary Contest

Youth Literary Contest

Creative Writing in Pickens County

The Sassafras Literary Exchange sponsors an annual Youth Creative Writing Contest.

All 6th – 12th graders, including home-schooled youth and private school students, who live in and are educated in Pickens County, Georgia are eligible to enter.

Contest dates for 2023 are past.

Check back in September 2024 for 2024 contest details.

Categories:
Poetry
Fiction
Nonfiction

Cash Prizes for Each Category:
1st Place per category per age group
2nd Place per category per age group
3rd Place per category per age group

Sassafras contest winners Middle School 2019

Recent Youth Literary Contest Winners

Sassafras contest winners High School 2019
Writing Contest

Rules

One Entry per Category

Each student may only submit one entry per category –
Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction

How to Submit

Each submission must be submitted digitally through THIS form AND as a paper copy.

Register HERE to create your online account so you can submit your piece.

Do NOT put your name on the submitted piece. This ensures that the judges won’t know who the author is.

Paper copies should be given to your teacher or dropped at a designated location in Jasper (location is still being finalized).

Complete and staple an entry form to each submission. The form must be folded so that the author’s name cannot be seen from the outside.

Download a PDF entry form for your paper submission HERE.

Entrants should keep a copy of their entries.

Submissions must be received by October 20, 2023

Some Requirements

• Put the title of the story or poem at the top of the story or poem.
• DO NOT put the student’s name on the story or poem.
• Word limits – 1500 for fiction and nonfiction – 50 lines for poetry
• Entries should be typed, double-spaced in a standard format.
• Avoid fanciful fonts and graphics.

Register to participate in the annual writing competition.

Register Here

If you’re already registered, log in here.

Login Here

Submit your writing for the youth contest.

Submit Here

Submissions must be received by October 20, 2023

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