Writings & More
Fiction Winner – 2025 Adult Writing Contest
Congratulations to Mary Jo Brown on earning first place in fiction for her short story,…
Nonfiction Winner – 2025 Adult Writing Contest
Congratulations to Lora Bunch Carr on earning first place in Nonfiction for her story, Watermelon…
Poetry Winner – 2025 Adult Writing Contest
Congratulations to Lynn Kaiser Conrad on earning first place in poetry for her poem, Tropical…
2025 Adult Writing Contest Winners
Sassafras Literary brought back the adult writing contest for 2025! Pickens County writers submitted their…
2023 Sassafras Youth Awards Presented
By Angela Reinhardt, Staff Writer originally published in the Pickens County Progress Nearly 200 students…
The 2023 Writing Contest Is Here
by William Young as published in the Pickens County Progress It’s writing contest time for…
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…
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…
The Firefly Story Hour
by Mary Ellen Johnson The Firefly Story Hour, a part of the Georgia ForestWatch Fall…
Youth Writing Contest Prepares for 39th Year – Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
by William Young, President Sassafras Literary Exchange originally published in the Pickens County Progress, Thursday, October…
Author Maria Boling’s Latest Focuses on Atlanta in the 40s-50s
originally published in the Pickens County Progress, Thursday, September 17, 2020 A new book, “Once is…
Sassafras Writers Group Holds First In-Person Meeting Since Spring
by Mary Ellen Johnson, Sassafras Literary Exchange originally published in the Pickens County Progress, Thursday, August 27,…