Here is the Georgia Sports Writers Association’s 2019 All-State football team. The team was selected by a panel of newspaper and broadcast media members who cover high school sports on a regular basis. An extensive list of candidates and their credentials was compiled by Todd Holcomb of the AJC/Georgia High School Football Daily/Georgia High School …
Entries are currently being accepted for the annual GSWA Writing and Editing Contest. In one change this year, there will be one classification of competition. All daily, weekly and online publications will compete in the same classification. Otherwise the rules remain the same. Click here to see the contest rules. Each entry requires a cover …
Georgia sports writing legend Furman Bisher was inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame in Nov. 2018. The Hall recently posted the video of that event. Furman was the first inductee that day and he was introduced by world-famous novelist Terry Kay, who worked for Bisher at the Atlanta Journal. Here is the video …
Many of you who attended the annual meeting are aware of this new contest. It’s an opportunity to win $150 for writing a story. Here is the information: The Dogwood Invitational is one of the nation’s top amateur golf tournaments. This year the tournament, which will be held at Druid Hills Golf club on June …
The Augusta Chronicle and Marietta Daily Journal were the big winners in the annual Georgia Sports Writers Association’s writing and editing contest announced Sunday. Augusta Chronicle sports editor John Boyette won the Furman Bisher Sweepstakes Award for best story and the newspaper took first for best sports section, best Sunday sports section and best special …
Summit Chase Country Club in Snellville will be the host for the Georgia Sports Writers Association annual meeting on June 4. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. with a buffet dinner at the club. The menu typically includes fried chicken, roast beef, an assortment of vegetables, soup, homemade yeast rolls and cornbread, a salad …
Carolyn Carlson of Kennesaw State is conducting a survey regarding the Georgia Open Records Act Thank you to those who have already participated in the survey of Georgia sports writers that gauges their reactions to an amendment to the Georgia Open Records Act that now allows athletic departments at University System of Georgia schools 90 …
By Cary Best The Blue Devils of Elbert County must trade in their Porsche for a Peterbilt this season if they are to take the Region 8-AA checkered flag. Head coach Sid Fritts will find it necessary to rebuild his team’s motor after superstars Mecole Hardman and Tra Barnett left the Granite Bowl carrying diplomas. …
Here is a link to the Macon Telegraph’s article comparing the top quarterbacks in Middle Georgia. http://www.macon.com/sports/high-school/article95517637.html Thank you for sharing.
Stan Awtrey, Fletcher Page and Brian Paglia won the GSWA’s Furman Bisher Sweepstakes Award to highlight the 2015 writing and editing competition. In Division I, Awtrey, writing for the Macon Telegraph, won for his story detailing the Georgia Tech-Florida State football game. In Division II, Page, the sports editor of the Athens Banner Herald, won …