The Blackshear Times The Blackshear Times The Blackshear Times is an American weekly newspaper founded in 1889 and published in Blackshear, Georgia. "The Times" is a community newspaper, thus its coverage is primarily centered on the events in Pierce County, Georgia. The current owner and publisher of "The Times" is Robert Williams Jr. The Papers' motto, as printed in the top-center of the front page, is "Liked by Many, Cussed by Some, Read by Them All." The name of weekly newspaper has been "The Blackshear Times" since October 10, 1889. Exactly who came up with the name is not known, although E.Z. Byrd
Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award were published in the newspaper itself. The 1974 winner was Charles Nicholl, who went on to become well-known for historical biographies. It was re-invigorated with the support of literary agents Peters Fraser + Dunlop in 2015 under the new name Sunday Times / Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award. 1974 Winner - Charles Nicholl, 'The Ups and The Downs', the author's disturbing and humorous account of a bad lsd trip in London. In 1999, Paul Farley's "The Boy from the Chemist is Here to See You" "was so well received", according to the "Encyclopedia of British