AWARDS

Janie Dempsey Watts is an award-winning author. Here are just a few of the honors she's received.

Moon Over Taylor’s Ridge

Moon Over Taylor’s Ridge was chosen for Catoosa County's 2013 One Book, One Community literacy program. This novel was also a finalist for the Frank Yerby Award and nominated for Georgia Author of the Year and S.I.B.A. awards. Ms.Watts was the featured speaker discussing Moon Over Taylor’s Ridge at The Appalachian Writers Series, and she was a keynote speaker at the Georgia Library Association meeting in 2013. 

Return to Taylor's Crossing

Return to Taylor’s Crossing placed third in the Frank Yerby Literary Competition at the Augusta, Georgia Literary Festival and received a B.R.A.G. (Book Readers Appreciation Group). This novel also won the Knoxville, Tennessee Writers Guild novel excerpt competition.

Mothers, Son, Beloveds, and Other Strangers

Mothers, Son, Beloveds, and Other Strangers, won an Indie B.R.A.G. Medallion. 

Pap Pap Goes to Paris, and so does Ricky

Pap Pap Goes to Paris, and so does Ricky won first place in the Georgia Independent Author Awards, 2019.