Nancy Williams wins big at St. Simons Conference
St. Simons Island, GA -- Nancy L Williams of Chattanooga, TN and member of the Chattanooga Writers Guild, surprised many attending the Southeastern Writers Association Conference this year when she swept six of the top writing awards during the recent June 15-19, 2008 conference. Williams won the awards with a single entry called, A Very Basic Christmas. "It's hard to find a short inspirational story which appeals to young adults as well as the older generation. But that was my goal when I wrote A Very Basic Christmas," Williams said. She captured the Sue Ellen Hudson Inspirational Award (third place); the Angel Award for Holiday Seasonal Writing (Honorable Mention); the M.L. Brown Award for Young Adult Literature (second place); the LeRoy Spruill Award for Short Fiction (first place); the Southeastern Writers Association (SWA) Best Fiction (only one award given); and the Gift of Writing Award (one award given only). Each award is given by one or more judges of each category, with no knowledge of who submitted the entry or how the other judges decided their winners.
Our congratulations go out to Nancy.
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Feed Your Brain
A Visual Arts Show and Poetry Reading-- Saturday, July 19 -- 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Mocha Joes Coffee Shop -- St. Elmo Avenue -- Hear the spoken word of area poets
View stunning visual art -- Relax to Musical Interludes -- Taste the delectable sweets and the fine coffee of Mocha Joes -- Artwork and published books will be available for purchase
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Sewanee Writers Conference
July 15 -27, 2008 -- University of the South
http://www.sewaneewriters.org/
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South Carolina Writers Workshop
Oct 24-28 2008
http://www.myscww.org/
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Harriette Austin Writers' Conference
July 18-19, Athens, GA
Attending agents: Andrea Brown (Andrea Brown Literary); Barbara Casey (Barbara Casey Literary): Zoe Fishman (Lowenstein-Yost); Chip MacGregor (MacGregor Literary); Cherry Weiner (Cherry Weiner Literary).
http://harrietteaustin.org/default.aspx
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Writers Wanted
SouthernCreativity seeks authors. For more information:
http://southerncreativity.com/
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Quote of the day:
"You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.
-- Ray Bradbury, advice to writers
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Make Plans for June 26th
There will be a party at the location of CREATEHERE 55 E Main to celebrate the first annual poetry contest that was held in partnership with the InTheCity Magazine and the City of Chattanooga. Everyone is invited. It starts at 6:30 -- winning poems will be read at 7:00 PM and then you can meet some of the other movers and shakers in the local writing and arts community.
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Web Sites and Blogs of Interest to Southern Writers
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CWG member Marsha Brantley Published in Writers Digest
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GoodShop.com
Take a minute and look at all the places you can shop on line -- and when you do the CWG will get a percentage of what you spend. Even when you shop at the online discounters -- we both win. You get the product, and we get a percentage of the amount you pay. It is really a win - win for everyone.
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Oxford So & So Looking for Poems and Stories
July-August issue of The Oxford So & So (Volume 3, No. 5), and would like to have an influx of articles and poems on Mississippi. Particularly the North Mississippi areas of Oxford to Tupelo to Grenada (and all the beautiful hamlets nearby)...
Think Southern flavored nostalgia, humor/satire, poetry (rhyming is pre-
ferred), history, jokes, etc.
Prose payment is 2 copies for the first article/story in an issue and 1 copy
for each additional article/story in the same issue. Poetry pay is 1 copy
for each poem, regardless of length. Prose should be 1,000 words or
less (flexible but shorter articles have a better chance). Poetry is 1 copy
per poem, regardless of length.
Deadline is July 1, 2008. You DO NOT have to be a subscriber to be published.
Submission of material constitutes acceptance of these guidelines.
A sample copy is $4.00. One year (Six bi-monthly issues) is $14.
T. Richard Burns
Editor
The Oxford So & So
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Upcoming Monthly CWG Meetings -- Downtown Chattanooga Library 7pm
July 8th -- two Literary Agents discuss the industry and how to get published
August 12th -- Several CWG Members talk about their recent success stories
September 9th Annual Picnic and Business Meeting
Oct 14th -- Mr. Black about writing History
Nov 11th Cec Murphey visiting writer on the craft of writing
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