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Thursday, June 18, 2009
CWG NEWSLETTER--June 18, 2009
Poetry Reading and Fun in St. Elmo Saturday, June 20Sundown in St. Elmo--Monthly Open House Series
Upcoming third Saturdays: July 18, August 15
St. Elmo Merchants Association announces a new series of Saturday evening monthly events that coincides with the popular new World Music Summer program at the Incline Railway Lower Station. The Sundown In St Elmo series features working artist receptions, open mics, live music, and giveaways from participating merchants.
The first Sundown in St. Elmo event will kick off Saturday, June 20th at 6pm. Participating businesses include Umbra Essence Candles and Gifts, Pasha Coffee and Tea, Body Wisdom Therapeutic Massage and Collective Clothing.
Each of the businesses will offer in-store specials as well as a variety of activities between 6pm-9pm. All events are free and open to the public.
Pasha Coffee and Tea will feature “New Voices”, an evening of poetry from 4 accomplished area poets, as well as a reading from a mystery guest. Visitors will also have the chance to win a $15 gift card. The unique Turkish coffeehouse is home of the Halvah Latte and is the only coffee house in Chattanooga with a full organic-only coffee bar.
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CWG's Nonfiction Group Meets Tuesday, June 23 from 7-9 p.m. at New Hope Presbyterian on Shallowford Road (near Hamilton Place Boulevard and across from the Krystal). Take exit 5 from I-75. If you plan to bring something to read for critique, or for questions or clarification of directions, contact Marcia Swearingen. She will moderate this month due to Sherry Poff's absence. mswearingen@comcast.net
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Congratulations to Member K.B. Ballentine Celtic Cat Publishing is pleased to announce the release the second collection of poems, Fragments of Light, by the award-winning Dayton , Tennessee author KB Ballentine in July 2009. To order a copy, make a check for $12 to Celtic Cat Publishing and mail to: Celtic Cat Publishing, 2654 Wild Fern Lane, Knoxville, TN 37931 Checks should be made payable to Celtic Cat Publishing and mailed to: 2654 Wild Fern Lane, Knoxville , TN 37931.
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UTC Summer Writers Workshop Due to local demand, a half-day option for the upcoming UTC Summer Writers Workshop is $300 instead of $430 for the full day option. Half-day option: 9 am-11:30 am, Sun.-Thurs., July 26-30, including: -5 small-group workshop meetings from 9 to 10:30
- Daily master classes or discussion sessions with guest poet Mark Cox and guest prose writer Sue William Silverman 10:30-11:30 - One-on-one consultation with workshop leaders
- Nightly readings by participants and faculty
Held at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga from July 25-31, these six days will provide opportunities to share, discuss, and enhance your writing with published instructors and peer writers. Open to all members of the writing community, the workshops are designed for writers of all levels, including special cross-genre workshops for local high school students.
Send questions, concerns, or comments to sybil-baker@utc.edu or call UTC Continuing Education at (423) 425-4344. On-campus housing is available for $21 per night.
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Check out the Winning Writers website for contest news:
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Who Wants to Be an Audiobook Narrator?
Ever listened to an audiobook, and grumbled, "I could do that?" A new contest will give readers around the country a chance to try it. Until June 30th, aspiring audiobook narrators can submit three-minute demos to audiobook maestro Scott Brick, vying for a chance to win work as an audiobook narrator. To celebrate the ten-year anniversary of Brick's audiobook work, the producer is sponsoring a Share The Experience contest. Here's more about the contest: "The...
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/on/who_wants_to_be_an_audiobook_narrator_118995.asp
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New Limited Edition Book every Father wants for Father's Day
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Social Media -- Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and the like -- can serve small businesses in three ways. They help small businesses sell through (1) communication, (2) collaboration, and (3) entertainment. Lorrie Thomas explains how the process works in this article. Read the article.
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Writer Links--From Practical to Zany Practice being terse and witty for all to see:
http://thetenwordreview.com/
Dream Quest One Poetry and Writing Contest Contest Deadline: July 31, 2009 Redactions--Poetry and Poetics Six Rules of Blogging (That Also Apply to Twitter)
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Please send writer news, accomplishments, opportunities, contests, etc. to Karen H. Phillips,kphillipso@aol.com . Please begin subject line in all caps with two hyphens: NEWSLETTERCWG-- followed by important dates/deadlines, and brief description of the item you're sending. Using the beginning subject words above will send the email to my CWG Newsletter folder. The visual reminder in the email subject line will help me keep news timely. Whenever possible, submit announcements at least one week in advance. For example, if you're a writers' group leader, submit your meeting information one week before your meeting, as it otherwise may not be published in time. Thanks for all the helpful information you send--we writers thrive with support and encouragement!
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