Deadline – March 20, 2013

$100 First Prize | $50 Second Prize | $25 Third Prize

Contest Guidelines

Contest is open to anyone over the age of 18 with the following exceptions: members of the CWG board of directors, contest committee, and their families.

1. Manuscripts may not be edited after they are sent.

2. Manuscripts will not be returned but may be withdrawn if an email letter is sent requesting withdrawal and clearly stating the title of the piece. Authors should not consider a manuscript withdrawn until receiving confirmation from CWG.

3. Manuscripts must be unpublished.They may not be self-published. CWG retains first publication rights. Winning entries will be published in the CWG Newsletter and on its Webpage.

4. Type in a clearblack twelve-inch font on light background. Manuscripts should be single-spaced and double-spaced between paragraphs. No manuscript should exceed 1500 words.Your name or other identifying information must not appear on the manuscripts. Manuscripts will be coded for judging.

5. Include a cover sheet with each entry that lists the title of your flash fiction story at the top. Beneath it, list the following contact information: author’s name, author’s pen name (if applicable), author’s mailing address, email address, phone number, number of words of the manuscript, skip five spaces and then provide a bio of fifty words or less.

6. Entry fees must be sent through PayPal. Go to the CWG webpage www.chattanoogawritersguild.orgfor payment. CWG Members may submit one entry free. Subsequent entries are $10. The entry fee for nonmembers is $15. Subsequent entries are $10. Please note on the manuscript if it is a second or third or fourth, entry.

7. Submissions must be emailed on or before March 20, 2012. Your subject line should state your last name followed by CWG Flash. Cut and paste your manuscript into an email addressed to MarshaMathewsCWG2013@yahoo.com.

8. Winners will be notified in a timely manner by phone or email and announced in the CWG online newsletter and on the webpage. Do not contact CWG board members or contest committee members regarding the status of the contest.

9. CWG is not responsible for loss of manuscripts or electronic glitches.

10. We value each submission and understand the degree of work put into your stories. Unfortunately, we will not be able to provide feedback on your work. We encourage you, if you have not already done so, to join one of the many small writing groups available through the CWG, some of which provide opportunities for online feedback.

Listen to a podcast of Maggi, interviewed by Michael Edward Miller of WUTC at this link.

http://www.wutc.org/post/tennessees-poet-laureate-coming-chattanooga-feb-12

More top ten lists!  (Local Authors, “Chattanooga” bestsellers, and National bestsellers)…. Top 10 selling Local Author books… 1.  Southern Light (Poetry, edited by Bruce Majors, Ray Zimmerman & Ed Lindberg) 2. Wayne White: Maybe Now I Will Get the Respect I So Richly Deserve (edited by Todd Oldham) 3.  Old Money, New South (Dean Arnold) 4.  Fire Poems (Finn Bille) 5.  Chattanooga Chills (Mark Fults) 6.  Chattanooga Walking Tours  (Maury Nicely) 7.  Confederate Streets (Erin Tocknell) 8.  Raoke & the Camp Raid (Cindy Harris) 9.  Woodland Letters (Lynee Mulligan) 10.  Test by Fire (Robert Swansborough)

 Top 10 selling Chattanooga related books… 1.  Chattanooga’s Heroic Drive (Beth Ellen Roberts) T2.  Haunted Chattanooga (Amy Petulla and Jessica Penot) T2. Remembering Chattanooga (William Hull) T2. Chattanooga Then & Now (William Hull) 6.  Chattanooga Radio & Television (David Carroll) 7.  Bicycling Routes (Elle Colquitt) 8.  Seasoned to Taste (Junior League) 9.  Railroads in Chattanooga (Alan Walker) 10.  Off Road Trails (Elle Colquitt)

December 11, 2012, 6:30 PM
North River Civic Center
2009 Executive Drive, Suite 102
Hixson, TN37343

Demetrius made his point by performing using the trombone and original poetry, emphasizing the rhythm is very important in poetry.

If you are interested in writing or writers, please attend and help the group decide how best to meet the needs and interests of the writers of the Athens area.

Contact Grant at grantcad@Gmail.com

Tuesday, November 8th

The Chattanooga Writers Guild is pleased to welcome Steve Brooks, musician and student of mythology, as presenter at their November meeting. He will show why myth of  ”The Hero’s Journey” as explained by Joseph Campbell, is a classic core structure in many novels and movies. He will show scenes from the film “Apocalypse Now” to prove his point.

Everyone who is interested in seeing how the use of Greek myths can strengthen a short story or novel will be interested in Mr. Books’ presentation at the Downtown Library.

“Apocalypse Now”,. Francis Ford Coppola’s masterwork employs symbolism from the Hindu, Buddhist, and Christian religions, as well as the labyrinth and Minotaur from Greek Mythology. It is a movie of rebirth, enlightenment, and resurrection, that uses warfare as a metaphor for internal struggles.

Steve Brooks is a Nashville musician who has made the study of comparative religion and mythology a lifelong pursuit. He holds a Master’s degree from the University of Southern California, and has years of teaching experience at the college level. His article “An Apocalyptic Redemption” was recently featured in Depths InsightsE-zine. He lectured on the subject of religious and mythological symbolism found in Apocalypse Now Redux at the Chattanooga Joseph Campbell Foundation Round Table.

If you are a writer or want to write a novel, song or poem, this is a meeting that will give you valuable information how to make your story stronger and unforgettable..