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Short Fiction Contest
Chattanooga Writers Guild (CWG) 2013 Flash Fiction Contest 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 Manuscripts will not be returned but may be withdrawn if an email letter is sent requesting withdrawal and clearly stating the title of the piece.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...
read moreCWG Member Grant Fetters Honored
On Tuesday, February 7, Chattanooga Writers Guild member Grant Fetters received the Volunteer of the Year award from JTEKT, North America. Fetters was also the Guest Speaker at the awards banquet which took place at Calhoun’s Restaurant in Lenoir City and honored all JTEKT employees who had given 50 hours or more of community service over the past year. JTEKT executives presented each of the honored employees with a certificate and a cash contribution to the nonprofit or charitable organization of their choice. Grant designated the...
read moreMargaret Britton Vaughn
Maggi Vaughn, songwriter, playwright, and Poet Laureate of Tennessee spoke at the February meeting of the Chattanooga Writers Guild, one of our best attended meetings in recent years. Maggi shared stories of how she started her career, how she has published her own poetry and that of fellow poets, how she grew up listening to country music and has written lyrics sung by Loretta Lyn, Conway Twitty, and others. She encouraged each member of the audience to find their voice, and to keep writing. Her unique use of humor made her presentation both...
read moreWinder Binder Gallery
Winder Binder Gallery of Folk Art 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...
read more2012 Christmas Party
The Christmas Party is our time of celebration . We celebrate our writing, our members, and our accomplishments. It is the most festive event of the Chattanooga Writers’ Guild and our best attended function of the year. This is a pot luck dinner, so plan to bring a side dish. The Guild will provide a main dish, table service, and beverages. December 11, 2012, 6:30 PM North River Civic Center 2009 Executive Drive, Suite 102 Hixson, TN37343
read moreJuly 10 Meeting – Thanks
Another thanks to Judith Caulfield, who very effectively communicated that there are a lot of things that can affect the popularity of a book once the author is finished writing it. The formatting and font can make a good book so hard to read that people will not struggle through it, for instance.
read moreJuly 10 Meeting – Thanks
Our sincere thanks to those who helped make our July meeting a success, to Bob Turner for the refreshments, to Demetrius Daniel (Trombone + Poetry = Tromboetry). Demetrius made his point by performing using the trombone and original poetry, emphasizing the rhythm is very important in poetry.
read moreNew Athens TN Writing Group Forming
A new Creative Writers Group is forming at the Library in Athens, TN. It will meet at the E.G. Fisher Library on the Second Saturday’s of the month at 11:00am. We are looking for writers, illustrators, Fiction writers Memoir, children’s, young adult, Science fiction, historical anything you want to write about we will discuss the craft. We will also discuss publishing and printing. How to get an agent and where to sell your work. Anyone is welcome. If you are interested in writing or writers, please attend and help the group decide how...
read moreApolcalypse Now & The Arts
Apocalypse Now and the Arts Tuesday, November 8th 7:00 to 8 :30 PM Downtown Public Library Chattanooga, Tn Free and Open to the Public 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...
read moreSouthern Light in Nashville
Robert Morgan, Bill Brown, Ray Zimmerman, Penny Dyer at reading in the Old Surpreme Court Room, Nashville, Tn., 10-14-2011, from Southern Light: Twelve Contemporary Southern Poets ISBN 978-0982725221
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