The Chattanooga Writers’ Guild promotes, encourages, and supports writing and fosters a supportive, caring environment for writers in the Chattanooga community.



Latest News
Upcoming Deadlines
Two more days to enter the Nimrod International Review contest. Chestnut Review has opened Submissions for their Chapbook Competition https://chestnutreview.com/chapbooks/ April 2 is the deadline for the Mildred Hahn Review Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel deadline is April 15 http://www.sawconline.net/
Keep readingChattown Poets Open Mic +
Join us for an open mic followed by Poets in the Round, featuring: Talor Iman, Strawberry, and Jamnjaq; all are members of Rhyme N Chatt Interactive Poetry.
Keep readingJoin us for another book launch!
Join us April 17th at the Soddy Daisy Community Library.
Keep readingJoin us tonight for the Book Launch of our 7th Anthology!
Join us tonight for dinner at Abuelo’s.
Keep readingOnly 5 Days Left to Submit to the March 2023 Monthly Contest Series
Last chance to submit your culinary creation!
Keep readingEnjoy a selection of books from our authors!
Newest Submissions
The Soubrette
Sassy but sweet, sexy but clean, this novella tackles a big story with Neal’s signature humor and swoon-worthy characters. Think Breakfast at Tiffany’s meets crime story drama. Book description: Chef …Read More »The Rucksack
A short and sweet, feel-good love story by the award-winning author of The Locke Box. When a bike wreck leaves Ginny wondering if she’ll lose her arm, Seth (the guy …Read More »Buckle Pockets
Buckle Pockets is the long-awaited sequel to Buckle Pocket! Filled with even sillier rhymes and bizarrely specific illustrations, Buckle Pockets will lead young readers into a strange world of farmer’s …Read More »Murder Intelligently Designed
Brenda Bleckard, Bennettville State’s nihilistic biology teacher and tenured cougar, is ready to commit academic mayhem when she hears that fellow teacher, Troy Michaelson, plans to show a movie about …Read More »Non-Prophet Murders: A Grit and Grace Mystery
Grace Willis suspects the dramatic death of her minister father was not an accident. She and journalism major, Grit Griffin, while tracking down the serial killer who is targeting preachers, …Read More »
Random Selection
Crazy Buffet: The Fourth Course
The Fourth in the series of eclectic collections of shorts from a Hixson TN based group writers with different styles, genres, and opinions on the oxford comma. Fantasy, Mystery, Wit, …Read More »Gathering Stones
Gathering Stones is an exciting trilogy. In A Time to Speak, KB introduces the reader to the folklore that first influenced her reading and fascination with Ireland. However, it was …Read More »Migration
Migration explores family history, both real and imagined, ranging from slavery and her family’s migration up north to her return. As it is said, African American history is American history. …Read More »Poetry Quarterly Fall 2021
Poetry Quarterly Issue #47 Fall 2021 features fine poetry by three Chattanooga Writers’ Guild members, Chris Wood, KB Ballentine, and Wesley Sims among others.Read More »Take Me To Your Reader: A Corner Scribblers Flash Collection w/ guest author, Dan Hollifield
Take me to your reader is a collection of fun, serious and wacky stories centered around a first contact with an alien species. Why? Because…Aliens! Foreword and story contribution “the …Read More »
Want to receive our news as soon as it is posted? Subscribe here.
You must be logged in to post a comment.