Our theme for February's contest was "Hope" and our judge was Finn Bille. Out of 7 entries, our winner is KB Ballentine with her poem "March." KB Ballentine’s seventh collection, Edge of the Echo, is scheduled to launch in the Spring of 2021 with Iris Press. Her earlier books can be found with Blue Light Press,... Continue Reading →
February Contest
Our theme for February 2021 is “Hope.” Our judge will be Finn Bille, assisted by Karen Phillips and Kate Landers. Finn has been writing poetry since his teenage years in Copenhagen, Denmark. His published poetry collections are Waking Dreams, Elsinore, Denmark, 1986; Rites of the Earth, Chattanooga, TN, 1994; Fire Poems, Chattanooga, TN, 2011; and The King’s Coin: Danish-American Poems,... Continue Reading →
Workshop: Seth Michelson
Join us on Saturday February 20 for a workshop led by Seth Michelson. Seth Michelson is an award-winning poet, translator, and professor of poetry (more below). Website (Note: I attended a session with Seth recently in a UTC Poetry class and his passion for the creative spirit, his love of poetry, and encouragement of the... Continue Reading →
North Georgia Writers Group
Recorded interview with North Georgia Writers Group featuring: Barbara Tucker, Becky Wooley, Devereaux Chivington-Stebbins, and Pamela Pettyjohn, with host Mark Anderson. During the global health crisis of 2020 CWG has not been able to meet in the Chattanooga City Library, so we have been recording interviews with our members. We want to make all of... Continue Reading →
January Contest
Open now for submissions to the January monthly contest. The CWG monthly contest is free to all CWG members, awards $25- to each winner, publishes the winning pieces on the CWG website, and in The Pulse online magazine. See complete rules here: monthly-contest-rulesOpen Our theme for January is "Uncertainty." Our judge will be Ann Thornfield-Long,... Continue Reading →
December Contest Winner
Our theme for December's contest was "Closure." Winners of the CWG monthly contest receive $25- award and the piece is published here on the CWG website, and in The Pulse online magazine. Ray Zimmerman won (for the second time!) for his creative non-fiction entry The Dance of Leaves. Ray Zimmerman began writing freelance journalism in 1988, He... Continue Reading →
