The Chattanooga Writers’ Guild promotes, encourages, and supports writing and fosters a supportive, caring environment for writers in the Chattanooga community.
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Save the date! Join us July 14th for our monthly meeting.
Mark your calendar for July 14 when we’ll share ice-cream and writing tips! Be thinking about your top two tips for fellow writers and come prepared to take notes!
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Winners: May YA/Youth Fiction Contest
Congratulations to Sherry White and Sherry Poff, winners of the May 2026 YA/Youth Fiction Contest!
Keep readingBring the family and join us for our monthly meeting on June 9th!
Bring the whole family to our June meeting! Do you have children who are interested in writing? In June, the Chattanooga Writers’ Guild will have a free workshop night for children six years and older, accompanied by their parents. Experienced guild members will provide separate writing activities for elementary-aged children…
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June Nonfiction Contest Open!
The Chattanooga Writers’ Guild seeks Nonfiction submissions with the theme Announcements. We welcome writers to interpret the theme as loosely as they wish. Deadline to submit up to three (3) stories of 1,500 words each is June 30, 2026. Check out the full submission guidelines HERE. Well-known poet, author, and CWG President Sherry…
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Writers Write. We’ve read or heard that sentence many times. In the Chattanooga Writers’ Guild, it’s what we are about. We are a productive group of poets, short fiction writers, novelists, essayists, creative non-fiction writers, and memoirists.In that vein, as we approach the 25th Anniversary Celebration and Reunion, the planners would…
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Newest Submissions
Strong Glass
Peggy’s life seems solid from the outside—successful career, stable marriage, hard-earned independence. But when her husband informs her he’s had enough and is leaving, everything she thought was secure begins …Read More »
Trevor the Notable G.O.A.T.: A Triumphant Tale of Music and Friendship for a Boy with Autism
Bursting with wit, warmth, music, and unexpected friendships, Trevor the Noteable GOAT is an inspiring story about embracing who you are, finding confidence, and discovering that your differences make you …Read More »
Mostly True: Stories with a Southern Sensibility
Mostly True, Stories with a Southern Sensibility, is a collection of creative, non-fiction short stories about Janie Dempsey Watts’s growing up in the South, moving away to California, and finally …Read More »
Yesterday Echoes
Yesterday Echoes is a lyrical meditation on memory, heritage, and the sacredness of place. Rooted in the Southern landscape of Kentucky and Tennessee, these poems explore the quiet beauty of everyday life …Read More »
Reflections of a Feral Mother
Reflections of a Feral Mother is a journey into the unflinching nature of motherhood. The collection embraces the untamed love of a mother for her children and the defiant beauty …Read More »
Random Selection
A Marvelous Time
Christmas isn’t just about getting drunk on eggnog and ordering your entire Wishlist as a gift to yourself. It’s also about spending five nights in a row on a blow-up …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 »
Thresholds of the Grand Dream
Every night, when the kids at Sonia Obata’s new school go to sleep, they go to the Grand Dream. In this mysterious place, they can do whatever they want—play a …Read More »
Freckles: The Dark Wizard
At Flame Rock Middle School, you show off your big biceps, post your dimples on InstaWitch, grow a cheetah tail, or use your fairy wings to fly down the hall. …Read More »Strong Glass
Peggy’s life seems solid from the outside—successful career, stable marriage, hard-earned independence. But when her husband informs her he’s had enough and is leaving, everything she thought was secure begins …Read More »
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