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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Join us for our monthly meeting on August 11, 2026!
Join us at our regular August meeting for a special presentation on AI in writing and publishing. Light refreshments will be provided. TITLE: Get Real! Publishers Love to Hate AI — And Authors Need to Know Why! DATE: Tuesday, August 11, 2026 TIME: 6:00 – 8:00 pm ADDRESS: Chattanooga State…
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Save the Date – CWG 25th Anniversary Reception is Sep 12th from 5 – 7!
The Chattanooga Writers’ Guild turns 25 this year, and we’d love you to celebrate with us! Join us for a reception at Greenway Farms on September 12th from 5 – 7, and enjoy finger foods, desserts, and drinks, as well as a short presentation on the Guild and a celebration…
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August Fiction Contest Open
The Chattanooga Writers’ Guild seeks Fiction submissions with the theme Heights. Writers may interpret the theme as loosely as they wish. Deadline to submit up to three (3) stories of 1,500 words each is August 31, 2026. Check out the full submission guidelines HERE. Author James Brumbaugh will judge this month’s submissions. Winners…
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Join Janie Dempsey Watts for Book Talk Sunday!
CWG member and award-winning author Janie Dempsey Watts will be speaking about her new book, Mostly True, at Book Talk Sunday on August 16th from 2 – 3 PM at the Katie Lamb Library in Collegedale Tennessee. Mostly True was named a 2025 nominee for Georgia Author of the Year…
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CWG Member Barbara Tucker’s New Book is Launching Soon!
Join us in celebrating the publication of CWG member Barbara Tucker’s eleventh novel. She will have a book launch celebration at Catoosa County Colonnade on Friday, September 25th from 5 – 9, where she will read from the new work, and there will be a drawing for prizes, as well…
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Newest Submissions
The Memory Guardians: The House on Stone Street
Imagine being charged to preserve twelve decades of memories created by the occupants of one particular house. That was the task SueCarol Elvin assigned to a pair of figments of …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 »
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 »
Random Selection
Chattanooga Writers’ Guild 2019 Anthology
The Chattanooga Writers’ Guild has striven to fulfill its pledge to “promote, encourage, and support the craft of quality writing and to create a supportive environment for writers in the …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 »
Edge of the Echo
KB Ballentine gathers poems into four sections that honor the ancient rhythms of Earth, Air, Water, and Fire. Edge of the Echo explores these elements and how they weave through …Read More »
Lake Misere: A Murder Mystery
Lake Misère, a mystery thriller, is set on a lake in Louisiana by the same name. Syndicated food editor, Pat Vincent, accepts an assignment from The Times Picayune to write …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 »
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