Impossibilities of Imagination (Or Lacks Thereof) With: Bryan Thao Worra Tuesday, August 10, 2021, 6:45-8:30 pm eastern time Free to the public Zoom: LINK Poets and writers call upon a wide range of inner and external resources to express their creativity. Even after thousands of years, there is much to express, and opportunities to explore. As a... Continue Reading →
Winners Announced
CWG 2021 Spring Writing Contest winners are: Poetry 1st place: "Reading Moll Flanders" Helga Kidder 2nd place: "Blaze" Ken Harpe 3rd place: "Read House Hotel" Helga Kidder Fiction 1st Place "An Honest-to-God Miracle" Kate Landers 2nd Place "Measure" Alexandria Brielle Kelly 3rd Place "The Croaks are Coming" Tyler York Nonfiction First Place: "P. S. Please Still be my... Continue Reading →
Monthly Contest: June-July
Our theme for June's contest was "Exploration" and our winner is Sherry Poff with her creative nonfiction piece, "Northeast." Sherry Poff grew up in the hills of West Virginia. She now lives and writes in and around Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she interacts with a large group of students and family members. Sherry holds an MA in... Continue Reading →
Spring Writing Contest: home stretch
The deadline for submitting entries to the 2021 Spring Writing Contest is midnight Tuesday June 15. You still have time - but not much! Complete instructions and link to entry form are located on this page: CONTEST
June Contest
June's contest theme is "Exploration." Our judge will be Ray Zimmerman, assisted by KB Ballentine and Kelly Hanwright. Although Ray Zimmerman still writes occasional poetry and essays, he has made freelance journalism his primary focus. Recent articles have appeared in The Chattanooga Pulse, The Hellbender Press (Knoxville), and Appalachian Voices (Boone, North Carolina). He edits the... Continue Reading →
Winner of the May contest
Our theme for May's contest was "Renewal" and our winner is John C. Mannone with his poem, "Mourning Routine." John C. Mannone has poems appearing in North Dakota Quarterly, Le Menteur, Blue Fifth Review, Poetry South, Baltimore Review. A Jean Ritchie Fellowship winner in Appalachian literature (2017), he served as celebrity judge for the NFSPS (2018). His poetry won the Bloodroot award and Impressions of... Continue Reading →
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