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September Nonfiction Contest Open
The Chattanooga Writers’ Guild seeks Creative Nonfiction submissions with the theme Sailing. Writers may interpret the theme as loosely as they wish. Deadline to submit up to three (3) stories of 1,500 words each is September 30, 2026. Check out the full submission guidelines HERE. Author Michelle Rogers will judge this month’s submissions.…
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Vote in the Board election!
Who would you like to be on the CWG board for the upcoming year? Let us know by voting in the board election! Here is the link to vote If you have questions about any of the candidates, or the election, let us know at board@chattanoogawritersguild.org
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Please share your published works!
The 25th Anniversary Reception is right around the corner, and we want to celebrate you! Please send Barbara Tucker (btbarbaratucker11@gmail.com) information about the books, stories, poems, essays, or articles you have had published since you became a member of the Guild! You may include the titles, a headshot, and/or any photos…
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Can you decorate a table for our Anniversary Reception?
We still need a few people to volunteer to decorate one table for our Anniversary Reception on September 12th at Greenway Farms — are you interested? You will need to provide a simple table cover and a centerpiece. This is your chance to exercise a different kind of creativity and…
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Winners: July Poetry Contest
Congratulations to Sherry Poff and Ray Zimmerman, winners of the July 2026 Poetry Contest!
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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
These Are My Clappers
These Are My Clappers offers a unique look at our whole selves, from our “thinkers” down to our “wigglers.” A body parts identification book using verbs and purpose, These Are …Read More »
Missing Pieces: Poetry by JimmyLee Smith 1993 – July 1997
Missing Pieces: Poetry by JimmyLee Smith 1993 – July 1997Read More »
Long Lost Family
Scott Wallace, editor of the Keowah County Bugle and Banner, unexpectedly finds himself covering the wedding of Meredeth Kendrick, the daughter of a successful businessman, John Ross Kendrick, and his …Read More »
Chattanooga Writers’ Guild 2016 Anthology
The Chattanooga Writers’ Guild is not one voice, but a chorus. Our relationships with each other, our neighbors, the city of Chattanooga, and the region all interact to influence us …Read More »
Sister Sorrow
This courageous collection, the work of decades, is a travelogue; Rachel Landrum Crumble sets out toward the terrain of the other “to find/ my own way in the dark—/transform the unspeakable/ into …Read More »
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