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 November 10th!
Build Yourself a Bible: Journaling and the Writing Process This talk by Gage Taylor explores the relationship between a journaling habit and professional writing. It also details the personal benefits of journaling and examines journaling systems used by successful writers. Finally, it will include a demonstration of WrittenWords, an app…
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November Fiction Contest Open
The Chattanooga Writers’ Guild seeks Fiction submissions with the theme Colors. Writers may interpret the theme as loosely as they wish. Deadline to submit up to three (3) stories of 1,500 words each is November 30, 2026. Check out the full submission guidelines HERE. Prize-winning fiction author Alexandra Kelly will judge this month’s…
Keep readingLocal Author Book Fair Dec 15th from 5:30 – 7:00
Join local authors for a book fair and book signing — or bring your own books to sign and sell! The event is happening December 15th, from 5:30 – 7:00 at the Cleveland Bradley County Public Library. Sign up to sell your books by emailing Kathy Davini at kdavini@clevelandlibrary.org
Keep readingWhere are our poets and essayists?
The critique group devoted to creative nonfiction and poetry has been operating in some form for twenty-five years now. As a group, we’ve seen lots of growth and success over the years. Recently our numbers have dwindled, so we’re putting out the word in case some of you are unaware of…
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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
Murder Transported
Wooley recently taught high school in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, represented by the notorious Marjorie Taylor Greene, who, along with our former President, exploits Christian Fundamentalists to win elections. “Murder …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 »
Crazy Buffet BBQ Edition: A Second Helping Of Stories
The second collection of stories from a group of writers in Hixson, TN. The group is composed of writers very different styles and genres, in age, experience, political outlook, and …Read More »
Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughter
Now a Lifetime television movie starring Sarah Drew, Stolen By Their Father was adapted from the story of Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters about a young mother and …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 »
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