Our Monthly Contest Series resumes tomorrow! We will rotate through a pattern of Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction throughout the year, with a new theme each month. Check them out below and start writing today!
2023 Contest Series Info
Our Monthly Contests will open on the 1st of each month and close on the last day, with one winner and one runner-up announced the following month. Winners receive $25, and winners and runners-up receive publication in and one free copy of our next anthology, available in 2024. Monthly Contests are available to current members of the CWG only, and are free to enter. To become a member, click HERE.
Word limit: Poetry 40 lines; Prose 1500 words. The submission form can be found under the “Members” tab on our website homepage and is accessible only after you have logged in. If you need assistance logging in or finding the form, please email tech-support@chattanoogawritersguild.org.
| Month | Genre | Theme |
| January | Poetry | Appalachia |
| February | Fiction | Feel the Feels |
| March | Creative Nonfiction | Culinary |
| April | Poetry | Humor |
| May | Fiction | Dreams and Nightmares |
| June | Creative Nonfiction | Where I Come From |
| July | Poetry | Days in the Sun |
| August | Fiction | Secrets |
| September | Creative Nonfiction | Be Brave |
| October | Poetry | Bones |
| November | Fiction | The Family You Choose |
| December | Creative Nonfiction | Your Holiday |
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