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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 will be announced in September... Continue Reading →
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 in the memoir category and... Continue Reading →
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 as refreshments. Find out more... Continue Reading →
Unbroken Circle by CWG novelist C. S. Devereaux named finalist for the Silver Falchion Literary Award for best historical crime fiction novel for 2025/2026. If you have not done already done so, please cast your vote here for Unbroken Circle by CWG novelist C. S. Devereaux for the 2026 Silver Falchion Readers' Choice Award.
Join CWG member Rachel Crumble this Sunday for a poetry reading and open mic at the Dapper Owl in Murfreesboro! Doors open at 5:30, and the program starts at 6:00.
Board elections are coming up soon, and we would love to bring some new members onto the Board! It's a wonderful opportunity to have a real hand in shaping the development of the Guild, and to help foster our local writing community. If you might like to be a Board member, please let us know... Continue Reading →
Ever wondered what your pet is thinking? Local community member Kali Meister is teaching a class at The Chattery where she'll lead you through several exercises about just that. Here's the description from The Chattery: What would your dog say if they could tell their side of the story? Would they complain about bath day? Celebrate... Continue Reading →
Helga Kidder, one of our CWG founders, has a new book called Listen to Your Own Song. Join her at the Soddy-Daisy Community Library tomorrow at 6:30 PM for her book release. This wonderful collection of poems was inspired by the fortune-telling nursery rhyme, “Monday’s child is fair of face” and ending with “Sunday’s child... Continue Reading →
Congratulations to John C. Mannone and Tom Kimball, winners of the June 2026 Nonfiction Contest!
Want to turn your creative writing skills into a career? Want to spend your work week wrapped up in the world of books? Did you miss CWG board director, Hannah Sandoval's discussion on becoming a freelance book professional last year. Another chance is coming this weekend!
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