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 support the Guild, and we…
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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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Join us for our monthly meeting on August 11, 2026!
Join us at our regular August meeting for a special presentation on AI in writing and publishing. Light refreshments will be provided. TITLE: Get Real! Publishers Love to Hate AI — And Authors Need to Know Why! DATE: Tuesday, August 11, 2026 TIME: 6:00 – 8:00 pm ADDRESS: Chattanooga State College, 4501 Amnicola Hwy, Chattanooga,…
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Save the Date – CWG 25th Anniversary Reception is Sep 12th from 5 – 7!
The Chattanooga Writers’ Guild turns 25 this year, and we’d love you to celebrate with us! Join us for a reception at Greenway Farms on September 12th from 5 – 7, and enjoy finger foods, desserts, and drinks, as well as a short presentation on the Guild and a celebration of our members’ works. We’re…
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August Fiction Contest Open
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…
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Join Janie Dempsey Watts for Book Talk Sunday!
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…
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CWG Member Barbara Tucker’s New Book is Launching Soon!
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…
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Please Vote for the 2026 Silver Falchion Readers’ Choice Award!
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.
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Poetry reading + open mic this Sunday!
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.
Keep readingDo you want to be on the Board? Let us know!
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…
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