News & Events

Journaling workshop at 
​July monthly meeting

     Chattanooga Writers' Guild board member Sherry Poff will lead a workshop on Tuesday, July 10 at the Chattanooga Public Library.
The workshop will be based on Barbara Abercrombie's book Courage and Craft: Writing Your Life into Story. You should bring paper and something to write with for this one.
Abercrombie's book revolves around journaling as an excellent jumping off point for the writer. She weaves it into the basics of genre and literary fiction, poetry and, of course, memoir and personal essays.
Workshop presenter Sherry Poff is a high school English teacher who writes poetry and prose. Her works have appeared in several anthologies and journals including Muscadine Lines, Project Keepsake, and the Chattanooga Writers' Guild 2015 Anthology.

Notes

We now have business cards for the CWG that will be made available at meetings.  Members may take these to distribute to those who might be interested in the guild. It contains our meeting information (date, time, place), our email, website url and mailing address.  These will replace the trifold that we have had in the past.
​Join our Meetup group for exclusive events, including our monthly New Member Happy Hour!

Benefits of Membership

  • Prestige: you now belong to a professional writers' organization; update your resume!
  • Networking: meet other writers, learn from each other, and grow together
  • Information: speakers, contests, events
  • Individual Attention to Your Writing Needs: critique groups, workshops
  • Promotion: accolades, sales, open mic, member bio
  • Fun: potlucks, games, plot-offs
  • Leadership Opportunities: join our board!
Learn more about the perks of joining the CWG here.
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Membership is $30 per year ($15 per year for students), due in September.
Joint membership in the CWG and Knoxville Writers' Guild is $40. 
Dues can be paid at the annual meeting, mailed, or purchased with a credit card online. 
Or send a check to:
Chattanooga Writers' Guild
2288 Gunbarrel Road
Suite 154-251
Chattanooga, TN 37421

Readers and Writers Fair a success

Thanks to the strong organizational work by board member Mark Anderson and the help of Chattanooga Writers' Guild volunteers, the Chattanooga Readers and Writers Fair June 23 was a resounding success.
The event was a partnership between the guild and the City of Chattanooga Office of Cultural Affairs.
The event in and around the Chattanooga Public Library featured more than 40 vendors, a dozen speakers and an hour of open mic readings on the plaza at noon. 
​Several attendees expressed interest in joining the guild.