News & Events

Share your work at 
​June monthly meeting

     The June meeting of the guild will be an open mic at the library on 10th and Broad streets.
     A sign-up sheet will be available before the meeting and participants will have five minutes to give background on their work and to read it to the group.
     Open mics are an excellent way to judge reaction to your story, find areas you feel you could improve, and to learn from the performances and content of others.
     Plus it's fun.
     The meeting is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. in the auditorium, although the library may move us to the fourth floor, so watch for signs.

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.
Join Now!
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 Rd.
Ste 154-251
Chattanooga, TN 37421

Readers and Writers Fair on June 23

     The Chattanooga Readers and Writers Fair is a celebration of all things literary, for and by the entire community. It will be held June 23, 10 am to 4:30 pm at the Chattanooga City Library.      Author readings will be held in the main floor auditorium,  children’s activities on the 2nd floor, vendor booths with readings on the 4th floor, and the front plaza will host an open mic from noon to 1, with food vendors. All events are free.
   This event is a partnership between the Chattanooga Writers’ Guild and the City of Chattanooga Office of Multicultural Affairs.
   For more information visit the website: crwfair.org/

Guild wants you
to become involved
​with the fair

For starters, you can sell your book! There will be a guild table on the fourth floor of the library where members may consign their books for sale. Please bring your books to the June  12 regular guild meeting or drop them off before 10 a.m. next monthly guild meeting on June 12th or before 10 a.m. on June 23 on the fourth floor.
No more than 10 copies, please.

You could volunteer!
We need the following volunteers:
Two people to help set up on Friday, June 22, 4 to 6 pm
Two people to serve half-day day shifts tending our sales table or attending to the reading area.

And cleanup. Or, as we like to call it, the last chapter. We need several cleanup people in the afternoon and after 4:30 on Saturday

Volunteers receive a CWG T-shirt.

Sign up at the meeting on June 12 or email:
readnwritefair@gmail.com