News & Events

April guild meeting 
will feature workshop
by performance artist
Christian J. Collier

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: The regionally distinguished performance artist, Christian J. Collier, will lead a workshop on ways to bring poems to life at the April guild meeting on Tuesday at the Chattanooga Public Library.
 at tMain Library in Chattanooga (10th & Broad) at 6:00 PM, Tuesday April 13, 2018 (1st floor). Free to the public.
 Collier is a 2015 Loft Spoken Word Immersion Fellow. This program is made possible by a major grant from the Surdna Foundation and by the generous support of Loft members. 
He is an accomplished artist, public speaker, and educator who has shared the stage with several members of HBO’s Def Poetry cast, legendary poet and activist Ishmael Reed, Grammy-nominated artist Minton Sparks, and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame members such as The Impressions.
Collier has also given two TEDx Talks and been featured on an episode of TNT’s State Farm Neighborhood Sessions with multi-platinum recording artist Usher Raymond. He also has been featured on the IndieFeed Performance Poetry Channel, which prides itself on featuring the best spoken word artists.
Some of his works have been featured on The Guardian, and appear in The American Journal of Poetry, The Seven Hills Review, TAYO Literary Magazine, Dirty Chai, Freeze Ray, Voicemail Poems, Calliope Magazine, and The Origami Poetry Project to name a few. His 2009 chapbook Ghosts & Echoes has sold hundreds of copies independently solely off the strength of readings and live performances.
Please join us Tuesday, April 10, from 6 p.m. until 8 in the first-floor auditorium at the downtown library at 10th and Broad streets.

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.
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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 Rd.
Ste 154-251
Chattanooga, TN 37421

Mark your calendars

The Chattanooga Zine Fest will be May 5th at the Chattanooga City Library and CWG will have a table there. We will be promoting membership in the guild, and members will sell their zines. It is a great event, and we are inviting members to be involved. If you have a zine you wish to consign at the event, send a picture of the cover to Board member Mark Anderson, who will submit all of our titles. The editors require all entries to be "zine-ish"-- not books. We also need volunteers to help at the table through the day. We will accept consignments at the monthly meeting April 10, but entry photos should be sent asap.
Email Mark: maaark_a@yahoo.com

FB Chatt Zine Fest: www.facebook.com/chattzinefest/


Don't forget to mark your calendars for the upcoming Chattanooga Readers and Writers Fair on Saturday, June 23

2016 CWG Spring Writing Contest
Final Results

FICTION
 
1st Place – “Never Trust a Snake” by Stephen R. Pell
2nd Place – “Night Fishin” by Stephen R. Pell
3rd Place – “Hootie’s Eyes” by Robert Moulthrop
Honorable Mention - “Next Stop—Las Vegas” by Bruce Gaughran
Honorable Mention - “Girl in a Taxi” by Joe Petree
 
 
NONFICTION
 
1st Place – “One Step Closer” by Sherry Poff
2nd Place – “Night Dive” by John C. Mannone
3rd Place – “The Ballpark in My Backyard” by Greg Starnes
Honorable Mention
“The Fall” by Nan Harbin
Honorable Mention
“Trouble by Water and Fire” by Frederick L. Marsh
 
POETRY
 
1st Place – “Through Closed Doors” by KB Ballentine
2nd Place - “Thus Your Life Grows” by Christine Connley
3rd Place – “Atheism” by Claire Scott
Honorable Mention - “Twelve Ways of Looking at Springtime” by Ray Zimmerman
Honorable Mention - “To the Ancient Nautilus” by Michelle Young