Knoxville Writers' Guild 
Knoxville Writers' Guild
To become a Knoxville Writers' Guild member or to renew your membership, go to www.knoxvillewritersguild.org/member.htm.  Membership is $30/year, $15/students.
Announcements Happy New Year!
January 2011 

Welcome to the Guild's new Board of Directors!

 

Meg Bensey: mbensey @ bellsouth.net (2011-2013)
Bob Cumming: oldbopper @ gmail.com (2011-2013)
Judy DiGregorio: jdig60 @ gmail.com (2009-2011)
Judith Duvall: vice-president, jdatthelake @ aol.com (2011-2013)
Jeff Gordon: jeffadamgordon @ aol.com (2009-2011)
Cathy Kodra: secretary, ckodra54 @ yahoo.com (2011-2013)
Dale Mackey: mackeyda @ gmail.com (2011-2013)
Sean McDougle: smcdoug1 @ utk.edu (2011-2013)
Kali Meister: meisterkali @ gmail.com (2011-2013)
Bonny Millard: bonbonmill @ aol.com (2009-2011)
Josh Robbins: jrobb17 @ utk.edu (2010-2012)
Terry Shaw: president, tshaw05 @ comcast.net
Martha Yarnell: treasurer, myarnell78 @ bellsouth.net (2010-2012)

*Executive Committee includes the president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer as well as chairs of six standing committees: Membership, Planning, Nominating, Contests, Education, and Advisory. The EC meets monthly. The Board meets quarterly.

 

Other:
David Booker, newsletter: talltalestogo @ hotmail.com
J. Pantanizopoulos, webmaster: rodacino @ gmail.com
Jeff Gordon, publicity, jeffadamgordon @ aol.com
Gene Brennen, contests, guygene @ tds.net
(open) programming coordinator (we are putting together a group to handle this)
(open) education chair
(open) nominations chair
(open) planning chair

 

Note: a space has been added before and after the @ to disallow webcrawlers from collecting email addresses.

Social Media for Writers Workshop: Feb. 19 Dale Mackey

The Knoxville Writers' Guild is sponsoring the workshop "Social Media for Writers" from 1:oo to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 19 at the Redeemer Church of Knoxville, 1642 Highland Ave. Taught by Dale Mackey of Community Television, the workshop costs $15 for Guild members; $20 for nonmembers.

Mackey will introduce writers to accessible tools for maintaining an online presence and will explore the use of social media to enlarge one's readership.

 

"It's going to be casual and laid back," Mackey said. "We're going to be covering a lot of information, so it will be a general overview of different online tools for outreach that workshop attendees can choose to further investigate, based on their needs and goals."

Topics will include self-branding, creating a personal website, maintaining a mailing list, blogging, Facebook, Twitter and integrating media.

 

"I'm going to go over some easy ways to capture video and images of readings and other events authors might want to share - and ways to share them, including Flickr, YouTube, Vimeo and other sites," Mackey added.

 

An Illinois native, Mackey receive a degree in Women's Literary Studies at Iowa's Grinnell College. In addition to serving as Youth Program Coordinator for CTV, she has worked as Outreach Coordinator for Appalshop Art and Media Center in Whitesburg, Ky, and has taught creative writing classes at a women's prison. She co-founded Artistic License, an organization dedicated to fostering creative collaborations in the Knoxville community. An upcoming project will pair visual artists with Alzheimer's patients to create pieces of art based on the patient's memories.

 

To sign up, go to www.knoxvillewritersguild.org/orderpaypal or send your check to KWG Workshops, P.O. Box 10326, Knoxville TN 37939-0326.

 

For further information, call Terry Shaw at 865.963.7633.

Dominoes2011 Guild Contest adds new Genres: Novel Excerpts, Flash Fiction and Blog Writing!

  

The Knoxville Writers' Guild sponsors the following annual literary contests with more than $1,200 in prizes for poetry, fiction, and essays.   Enter as many of these contests as you like: The newly extended deadline is midnight April 30 for these writing contests from the Knoxville Writers' Guild. Previous contest winners can be viewed on the Career Achievement Award page for each year.

 

The following contests will share a new deadline of midnight April 30.

 

Poetry, in honor of Libba Moore Gray
Fiction, in honor of Leslie Garrett 
Young Writers' Prize in Poetry
Creative Nonfiction
Novel Excerpts
Flash Fiction
Blog Writing

 

For guidelines, visit http://www.knoxvillewritersguild.org/contests.htm

Call for Submissions
Knoxville Writers' Guild - 2011 Literary Anthology


Seeking fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, interviews, song lyrics, art and photography from
residents of East Tennessee and others with close ties to this area.

Theme: The broad diversity of people in East Tennessee
Working Title: A Tapestry of Voices

 

All genres will be considered, provided that "diversity" is referenced or illuminated in the works. Submissions may address the theme directly or indirectly, but "diversity" should figure significantly and artfully in the piece. The concept of "diversity" may be interpreted in any way the writer, photographer, or artist sees fit.

 

Submission Guidelines
-up to 3 submissions per entrant in any combination of categories
1. Poems and song lyrics-maximum of 5 pages
2. Prose (including fiction, creative nonfiction and interviews)-maximum of 2500 words
3. Photography, sketches and art in black and white
4. Submissions for cover art may be either in black and white or color
--All written submissions must be in Times New Roman, 12 point, in MS Word (.doc) or
RichText (.rtf) format.
--Prose submissions must be double-spaced. Poems and song lyrics may be single-spaced.
--Art submissions should initially be sent as JPG files with resolution set to 90-150 dpi.
--For photos selected for inclusion in the collection, higher resolution photos will be required
prior to publication. Artists who do not have access to equipment for producing JPG files may mail hard copies of their submissions.
--Do not submit previously published material, including material published online.

 

Deadline and Means of Submission
----All submissions must be e-mailed or postmarked by midnight February 15, 2011.
Late submissions will not be considered.
--Submissions may be e-mailed to [email protected]
or mailed to KWG Anthology, PO Box 10326, Knoxville, TN 37939-0326. Upon acceptance,
authors who submitted copies by mail must provide an electronic copy of the submission.
--All available author/artist contact information (name, phone numbers, mailing address and email address) must be included with each submission on a separate page that lists the title(s) of the submission(s).
--Acceptances will be notified by early May 2011. No rejection notices will be sent.
--Publication is slated for fall 2011. Editors are Kay Newton and Doris Ivie.
--In case of acceptance, authors/artists should be prepared to submit a 50-60 word biographical note to appear in the Contributors' section of the anthology. The biographical sketch may be submitted upon notice of acceptance or with the original submission.
Contributors' Perks
--Each contributor whose work is accepted will receive one free copy of the anthology. In
addition, each contributor will be entitled to a pre-publication discount on an unlimited number of copies. Discounted copies must be ordered and paid for prior to the anthology launch and must be picked up at time of the anthology launch if at all possible.

*ball and jacksIs your Guild membership current?
Life gets busy, and sometimes we forget.  Please update your Guild membership and rejoin your Knoxville-area circle of writers, publishers, poets, and performers. To renew, please visit
http://www.knoxvillewritersguild.org/orderpaypal.htm

If you are unsure about your membership status, please contact the Guild's Membership Coordinator. Click here.

* Many of those individuals listed in the Guild's Speakers' Bureau are no longer Guild members. If your membership has lapsed, your name, photo, and bio will be removed from the Bureau's page. http://www.knoxvillewritersguild.org/speakersbureau.html 
Disclaimer: As a service to members, KWG shares announcements of literary competitions and publishing opportunities. If you have any questions about the listings, please contact the sponsor. Unless specifically noted, these are not KWG-sponsored projects.
 
The Knoxville Writers' Guild meets the first Thursday of each month at the Laurel Theatre, 16 St. and Laurel Ave., Knoxville, TN at 7:00pm. For more information about the Guild, visit www.knoxvillewritersguild.org.
 
 To become a Knoxville Writers' Guild member or to renew your membership, go to www.knoxvillewritersguild.org/member.htm.  Membership is $30/year, $15/students.