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Still: The Journal
The winter issue is full of good words, including short fiction by Shelly Ayers, Angelyn DeBord, Mike Hampton, and Kelli Haywood; poetry by Jesse Graves, Pauletta Hansel, Brent House, John P. Lackey, George Ella Lyon, Llewellyn McKernan, and Christopher Prewitt; and creative nonfiction by Christopher Martin and Erik Reece.
Our interview is with Kentucky musician Daniel Martin Moore, who just released a new CD, and the multi-media feature is a performance of Daniel singing "Dear Companion" with Ben Sollee.
As always, past issues are archived, and everything is accessible at www.stilljournal.net |
Newsletter deadline is Feb. 15th!
Have you had a book, story, poem, essay, or article published? Have you won a contest or competition? Spoken about writing before a group? Taught a seminar or workshop on writing?
Send the who, what, when, and where to the newsletter editor at talltalestogo@hotmail.com. The deadline for the upcoming issue is February 15th. Keep it short and to the point. Seventy-five (75) words or less. |
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Social Media for Writers Workshop: Feb. 19 
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. |
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Meacham Writers' Workshop: March 24-26
The Meacham Writers' Workshop [http://www.meachamwriters.org] is now accepting submissions from participants in the Spring 2011 workshop, March 24-26. Those participants who submit works will be assigned a seminar with one of the visiting writers. Participants will also be asked to indicate their preference for an individual conference with a writer, a group workshop with other participants, or both (spaces will be allocated as available).
Participants are strongly encouraged to submit their work electronically from the Submission page on the Meacham web site. Guidelines for submissions are listed there. The deadline for submissions is March 1, 2011.
This year's visiting writers include Terence Hawkins, Cathy Holton, John Hoppenthaler, Beth Nugent, Amir Or (Israel), Iztok Osojnik (Slovenia), Art Smith, Laurel Snyder, and Robert Vivian. Information on each of the visiting writers is available from the Schedule page on the Meacham web site.
The schedules for seminars, individual conferences, and workshops will be posted on the web site immediately prior to the workshop.
The Meacham Writers' Workshop is free and open to the public. The philosophy of the workshop is to provide support but also honest and direct criticism for developing writers in an informal atmosphere. The conference also welcomes non-writers who are avid readers of contemporary prose and poetry, as well as school groups. The conference is open to persons of all age, race, religion, sex, veteran status, national origin, or disability. For more information, visit the Meacham Writers' Workshop web site. http://meachamwriters.org
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 2011 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 kwganthology@gmail.com
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.
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* Is 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.htmIf you are unsure about your membership status, please contact the Guild's Membership Coordinator. Click here. |
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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.
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