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 



April  2011

Linda Parsons MarionApril 28: Poet Linda Parsons Marion reads from her 3rd poetry collection, Bound

 

Linda Parsons Marion's third poetry collection, Bound, chronicles the work and fabric of a Tennessee family, from grandparents to parents to daughters to granddaughter. Bound as they are on journeys together and apart, memory seams one generation to the next, redeeming the stumbles of the past Bound book coverand blessing the plenteous future.

The book was published by Wind Publications in Kentucky. Marion's first reading will be at Lawson-McGhee Public Library, April 28, Thursday, 6:30. 
  
For additional information, visit Wind Publications: http://windpub.com/books/bound.htm

Newsletter deadline is April 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 April 15th. Keep it short and to the point. Seventy-five (75) words or less.

 

 

Calling All Authors!
  
What: Lakeway Festival of Words
When: Saturday, June 4, 2011
Where: Morristown - Hamblen County Library
            417 West Main Street
            Morristown, TN 37814
            
Who: Book Festival featuring local poets and authors.
How: $10. fee per author to furnish table/chair/space to display/sell books
  
Contact: Eva Rogers
              evarogersmhl@yahoo.com
              423-586-6410
  


 

The clock is ticking! April 30 is the deadline for 2011 Guild Contest.... 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 Contest Guidelines page.

 

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

4 leaf cloverYes! The Guild Plans More Workshops - Once a Month! 

 

May 7: Writing Dialogue (w/Lisa Soland, Pamela Schoenewaldt, Shannon Burke and Russell Schaumberg, moderated by Terry Shaw) Click here to register and pay online. $15/members. $20/nonmembers.
  
May 14: Humorist Judy DiGregorio will teach the workshop "From Pen to Publication: How Do You Start?" from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 14 at the Redeemer Church of Knoxville, 1642 Highland Ave. The event is sponsored by the Knoxville Writers' Guild. Cost is $15 for Guild members, $20 for nonmembers.  Click here to register and pay online.

June 4: You've Written a Novel, Now What? with Chris Hebert, a freelance editor and editor for fiction and popular music at the University of Michigan Press. His novel, The Boiling Season, is forthcoming from HarperCollins in 2012.

July 23: Beginning the Novel with Amy Greene, author of Bloodroot.
 
September (date TBA): Writing the Historical Novel with Pamela Schoenewaldt, author of When We Were Strangers.

New Writing Groups!

 We're forming several new writing groups:

If there's a need for more, we'll form them. Just let us know. To see all writing groups, go to http://www.knoxvillewritersguild.org/study.htm

 
ball and jacks*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.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.