Jon Manchip White

Part of the Knoxville Writers' Guild mission is "to promote writing and creativity in the wider community through education, publication, and sponsorship of writing-related events."  Beginning in 2002, we have added another goal:  to begin a tradition of honoring local writers whose career achievements deserve the recognition of the wider community that is the Knoxville metropolitan area and our region as a whole.  

Please join the Guild in applauding famed author Jon Manchip White for his achievements as a noted author, teacher and scholar. To read more about his achievements, go to Iris Books.

Metro Pulse writer and editor Jack Neely will present White the award, considered the most prestigious honor the Guild will bestow at its 4th annual gala on April 22.  Novelist Julie Auer will emcee.  Also presenting awards will be News-Sentinel columnist Don Williams, and writers and poets Laura Still, Marybeth Boyanton, Judy Loest, and Brian Griffin, prize-winning author of Sparkman In The Sky and Other Stories.  

The program will also feature live music by the Rocky Wynder Jazz combo, free buffet, beverages, set-ups and appearances by celebrated writers.  More than $1,5000 in prizes , trophies, and plaques will be given to winners of awards for fiction, poetry, and essays.  Dancing and socializing will follow the ceremonies.

The event is scheduled to begin with a social hour at 7:00 p.m. Friday April 22 at The Emporium, located at the corner of South Gay Street and Jackson Avenue. Tickets are $15 each, except for students, who pay only $10. To reserve seats, make checks payable to KWG and mail them to

Be sure to include your phone number and address and add "Gala Tickets" on your check.. For more information, email eunicehat@comcast.net . Type Tickets in the subject field.

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Tennessee Book Award - Peter Taylor Prize for the Novel

Libba Moore Gray Poetry Prize

• 1st Prize -  Frank Jamison "Hatchie Bottom Breakdown 
• 2nd Prize - Jesse Graves "Late Summer Woodcut"  
• 3rd Prize -  Connie Jordan Green "January 24"

Leslie Garrett Fiction Contest 

• 1st Prize -  Pamela Schoenewaldt "The Ice Age in New Jersey"
• 2nd Prize -  Lones Seiber "Grace"
• 3rd Prize -   Jeannette Brown "My Life in the Carnival"

Young Writers' Prize in Poetry 

• 1st Prize - Melanie Williams "Acoustic Shadows"
• 2nd Prize - Carly Gilbert "I am"
• 3rd Prize -  Sarah Terpstra "I'm From"

Essay Contest 

• 1st Prize -  Brooks Clark
• 2nd Prize -  Jim Johnston
• 3rd Prize -   Ann Johnston

Robert Burns Poetry Award: Terry Semple Memorial Prize - 2004

• 1st Prize - Liz McGeachy - "In the House of Summers"  
• Award of Excellence - Kay Newton - "Delta Dawn "  
• Award of Excellence  - Christine Parkhurst - "Reveille" 
• The Scottish Society of  Knoxville Award for a Poem Reflecting Celtic Heritage  -  Emma Williams    "Friday Afternoon on Swansea Bay Thinking About Childhood Holidays in Wales"
  
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