What's New with the Knoxville Writers' Guild?

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: Deadline is March 31 for statewide writing contests from the Knoxville Writers’ Guild.

Click here on Contests for general guidelines and submission fees.

Guardians by laura StillMarch 4:Knoxville poet and playwright Laura Still will be reading from her collection of poetry, Guardians. The author will also be relating her journey with the book – how it had come about, its theme, design and the process of editing it. The remainder of Still’s Guild appearance will be centered on her latest project, Acts of the Apostles, a teaching manual for children’s drama workshops.

The Guild honors the 2009 Contest winners at the October 1 program. Winners will read from their entries beginning at 7:00pm. Creative Non-fiction, Leslie Garrett Fiction, Libba Moore Gray Poetry, and the Young Writers' Poetry prize.

Writing Tips...updated with new tips from our newest Board of Directors' members. Click here.

Meet the Guild's 8th anthology! Outscape: Writings on Fences and Frontiers, (2008) edited by Jessie Janeshek and Jesse Graves.

Buy your copy online now, or at area book sellers. .

"... I am struck by the range of voices here, the details of memory, the visionary leaps; but I am also struck by what these voices have in common....Such a perspective allows us to see our own lives, our histories, and the paths we’ve taken with a measure of honesty. That’s exactly what we ask of literature, and what literature asks, in turn, of us—to be reminded of what we’ve always known.
—Maurice Manning, author of A Companion for Owls and Bucolics

"Outscape is a beautiful collection, bursting at the seams with some of the best fiction, poetry, and essays of the region....this is an anthology that showcases the incredible depth of talent we have in this lyrical place while offering pieces that are sometimes funny, sometimes sad, and always thought-provoking."
—Silas House, author of A Parchment of Leaves and The Coal Tattoo

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--Speaker' Bureau: Speakers selected to represent the Knoxville Writers Guild are not paid by the Guild, but have agreed to donate 10% of all honoraria, compensation and book sales to the KWG. Search the list of speakers or select a particular category such as Poetry Nonfiction, Songwriting, or Regional Writing and choose a writer with expertise in that category. More...

Listen to an audio file from the July 2007 Open Mic program. Thanks to Gene Brennan for his efforts to deliver and to Guild members reading from their own writings! Right-click here to download to your desktop.

Check out the events at the library!  For more information, contact Nelda Hill, Reference Department, Knox County Public Library System, 865-215-8723.

Writers in the Library invites you to a lively and diverse series of Monday night readings by fine writers of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Sponsored by UT Library Friends and the UT Creative Writing Program. For more information, contact R. B. Morris, 974-3004

John Reaves polls writers on the how-to books that help them most.

Shop Online with Amazon.com Bookstore ! See our featured books: some written by members of the Guild and some pertaining to the Guild's mission or to our region.  Explore links to find great books, videos, CD ROM's, toys, and more. The Guild will receive 5-15% of the selling price of each item you buy through the Guild web site. These funds will be used to help the Guild reach its goals.