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The
East Tennessee
Writer
Newsletter of the Knoxville Writers’ Guild
January 2015, Vol. 23, No. 1
www.knoxvillewritersguild.org
KWG Cancels January Program
By Adria Amos
T
he Knoxville
Writers'
Guild's January program
has been canceled because it falls on a holiday.
Monthly programs
are held from 7 to 8
p.m., the first Thursday
of each month. Unfortunately, the first Thursday
of January 2015
happens
to be
New Year's Day.
"If you were present
for the last KWG
monthly program, you
know our members
voted overwhelmingly to
either move the date or
cancel the January meeting," Erin Rowland, current KWG president,
said.
Attempts to reschedule the program have
been unsuccessful.
For information about
the February 2015 program, please visit http://
knoxvillewritersguild.org/meeting/
contest-winners-featured
-february.
About the Knoxville
Writers' Guild
The Knoxville Writers'
Guild exists to facilitate a
broad and inclusive community for area writers, provide a
forum for information, support and sharing among writers, help members improve
and market their writing skills
and promote writing and creativity. Additional information
about KWG can be found at
www.KnoxvilleWritersGuild.
org.
January Workshop Focuses On
Interviewing
Skills And Article
Writing
By Adria Amos
D
ebra Dylan, co
-editor of
"KnoxZine,"
will teach a
workshop to
help writers
improve
their interviewing
skills and
article writing from 10 a.m. to
noon, Saturday, Jan. 10,
2015, at Remedy Coffee, 125 W. Jackson
Ave. Sponsored by the
Knoxville Writers' Guild,
cost is $35 for KWG
members and $40 for
nonmembers.
"This workshop is
perfect for anyone interested in improving conversation skills and clarity in writing. It is geared
toward beginner or intermediate writers who want
to improve and expand
their body of work," Dylan
said.
In addition, "We will
discuss the importance of
reading and daily habits
for inspiration, knowledge,
and ideas. We will discuss
preparation for different
types of interviews; rapport with your subject;
what happens when an
interview is not working;
how to stay organized;
and overcoming common
pitfalls when writing articles," she added.
Dylan's work has appeared in "The Knoxville
Voice," "Twisted Hillbilly,"
"EvaMag" and the state of
Tennessee's history newsletter, "The Courier." In
2013, she and Buck
Kahler launched
KnoxZine.com, an online
magazine celebrating the
unsung heroes in our
community.
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January Meeting
Cancelled
Interviewing
Skills
Board of
Directors
Improve
Dialogue
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THE EAST TENNESSEE WRITER
Knoxville Writers’ Guild
Announces 2015
Board Of Directors
By Adria Amos
chair and am looking forward to
working with the other board members and the guild members at
large."
Norrell is a longtime KWG member and has served in a number of
he Knoxville Writers’ Guild KWG positions over the years, inis excited to announce its cluding webmaster and newsletter
2015 Board of Directors,
editor. She is a freelance writer,
which will include several editor and publicist and her work
new faces as well as experienced has appeared in a number of publiboard members.
cations including the "United Methodist Reporter," "Knoxville News
Sara Keller and Kara McLain
Sentinel" and "New York Times."
will continue to serve on the
Vogel is a criminal defense attorney
board. Keller has served since
and has moderated the guild's mys2012 as the guild's treasurer and
tery writers group for a little more
will fill that office once again in
than two years. For many years,
2015. McLain has been a board
member and secretary since 2013 Southworth has been the person
responsible for arranging the reand will continue as secretary in
freshment table during KWG
the upcoming year. Robert
monthly programs. She now adds
Beasley, who moderates the
board member to her list of contriguild's fiction writing group based
out of Maryville, will serve another butions to the guild.
year on the board. Finally, 2013"I think being part of the Knox14 KWG president, Erin (Atchley)
ville Writers' Guild is important for
Rowland, was re-elected to the
all of us interested in and trying to
board. Rowland has been on the
promote both writing and publishboard since 2011.
ing," she said. Her debut novel is
set to launch spring 2015 by Red
"I feel we now have a board
Sage Publishing, Inc.
that is going to be absolutely dynamic in 2015. Look for a strong
Dylan is editor of "KnoxZine"
return of workshops and KWG
and producer with Nolpix Media.
presence in the Knoxville commu- Romig is a freelance writer who self
nity, as well as better communica- -publishes two fiction series: the
tion with members," Rowland said Abby Chilton series and "The Spirabout the 2015 board.
itscape Chronicles." Kapa has been
Newly elected board members a KWG member for seven years
and moderates KWG's sci-fi/fantasy
include: Melanie Hutsell, Betty
writing group. She also leads a
Southworth, Debra Dylan, Donna
weekly improvisational group comKapa, Kelly Norrell, Doug Romig
edy workshop.
and Robert Vogel. Each of these
individuals will begin their three"I am committed to promoting
year term on Jan. 1, 2015.
and fostering the arts in Knoxville’s
rich and vibrant arts community,"
Hutsell, whose work has apshe said. "KWG has been an inpeared in "Still: The Journal,"
"Trajectory" and "The Sow's Ear," valuable resource for my own
said, "I am very excited to serve
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January Workshop
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A print version of the magazine launched earlier this month.
A new copy of Martin Perlich's
"The Art of the Interview," which
Dylan called the definitive guide
to interviewing skills, will be given
away as a door prize.
To register for the workshop,
visit www.knoxvillewritersguild.org
or send your check to KWG
Workshops, P.O. Box 10326,
Knoxville, TN, 37939-0326.
Can I Improve My
Dialogue?
Y
es! USA Toda” Bestselling novelist and KWG
member, Pamela
Schoenewaldt, offers an
engaging, interactive workshop to
help you recognize and create
succinct, effective dialogue,
avoiding common mis-steps.
We'll use exercise, explication,
and examples.
Open to all
writers in all genres at all stages.
Bring examples of your or others'
dialogues. "All this in two hours?"
you ask. Yes!
Saturday, February 28, 2015,
10:00 a.m. to noon at Remedy
Coffee, 125 West Jackson Ave (in
the Old City). Cost: $35 for members, $40 for non-members.
THE EAST TENNESSEE WRITER
KWG Board Of Directors
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artistic endeavors; to serve on its
board will allow me the opportunity to
supporting other writers and continue
to serve this exceptional community."
Additional information about the
Knoxville Writers Guild and its members can be found at
www.knoxvillewritersguild.org.
Organized in
December
1992 in
Knoxville,
TN, to facilitate a broad,
inclusive and
egalitarian community among area writers: to provide a forum for information,
support and sharing among writers; to
help members improve and market their
writing skills, and to promote writing and
creativity in the wider community through
education, publication and sponsorship
of writing related public events. Meetings
are held the first Thursday of each
month at the Laurel Theater. Officers:
President Erin Atchley, Vice President
Chad Burge, Treasurer Sarah Keller,
and Secretary Kara McClain; Archivist,
David Booker; Board Members: Adria
Amos, Erin Atchley, Robert Beasley,
Patricia Gilliam, Sara Keller, Kara
McClain, Lucy Seiger.
Executive Committee: Erin Atchley,
Robert Beasley, Patricia Gilliam, Sara
Keller, Betty Southworth, Kara McClain,
Kelly Norrell. Hospitality Chair: Betty
Southworth; Newsletter Editor: Daryl J.
Yearwood; Webmaster: Corey Gilliam.
The KWG does not discriminate against
any person because of race, age, gender, handicap or country of national origin.
Send email messages to editor, Daryl J.
Yearwood, [email protected] .
Web: www.knoxvillewritersguild.org.
Tennessee Mountain
Writers Presents January
Jumpstart XV
By Melanie Harless
Make plans now to attend TMW's
January Jumpstart XV, January 911, 2015 at the Best Western Morristown Conference Center at exit 8
off I-81 in Morristown TN. Concurrent workshops will be led by Jane
Sasser in fiction and Bill Brown in
poetry. Jumpstart will open with an
informal social hour on Friday evening; workshop sessions will run
from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Saturday
and from 8:30-11:30 a.m. on Sunday.
3
included in the registration fee
of $135. Attendees should
mention TMW for a special
rate when calling Best Western
Conference Center (423-5872400) for reservations.
For a registration form or
additional information see the
Tennessee Mountain Writers
website, www.tmwi.org, or
contact Sue Richardson Orr at
[email protected].
Participation will be limited to 20
registrants per workshop. Deadline
for registering is January 2. Coffee
and tea before the morning sessions and lunch on Saturday are
The 2015 William Matthews Poetry Prize
We are now considering submissions for the 2015 William Matthews Poetry Prize!
Final Judge for 2015: Garrett Hongo
First Place: $1,000, publication in “Asheville Poetry Review,” and
a featured reading at Malaprop’s
Bookstore in Asheville, NC
Second Place: $250, publication, and a featured reading at
Malaprop’s Bookstore
Third Place: publication and a featured reading at Malaprop’s
Bookstore
All submissions will be considered for publication.
Postmark Deadline: January 15, 2015
Send 3 poems, any style, any theme, any length, with a $20 entry
fee (payable to Asheville Poetry Review) to:
William Matthews Poetry Prize
c/o Asheville Poetry Review
PO Box 7086
Asheville, NC 28802