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Tennessee Writers Alliance Announces T-Shirt Slogan Contest!

June 23, 2012 By TWA Admin

T Shirt Slogan Contest!

Prizes for Creativity!

The Tennessee Writers Alliance (TWA) is looking for slogans related to writing.

We plan to use the slogans on T-shirts, hats, etc to raise funds to help us in our mission of supporting and promoting authors and writing in Tennessee.

Contest Rules

1) The slogan must be related to writing, books, authors, etc

2) The slogan must be your original creation

3) Submit as many slogans as you wish

4) No obscenities, please

5) TWA Members, Facebook friends, and Tennessee Authors are welcome to submit

6) Contest is open from July 1, 2012 to August 15, 2012

7) Send submissions to TWAPresident@Gmail.com or inquiries@tn-writers.org

Contest Details

1) The top 3 slogans will be selected by the TWA Board

2) Top 3 slogans will be posted on the TWA Facebook page from August 15, 2012-August 31, 2012 and we will ask TWA Facebook members to vote on the top slogan

3) The #1 slogan will be used on TWA T-shirts for the 2012 Southern Festival of Books (SFB)

Prizes

Top 3 Slogans win a

· FREE TWA T-shirt

#1 Slogan wins

· Free TWA T Shirt AND

· EITHER of the following

o Free 1 year TWA membership (or extension of existing membership

o OR Free 90 days Advertisement on TWA website

( for book, or writing related services only)

Contest Notes

· All slogans submitted become the property of TWA

· TWA Board members may not participate

· There are no fees to submit your ideas

Examples of slogans

http://shop.cafepress.com/metaphors-be-with-you

http://www.cafepress.com/mf/31040121/killed-you-off_tshirt

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The Tennessee Writers Alliance would like to welcome and thank the following new members and renewals!

June 10, 2012 By TWANews

Sybil Baker,

Debby Cameron,

D. N. English,

Barbara Hearn,

Jane Hicks,

Joyce McCullough,

Liz McGeachy,

Kay Newton,

Ellen Rust,

Claudia Ware,

D. Lynn Jacobs,

Kehaunani Hubbard,

Carol Grametbauer,

Melanie Harless,

Sally Lee,

Susan Ashley Michael,

Carolyn T. Wilson,

David Fann,

Thank you all for your support!

Filed Under: Member News Tagged With: 2012 membership drive, Tennessee Writers Alliance

Announcing the Tennessee Writers Alliance 2012 Membership Drive!

April 30, 2012 By TWANews

Your Tennessee Writers Alliance wants YOU!

As our membership drive kicks into gear, we ask that you would consider joining or renewing your membership to the TWA.

The Alliance exists for the purpose of promoting and supporting the work of all Tennessee writers and writers’ organizations operating within Tennessee, and to encourage the professional and artistic development of contemporary writers working in Tennessee.

We also want to stimulate public awareness of the work of Tennessee writers through our educational, charitable, and benevolent work.

In order for this to take place, we need the support of writers of all kinds and their supporters.

Won’t you please consider partnering with us or supporting us with a gift or donation? The benefits will be enormous for us, our community, and our state. Some of those benefits include, but are not limited to:

Publication opportunities
Networking with like-minded people
TWA sponsored events and workshops
Participation in TWA readings at annual Southern Festival of Books
Annual awards for Writer of the Year and Literary Legend
…and much. much, more!

Join us today and you’ll be glad you did!

Filed Under: Member News, Other Events Tagged With: 2012 membership drive, Nashville, Nashville writers, publications, Tennessee, Tennessee publications, Tennessee writers, Tennessee Writers Alliance

TWA Board Thanks Debbie Whitaker

March 1, 2012 By TWAPres

Former TWA President Debbie Whitaker

The TWA Board would like to say thank you to Debbie Whitaker for the many years of dedication she’s given to TWA. We’re looking forward to seeing her at various TWA functions, including the Southern Festival of Books, but wish her well in her “retirement” from the TWA Board. Thank you, Debbie!

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Condolences

November 2, 2011 By TWANews

Our condolences to TWA Charter Member, Emma Wisdom, and her family in the tragic loss of her husband, Ed Wisdom, Jr.

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TWA Names 2011 Literary Legend and Writer of the Year

October 29, 2011 By TWA Admin

Congratulations to Dr. Will Campbell, TWA’s 2011 Literary Legend, and to poet Bill Brown, who was voted Writer of the Year! We were honored to have Bill read for us at the Chapter 16 stage at Southern Festival of Books in October.

In recognition of his award, Maypop is proud to present five new poems from Bill Brown.

Since 2006, the Tennessee Writers Alliance has been recognizing writers through these two awards. The purpose of the awards, each given annually, is to recognize writers who have contributed to the literary heritage of the state. Learn more about the awards.

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New Work Online in Maypop

August 19, 2011 By TWA Admin

New work by Tennessee writers Deb Simpson and Lynn Vander Elst is now posted in our online journal Maypop.

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Welcome to the new TWA website

June 28, 2011 By TWA Admin

As of June 28th, 2011, TWA has a new look for our website. We’re still in the process of adding some older content from our archives, and adding some new features as well, but we hope you enjoy the new site.

As always, send your questions, news or other inquiries to us at
inquiries@tn-writers.org.

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TWA Remembers Janice Keck

February 20, 2011 By TWA Admin

The Tennessee Writers Alliance is deeply saddened to announce the death of current President, Janice Keck. She joined the board in 2009 and has served as Vice-President and President. Janice was hard-working, enthusiastic, and always willing to contribute in any way she could. This is an enormous loss for the Tennessee Writers Alliance, and she will be greatly missed.

Read more in this Williamson Herald article

Also don’t miss the tribute to Janice by her friend Nancy Fletcher-Blume in the Winter-Spring 2011 issue of The Tennessee Writer.

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Sallie Bissell Novels Featured in Tourism Initiative

March 11, 2010 By TWA Admin

Former Tennessee Writers Alliance executive director Sallie Bissell was recently featured twice for her novels at the Southeastern Literary Tourism Initiative.

SELTI is an online guide that offers excerpts, photos, links, and reviews of books that relate to Southern tourism.

For a quick link to one of Bissell’s back-to-back features, go to: http://southeasternliterarytourisminitiative.blogspot.com/2010/03/hiking-nantahala-mountain-trail.html

One feature focuses on Bissell’s debut breakout novel In The Forest of Harm and its tourism attraction of the Nantahala National Forest.

The other offers an excerpt from her fourth and most recentnovel Legacy of Masks and offers links to its beautiful small-town setting of Sylva, NC.

SELTI is also seeking a Tennessee tourism-related book to profile for its series. Follow the blog and post a comment at: http://southeasternliterarytourisminitiative.blogspot.com.

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