Savannah Writers Group

A t the next meeting of the Savannah Writers Group we welcome our friend and fellow SWG Member, guest speaker Mr. Gregory P. Scott, as he introduces his new book:   A Rose Only A Mother Could Love    This is a collection of original short stories that take place in Everytown, USA. This book was published in the fall of 2015. The local author is  Gregory P. Scott .  Mr. Scott is a native of Brooklyn, New York.   He is a graduate of John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a United States Marine Corps Veteran. Presently, he resides in Savannah, Georgia. This is the first book published by this author. Books are his passion and he hopes that this will be the first of many. His goal is to write interesting books that can be read fast …like a rocket. This lead to the name of his books being published under the cover of Rocket Reading. To purchase a book or to contact the author, you can email him at...

Call for Submissions Exit 271: Your Georgia Writers Resource, Winter 2016 Exit 271: Your Georgia Writers Resource, the new digital magazine brought to you by the Georgia Writers Association. We are asking for feature articles (1000-2000 words),  writer’s path column, short fiction (under 4000 words), poetry, and artwork for the magazine cover. All writers and artists must currently live in Georgia. Feature articles are theme related and pay $50 per article. Creative writing pieces and cover art are on a rolling basis. Writers of feature articles must first send an email query to editor@georgiawriters.org . For this month’s theme, submission guidelines, or to submit, please click the button below. Feature Article submissions must be from Georgia writers. Features for the spring 2016 issue will focus on promotion . Feature article writers must query (pitch) first to editor@georgiawriters.org . We like articles that are humorous, quirky, or adventurous. We lik...

Friends of Writing, Do remember that we meet every second and fourth Tuesday of the month. This month that means we will have meetings on the 9th and the 23rd. Until further notice, our meetings still happen at 7 PM at our regular spot, The Atlanta Bread Company at Twelve Oaks Shopping Center. This month we would like to seriously discuss other possible meeting locations. When suggesting a new location, it would be helpful if you go ahead and touch base with someone there, to ensure it is free to use and no one would mind hosting a group of writers at our usual time. We will compile a list of potential places and have a vote.

JANUARY 2016 Tuesday, January 12th:  The Savannah Writers Group will meet at 7PM at The Atlanta Bread Company. Tuesday, January 26th:  The Savannah Writers Group will meet at 7PM at The Atlanta Bread Company. FEBRUARY 2016 Tuesday, February 9th:  The Savannah Writers Group will meet at 7PM at The Atlanta Bread Company. Tuesday, February 23rd:  The Savannah Writers Group will meet at 7PM at The Atlanta Bread Company.

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NOVEMBER 2015 Tuesday, NOV 10th:  GUEST SPEAKER, JIM TAYLOR Jim was born in Wyoming, has lived in Colorado and Arizona but spent most of his life in Utah. He is a graduate of Utah State University where he studied philosophy and creative writing. During his last two years at Utah State University he served as Associate Editor and then Editor in Chief of USU’s literary magazine The Crucible . Jim studied under Kenneth Brewer who became Utah’s second poet laureate. He and Brewer remained close friends until Brewer’s death in 2006. Jim worked ten years in the book trade: five years as a manager at the Cosmic Aeroplane bookstore in Salt Lake City and another five years with Dream Garden Press. During his many years in Salt Lake City, Jim was very active in the literary arts scene, read frequently for City Art (a 501c3 literary arts foundation) and several other venues, and served on the board of City Art for seven years. Jim’s publishing credits include poetry, essays,...

SEPTEMBER 2015 Tuesday, SEP 8th:  The Savannah Writers Group will meet at 7PM at The Atlanta Bread Company. Tuesday, SEP 22nd: GUEST SPEAKER, NANCY REMLER The Savannah Writers Group will meet at 7PM at The Atlanta Bread Company. You can find out more about Nancy here .