{"id":528,"date":"2008-02-29T15:21:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-29T20:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/Administration\/UniversityRelations\/news\/2008\/02\/29\/university-to-sponsor-chattanooga-festival-of-writers\/"},"modified":"2008-02-29T15:21:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-29T20:21:00","slug":"university-to-sponsor-chattanooga-festival-of-writers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2008\/02\/university-to-sponsor-chattanooga-festival-of-writers\/","title":{"rendered":"University to sponsor Chattanooga Festival of Writers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Arts and Education Council presents the Chattanooga Festival of Writers Friday and Saturday, March 28 and 29.  This event, sponsored in part by UTC, is held during the off-years of the AEC Conference on Southern Literature.<\/p>\n<p>The Chattanooga Festival of Writers explores the craft of writing through specialized workshops and discussions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am pleased at the wide variety of workshops planned for this year&#8217;s festival, including fiction, poetry, drama, screen-plays, and non-fiction of various types,&#8221; said Dr. Verbie Prevost, Connor Professor of American Literature and Head of the Department of English.\u00a0 &#8220;Successful writers in each of these genres will use their own experiences to provide suggestions for writing and publishing that will appeal to both experienced and beginning writers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read about guest writers, schedule of events and how to register on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsedcouncil.org\/page\/chattanooga-festival-of-writers\/\">AEC website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arts and Education Council presents the Chattanooga Festival of Writers Friday and Saturday, March 28 and 29. 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