With gratitude for Edward Hirsch and his expansive body of work
With over 2.7 million lives lost worldwide in just one year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic — nearly 550,000 in the United States alone — I can think of few…
Victor L. Wooten’s second book celebrates music as a living entity
…fellow musicians into a dire contest to save the world from an insidious enemy out to destroy music. Music is actually a character in the story, a feminine divinity who,…
Second-prize winner in the Tennessee True Stories Essay Contest
Chapter 16 is pleased to publish the winners in our Tennessee True Stories Essay Contest. Regarding Richard C. Albins’ winning essay, contest judge Mary Laura Philpott writes: “Metal buckets evoke…
First-prize winner in the Tennessee True Stories Essay Contest
Chapter 16 is pleased to publish the winners in our Tennessee True Stories Essay Contest. Contest judge Mary Laura Philpott writes: What a delight to read these true stories. The…
Submissions to the Tennessee True Stories Essay Contest are currently closed. We’ll be announcing a new contest in the months ahead. Subscribe to the Chapter 16 newsletter for updates. We’re…
Chapter 16 is proud to present the winning story in the Nashville Reads fiction contest
…an academic and residential coordinator with Vanderbilt Programs for Talented Youth. Along with other winners of the Nashville Reads story contest, which was judged by The Porch Writers’ Collective, Rosie…
