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CWG In The News

Awards: 30 Guild members win in the 2025 Catholic Media Association Awards. Press release here.

Awards: 8 Guild members win the 2025 ACP Publishing Awards. Press release here.

Podcast: Former Guild President Carolyn Astfalk talks about the Guild on Candid Catholic Convos.

TV: Guild President Karina Fabian talks abut the origins and current status of the Catholic Writers Guild on CatholicFaith Network.

Podcast: CWG President Karina Fabian talks about the Guild with The Open Door

CWG Members in The News

Podcast: Devin Rose was featured on the Your Bitcoin Story podcast discussing his novel Chasing the Seeds. Watch here.

Article: “Should the Catholic Church Embrace Homeschooling?” by J.C. Miller was published by Crisis Magazine. Read here.

Article: “All that Were Sick, He Healed” by Allison Brown was published on Vineyard. Read here.

Interview Times Two: Christopher Rziha had two interviews published regarding The Way of Lucherium. Read The Leaven here & Read The Locus here.

Review Times Two: Mark Baker has had two reviews of The Wrecker’s Daughter published. Read The Coffee Pot here & Read The Historical Society here.

Article: “A Visitation Mediation” by Lisa Livezey was published on the National Catholic Register. Read here.

Podcast: Allison Brown was featured on the FORGIVENESS is for YOU podcast. Listen here.

Article: “How Ignatius’ Rules of Discernment Changed My Life” by Allison Brown was published on Catholic Mom. Read Here.

Podcast: Allison Brown discusses healing from childhood abuse, setting boundaries, and finding peace in God’s grace. Watch here.

Article: Kathleen Paydo discusses her experiences with fostering more than 200 children. Read more here.

Audiobook Release: J.C. Prins releases the audiobook for The Secret Princess: A Tale of Hope. Read the release here.

Article: Allison Brown launches Those Who Mourn magazine with her article, “Blessed Are Those Who Mourn.” Read here.

Television: Maria Gallagher talks to ABC about Pope Leo XIV. Watch here.

Podcast: Libby Smith talks about her work on The Catholic Bookworm. Watch here.

Podcast: Devin Rose talks about Christianity and Bitcoin on The Bitcoin Way. Watch here.

Article: Lisa Livezey shares her pilgrimage story to the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy on National Catholic Register. Read here.

Article: Catholic Artist Connection interviews Christopher Rziha on The Way of Lucherium. Read here.

Television: Caitrin Bennet guests on At Home with Jim and Joy on EWTN. Watch here.

Television: Rhonda Ortiz guests on The Journey Home on EWTN. Watch it here.

Podcast: Rhonda Ortiz shared her story on EWTN’s Journey Home. Watch here.

Article: Historical Novel Society interviews Mark Baker on The Wanderer and the Way. Read here.

Article: Ally Brown writes “Through the Eyes of Autism.” Read here.

Article: Corinna Turner writes “A Brief Guide to a Hunter Lent.” Read here.

Article: Ellen Gable Hrkach talks about her novel, Where Angels Pass. Read here.

Podcast: Suzanna Linton talks about her short stories on WCAT’s Catholic Bookworm Show. Listen & watch here.

Podcast: Ally Brown talks about faith when dealing with childhood trauma, miscarriages, anxiety, and depression. Listen here.

Podcast: Karina Fabian talks about pro-life themes in her Madness of Kanaan series. Listen here.

Podcast: Matthew P. Schmidt was on the CrtiRPG podcast. Listen & watch here.

New Books by CWG Members 

*Not all books have been evaluated by CWG for full adherence to the Magisterium. For vetted titles, please see the Seal of Approval page.

Mensa, Magic, and Mayhem by Karina Fabian (fantasy, mystery, humor)

Adoring Andy by Rich Agnello (fiction)

Healing Encounters with Mary by Maria V. Gallagher (devotional)

The Year of My Humiliation by C.J. Sursum (fiction)

Blessing My Mother’s Rosary by Carla Knorowski (travel/pilgrimage)

Perpetual Rainbows by Jessika Caruso (historical fiction)

A Cloistered Heart by Margaret Rash (poetry)

The Secret Princess by J.C. Prims (fantasy, audiobook)

Dreams Times Ten, Volume 2 by Colleen Drippe (short stories, science fiction/fantasy)

The Shepherd and the Sheepdog by R. Wesley Thomas II (short stories)

“Wolf of Mars” A Rescue Sister Story by Karina Fabian

Gather Together: The Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary As Invitations To Friendship by Allison Ramirez (devotional)

The Fire of Your Love by Erin Lewis (new adult fiction)

Secret Dwellings by Angelina Salvaggio (romance)

Emerging From Etna’s Shadow: A Sicilian Family’s Story of Faith and Hope by Joanne Giulietti (historical fiction)

Power Pet Heroes: The Adventures of Baxter the Unusual Cat, Book One by Monica Dilorio (middle grade chapter)

Ordinary Eccentricity by Mark Baker (travel diary)

Delirious by Susan Laspe (fantasy)

World Between Worlds by Jenny duBay (biography of St. Catherine of Siena)

A Mom with Blue Feathers by Corinna Turner (dystopian SF, YA)

Fields of Prosperis by Claudia LeBoeuf (sci-fi)

Madness of Love by Karina Fabian (romance, fantasy)

From Our Hearts There is No Distance by Daniel Doyle (biography)

Currents of Water: A Widow’s Walk with Jesus & Mary by Wendy Davis (memoir)

Dreams Times Ten by Colleen Drippe’ (science fiction/fantasy short story collection)

HELL IS A BAD WORD: A Place of Never-Ending Punishment That Jesus of Nazareth Never Spoke of by Michael Bahry (nonfiction)

The Way of Lucherium by Christopher J. Rziha (high fantasy)

The Wanderer and The Way by Mark Baker (historical fiction)

Gracie Glory learns about Saint Cecilia by Jenna Epkey (children’s)

Madness of Worlds by Karina Fabian (paranormal fantasy)

Jennifer Barton at her laptop

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