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CWG In The News

Publishing: CWG announces its first anthology, Pilgrim Tales (mixed fiction anthology) Press release here.

Awards: 10 Guild members win the CatholicReads Editors’ Choice Awards. Press release here.

Awards: 9 Guild members win the CatholicReads Readers’ Choice Awards. Press release here.

Conference: LegendHaven 2025 featured multiple Guild members.

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 about 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

Article: Devin Rose’s article Why Doesn’t God Bless Me? was published on Catholic Exchange. Read it here.

Article: Allison Brown’s article A Lenten Invitation for the Exhausted Heart was published on Catholic Mom. Read it here.

Article: Karina Fabian was interviewed for an article on Patheos, Meet Catholic Sci-Fi Author, Karina Fabian. Read here.

Article: Jim Dotzler was interviewed for an article in the Spring edition of the Marian Helper. Read it here.

Short Film: Anthea Piscarik produced a short film on two blind parents raising two sighted children – Unseen American Dream: A Family Love Story. Watch here.

Award: Greg Steffine’s No Greater Gift: A Prayer Guide for Catholics was awarded a bronze medal in Catholic non-fiction in the 2026 Illumination Christian Book Awards.

Article: Christopher Rziha’s article was published on Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture. Read it here.

Video: Lenten Challenge – Great Mercy Challenge from Terry Modica. Watch here.

Article: Maureen Pratt’s Behind the Need to ‘No!’: Why Accepting Care is as Important as Giving It was published on the Catholic Health Association’s website. Read here.

Award: Christopher Rziha’s The Way of Lucherium was awarded a Gold Medal in the Christian Book Awards contest.

Article: Devin Rose was interviewed for “Faith Meets Finance in New Crypto Offering” on NCRegister. Read it here.

Award: Adoring Any by Rich Agnello won honorable mention in the 7th Annual Author Shout Book Awards. Read more here.

Short Fiction: S. L. Linton’s “Second Chances for Christmas” has been published on Substack. Read it here.

YouTube: Fr. Edward Looney & Wendy Forest discuss their books “How They Love Mary” (his) & “Currents of Water” (hers). Watch here.

Short Fiction: R.C. Mulhare’s “The Tentacled Things in the Corral” appeared in Weird Westerns. Read it here.

Short Fiction: Mark Paalman’s “Yuletide Homily” and three Christmas flash fiction pieces appear in Heart of Flesh Literary Journal. Read them here.

Interview: Sarah Crickard interviewed on Bold Journey. Read it here.

Article: Catherine Rider writes about the thief of grief. Read it here.

Podcast: Belinda Terro Mooney about praying with the saints. Listen here.

Podcast: Drew Eldridge talks about his new children’s series on Lifelines Radio. Listen here.

Award: Nazar’s Journey by Paul T. Mascia, won the Angel Book Award Contest. Learn more here.

Article: Sister Mary Catherine Blanding writes about St. John Henry, the newest Doctor of the Church. Read it here.

Article: Erinn Dimond reviews the docudrama Triumph Over Evil: Battle of the Exorcists. Read it here.

Article: Colin May writes about using discernment in the day-to-day. Read it here.

Article: Jeannine Szumigala’s movie review of Soul on Fire. Read it 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.

Knowing God’s Will and Doing it Well by Terry Modica (Spiritual Reflections)

Mesmerize by Darlene Corbett (romance)

Blossom as Saints: The Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary as Invitations to Awe and Wonder by Allison Ramirez (prayer)

Kissed by the Elements: An anthology including Jane Lebak (romance)

What We Believe: 12 Months of Grace by Linda Unugboke (children)

Do Elephants Obey Rules by Linda Unugboke (children)

The Littlest Server by Christina Mae Coveyou (children)

Finding Flannery by Karen Mahoney & Roxanne Salonen (and one other writer) (Biography)

Camino Calling: Walking the Way of Saint James by Cheryl Golden (Catholic travel)

The Light They Left: In Aeternum, Book Two by Sr. Allison Regina Gliot FSP (urban fantasy)

A Wood-Fired Christmas Audiobook by Maddie Evans (romance)

A Nest of Piranha’saurs (Book 12, unSPARKed) by Corinna Turner (pre-teen to teen fiction)

Crowned with Grace, a Collection of Marian Titles and Devotions. Frances Smit contributed to this anthology.

Yo Rezo Por Los Sacerdotes by Tina Jost (Spanish edition, prayer)

The Riddles of God: The Musings of a Catholic Patent Lawyer on the Paradoxes of Science, Society, and Scripture by Robert Pechman (nonfiction: theology & philosophy)

To Whom Shall I Go?: Why I Laid Down My Protest by Ellie Hiller (memoir/conversion story)

Three Last Things: or The Hounding of Carl Jarrold, Soulless Assassin by Corinna Turner (spiritual thriller – audiobook)

Translations of Wonder: The Mysteries of the Rosary & Stations of the Cross in Verse by Tim Bete (poetry)

The Christmas Quilt by Anne Faye (fiction)

No Greater Gift: A Prayer Guide for Catholics by Greg Steffine (devotional)

Man or Beast: A Short Story by Corinna Turner (fantasy)

The Lost Art of Catholic Dream Interpretation by Tim Bartel (nonfiction)

Shadowtrain by Colleen Drippe (science fiction horror)

Hope in the Rosary: Rosary Reflections for Catholic Moms by Margaret Rash (devotional)

Teach Me Your Way: A Year in the Catholic Church by William Bullis (nonfiction, inspirational)

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