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CWG In The News

Awards: 21 Guild members win in the 2026 Catholic Media Association Awards. Press release here.

Awards: 6 Guild members win in the 2026 ACP Publishing Awards. Press release here.

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: Kirstie Landry’s article, How to Make Your Car a Holy Space, was published on Catholic 365. Read here.

Award: Rich Agnello’s, Adoring Andy, was a 2026 Sports Fiction Finalist at the American Fiction Awards. See here.

Podcast: Allison Brown was interviewed on the Warrior Words podcast. Listen here.

Article: Marie Brousseau’s article, Comment le Canada veut supprimer la liberté religieuse au nom du, was published on Tribune Chrétienne. Read here.

Article: Emily Jerger’s article, The Emmaus Road: “Dear Spiritual Director, I am Struggling with Grief.”, was published on Catholic 365. Read here.

Article: Roxanne Salonen was featured in an article on Zeale, Hope, Faith, Humor: Why Flannery O’Connor Still Speaks to Catholics. Read here.

Article: Marie Brousseau’s article, The Beauty of Truth and the Distortion of Language, was published on Catholic 365. Read here.

Article: Stephanie Quesnelle’s article, The Holy Work of Reading Together, was published on the Well-Read Mom. Read here.

Article: Belinda Terro Mooney’s article, St. Titus Brandsma: The Gentle Martyr, was published on Catholic 365. Read here.

Article: Belinda Terro Mooney’s article, The Irresistible (54-day) Rosary Novena as a Powerful Intercessory Prayer, was published on Family Rosary. Read here.

Article: Marie Brousseau’s article, A True Democracy Respects God-Given Rights, was published on Catholic 365. Read here.

Article: Allison Brown’s article, A Letter to Mary Magdalene, was published on Vineyard. Read here.

Article: Kirstie Landry’s article, Why Mary Magdalene is My Confirmation Saint, was published on Catholic 365. Read here.

Article: Marie Brousseau’s article, Euthanasia: A Gesture of False Compassion, was published on Catholic 365. Read here.

Interview: Allia Zobel Nolan was interviewed for WTNH News 8 about her Cat Stories and Rescue Kittens. Watch here.

Interview: Maureen Pratt was interviewed for Celebrate Life Magazine: The Peace in the Storm Project: Ministering to Caregivers and Those Suffering from Chronic Pain and Illness. Read here.

Podcast: Maureen Pratt was interviewed on the Warrior Words podcast. Pick an audio player & listen here.

Film: Kevin Stephenson has produced a short film on the Tulsa Race Massacre. Get more information and watch here.

Podcast: Ken Ogorek was a guest on Terry Modica’s Catholic Good News Ministries podcast. Watch here.

Article: Marie Brousseau’s article, Catholics & Physician-Assisted Suicide, was published on Catholic Exchange. Read here.

Article: Paul D. McDonald was interviewed for the Catholic Bard. Read here.

Article: Kirstie Landry’s article, Color-Coding the Bible: How I Started and Why You Should, Too, was published on Catholic 365. Read here.

Article: Marie Brousseau’s article, Navigating Divorce: A Child’s Perspective, was published on Those Who Mourn. Read here.

Article: Belinda Terro Mooney’s article, Unexpected Grace: Lessons I Learned in Miscarriage, was published on Those Who Mourn. Read here.

Interview: Stephanie Quesnelle was interviewed for the Catholic Bard. Read 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.

Lost on Black Mountain: A Flaugherty Twins Mystery (Book 3) by Paul McDonald (mystery)

Detective Thomas and the Mysteriously Perfect Plan by Caitlin Bootsma (children’s)

The Dawn We Seek (Book Three) by Sr. Allison Regina Gliot, FSP (Christian fantasy).

A Journey with Mary: Reflections on the Holy Rosary and the Sorrows of Mary by Kevin Stephenson (prayer)

Astonished by Kelsey Gietl (historical fiction)

Saints and Scholars: Children’s Plays from Irish Catholic History by Laoise Kennedy (Children’s)

Shunya Means Zero by Vijaya Bodach (Children’s)

The Life of Blessed Fulton J. Sheen by Kimberly Souba (Children’s)

Bullet Proof: A Spiritual Journey by Jane E. Motz (Memoir)

Color Your Own Museum: The Blessed Virgin Mary by Lauren Giordano (Coloring Book)

Torture Your Characters for Fun and Plot-Fit (Write Boost Writers Series) by Karina Fabian (nonfiction)

Summa Apologetica: Catholic Apologetics and Moral Questions by Joseph Freymann (Apologetics)

Saints & Sunflowers: Saints, Sunflowers, & a Compass by Russell Smith (Poetry)

Running Out of Sand by Mary Jo Thayer (Christian Romance)

Everywhere Love: The Highway Home by Paula Veloso Babadi (Spiritual Memoir & Poetry)

Loving God, A Mass Book for Little Hands by Steve Walton (Children)

Hearts of Hickory by Robert Pechman (Memoir)

Running the Bases with Jesus by Juan Novo (Inspirational)

The Blind Boy Who Saw the Invisible King by Austin Kairnes (Middle grade fiction)

Drum by Dan Costellos (Western)

A New Knighthood Book 1: Descent into Darkness by Michael Roth (Biblical fiction)

St. John Henry Newman: A Doctor of the Church for Our Time by Sr. Mary Catherine Blanding (spiritual biography)

Anerca: Breathing Life by Dan Costello (poetry)

Light Still Stands by Kimberly Souba (young adult fiction)

Remembering Freedom by Connor Curley (philosophy)

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