Dana Shavin Coordinating Literary Arts at the Guild

Dana Shavin is the new Literary Arts Program Coordinator at the Dalton Creative Arts Guild. She will be responsible for literary programming that will provide both established and aspiring writers a supportive environment for nurturing and growing their writing and publishing interests, opportunities for engagement through educational workshops taught by established writers and writing teachers, and twice-monthly writers group meetings. Programming will expand to include literary arts outreach in health care settings (dispatching writers to enhance the healthcare experience for people in clinical settings), possible genre-specific writing circles, and youth writing programs.  

Shavin brings over thirty years of publishing, speaking, coaching, and teaching experience to the Guild. She is the author of The Body Tourist, and Finding the World: Thoughts on Life, Love, Home and Dogs, and her articles and essays have appeared in Oxford American, The Sun, Psychology Today, Travel + Leisure, Garden and Gun, and PBS, among others, and she writes extensively about mental health and relationships for VeryWell Mind, AARP, and Next Avenue. She is an award-winning humor columnist for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Contact her at danas@creativeartsguild.org for more information about workshops, writers group meetings, and teaching opportunities.