It's Here!The Guilded Pen, twelfth Edition, 2023 "Traversing Life," is Now available in ebook and paperback formats.Life is an ever-changing adventure that presents us with countless opportunities to learn, grow, and discover new things. Embracing this journey with an open mind and a willingness to embrace change is the key to unlocking your full potential and living a truly fulfilling life. Traversing Life, the 2023 Guilden Pen anthology from the San Diego Editors and Writers Guild highlights forty-five works by thirty-nine talented writers. Each essay, short story, poem, or memoir will delight the reader as the writers explore, explain, and have fun with those ever-evolving trips we all take as we traverse life. Authors represented in this volume include ShuJen Walker Askew, Gered Beeby, Bob Boze, Lawrence Carleton, Susan Gere Carter, Al Converse, Gwendalle Cooper, Steve Corkery, Janice Coy, C.H. Currier, Patricia Daly-Lipe, Karin F. Donaldson, Chloe Kerns Edge, Karen Fogelberg-Hill, Tiffany Noel Froese, Michael O Gibbs, Lisa Girdlestone, Andrea Susan Glass, Anna Hallett, Margaret Harmon, Carol Heasley, R.J. Jordan, Robyn Litt, Jeff Mason, Wendy Matthews, Caroline McCullagh, Reina Menasche, Pennell Paugh, Richard Peterson, Ty David Piz, Frank Primiano, R.H. Riffenburgh, Mardie Schroeder, Chava Siegel, JR Strayve JR, Janet Travers, Ruth Leyse Wallace, Ken Yaros DDS, and Sandra Yeaman. |
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Submissions Are Now Welcome for Our 13th EditionThe submission period for the 13th edition opened on May 1, 2024, and will close October 31, 2024. For more information, see the Submissions for the 13th edition page.
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Past Anthologies
Eleventh Edition, 2022The button to publish the eleventh edition of The Guilded Pen—New Beginnings on Amazon was pressed Monday, March 6, 2023, later than usual, but we're convinced it's our best anthology yet. The link for both paperback copy and ebook orders is live. East County Magazine has published a review of the anthology here. The anthology consists of a collection of the writings from members of the San Diego Writers and Editors Guild. Authors drew inspiration from the title, colored their writing with imagination and true-grit life experiences, and crafted it into stories, essays, and poetry that chronicle the real, glimpse the surreal, or inspire visions of what lies ahead. The volume features contributions from ShuJen Walker Askew, Gered Beeby, R.J. Black, Charles Braithwaite, M. Lee Buompensiero, Lawrence Carleton, Sheri Sherman Cohen, Al Converse, Janice Coy, Nick DiCarlo, Robert Doublebower, Chloe Kerns Edge, Leslie Ferguson, Lenore Greiner, KC Grifant, Janet Hafner, Margaret Harmon, Peggy Hinaekian, Dora Klinova, Leon Lazarus, Tom Leech, Pennell Paugh, Stephen Paugh, Richard Peterson, Ty Piz, Frank Primiano, B.H. Riffenburgh, Cyril Roseman, Patrick Ross, Mardie Schroeder, Sarah Turitto, Wanjiru Warama, Ruth Wallace, Lara Yamada, and Ken Yaros. |
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Tenth Edition, 2021The tenth anniversary anthology was a milestone for the Guild, and brought together our membership and local booksellers. The tenth edition of The Guilded Pen—The Power of Ten anniversary anthology is a collection of the writings from members of the San Diego Writers and Editors Guild. Authors drew inspiration from the title, colored their writing with imagination and true-grit life experiences, and crafted it into stories, essays and poetry that chronicle the real, glimpse the surreal, or inspire visions of what lies ahead. |  |
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Ninth Edition, 2020Read this collection of poetry, essays, memoir tales and imaginative short stories drawing inspiration from life on the California coast, people and places as far afield as South Africa, or locales that exist only in the author's imaginations. Whether chronicling life in the ordinary, or teetering on the fringes of the bizarre, Strange Happenings challenges the mundane, embraces the surreal, and stretches the imagination beyond earthly realms. | 
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Older Editions
In 2012, SDWEG introduced The Guilded Pen—First Edition, a compilation of short stories, poems, and imaginative essays by our members. We've been introducing a new edition every year since.
Copies of The Guilded Pen, Third through Eighth Editions, may be ordered directly from Amazon. The first two editions are no longer available.
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2018 7th edition
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| 2016 5th edition | 2015 4th edition | 2014 3rd edition |
2013 2nd edition and 2012 1st edition — No longer available