The Catholic Writers Guild began in 2007 with about 30 members: writers that came together in an online forum to help each other with writing, marketing, and support. We incorporated as a 501(c)3 in 2008, taking the Guild from a chat group to an international organization dedicated to the rebirth of Catholic writing.

We’ve grown to over 500 members, including laypeople and religious, published and unpublished, nonfiction and fiction. Our only requirements are that members be true to Catholic teachings and that their work reflects that. While most of our members are writers or editors, we have publishers and illustrators as well. We’re mostly USA-based, yet have members in Canada, Mexico, Trinidad, UK, Germany, Spain, Hong Kong, and Australia.

In August 2009, we ran the first Catholic Writers Conference Live in Somerset, NJ as well as the first Catholic Writers Conference Online. That first online conference took place through an online forum and chat room, and it included 47 presentations–more than the number of members just 2 years before! Now, a decade later, our online conference has moved to video conferencing and our live program continues going strong.