National Association of Writers
and Groups

President: The Lord Fellowes of West Stafford, DL

Registered Charity Number 1059047


Whatever type of writing you do, we’ve got you covered.

Gallery of Nawg Members' Books

by Violet Rook • 29 January 2026
Cover images of some books by our Members - is yours there yet?

New Monthly Meeting for Individual Members

by Vanessa Lester • 22 January 2026
Special new Monthly Zoom meeting

The Write Path 2025 Anthology - now available!

by Simon Whaley • 14 January 2026
The Write Path 2025 anthology is now available in paperback from Amazon, and ebook format from many digital book platforms (including Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Everand, Thalia, Smashwords, and many more!). It comprises the winning entries and judges’ reports from our members’-only competitions, along with the first, second, and third place winners of our open poetry and short story competitions, and the winners of our 250-word Spooky flash fiction competition. The ebook version (ISBN: 978-1-7384361-8-7) is priced £2.99, and the paperback version (ISBN: 978-1-7384361-7-0) is £7.99. For more information, click the Books2Read link and then select your preferred retailer: https://books2read.com/twp2025 And if you missed any of the previous anthologies, check out the links below: 2024: https://books2read.com/twp2024 2023: https://books2read.com/twp2023 2022: https://books2read.com/twp2022 2021: https://books2read.com/twp2021 2020: https://books2read.com/twp2020 2019: https://books2read.com/twp2019 My thanks go to everyone on the committee and the judges for their help with gathering everything together to enable me to produce the anthology, and to Liz for her proofreading assistance! Simon Whaley

Valentine's Day Competition

by Susan Cartwright Smith • 10 January 2026
New 250-word flash fiction competition theme of LOVE - Hurry - closes on 10th February!

Members' Competitions 2026

by Henry Curry • 7 January 2026
The Competitions are open NOW!

Meet the Committee

by Kevin Machin • 5 January 2026
Regular Zoom Sessions for NAWG Members 7 pm on the first Tuesday of every month.

Membership Special Offer 2026

by Vanessa Lester • 16 December 2025
Join by 31st January 2026 and get a special membership deal. Want to write that novel, poetry collection or script? If so join us. We help to set up and run writing groups and provide support for individual writers, to help writers develop and improve their work. For this year only, join early for a reduced price – £30 for groups, £15 for individual membership, and £10 for students. Membership runs until 30th June 2026. See the joining page for details. Benefits include: 15 free members only writing competitions. Group anthology competition. Discounts on workshops and writing events. Support for new writing groups. Monthly online meet ups for individual writer members. Members' magazine. E-Newsletter. Members only website area. Support for self-publishing. Join by 31st January to take advantage of this special offer.

Open Competitions 2025 Results

by Liz Ashcroft • 1 December 2025
Results of the 2025 OPEN competitions - Short Story & Poetry

Autumn 250 competition

by Susan Cartwright Smith • 16 November 2025
RESULT - WINNING ENTRY : Spooky Autumn flash fiction competition
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We help to set up and run writing groups and provide support for individual writers.

There are many benefits of membership, including a professional critiquing service to help writers develop and improve their work.

Our Patrons are:

     The Lord Fellowes of West Stafford, DL
     Sir Alan Ayckbourn, CBE
     Carol Ann Duffy, CBE
          Gervase Phinn
     Lord Bragg of Wigton
     
     

Membership

"People join a writers' group because they want to share their work and ideas in a supportive atmosphere. NAWG provides just that environment for writers across the nation."

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Events & Courses

We have many events, including:
  • Monthly Meet the Committee sessions via Zoom.
  • NAWGFest, our annual open festival of writing in September,
  • Weekend writing retreats at Wentworth Castle in Yorkshire.
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Competitions & Publications

We're here to help you write!
We run many writing competitions throughout the year. A good proportion of these are free to enter if you're a member of NAWG.
Our publications include a bi-monthly magazine and regular e-newsletter for members, an annual anthology of award-winning writing, plus many books including our Narrathon project.

Members' Benefits

There are many benefits of membership, including a professional critiquing service to help writers develop and improve their work, and advertising which is usually free. More info here

E-newsletter

We have an e-newsletter that we send out (ONLY to our members) by email. This gives an insight into what our members are doing and gives people  the opportunity to alert us to their needs (NOTE: MEMBERS PASSWORD is needed to request e-news)

Link Magazine

Link Magazine is our bi-monthly publication about writing, by writers, for writers. Link provides up-to-date news, ideas, writing opportunities, tips and advice, and keeps members in touch with one another.

Other books

 The Write Path for 2018 and 2019,  our anthologies of award-winning writing, are available to buy from our shop, and  the later editions for 2020 to 2023 can be purchased from your favourite online bookstore.

Confidence

Boosting Your Self Confidence as a Writer by Steve Bowkett is a book packed with tips and advice designed to show writers of all levels of experience how to become more confident and how this can only have a beneficial effect on their work.