National Association of Writers
and Groups (NAWG)


President: The Lord Fellowes of West Stafford, DL

Registered Charity Number 1059047


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

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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
     Jilly Cooper, CBE
     

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 NAWGFest, our annual open festival of writing in September, and 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.