Our competitions are open to financial and honorary members of IWW who normally live in New Zealand.
New members are welcome to join. Find out how to join here.
New members become eligible to enter competitions after their application has been tabled at a committee meeting and then approved in writing (via email).
The International Writers Workshop is a recipient of a generous bequest from
The Jocelyn Grattan Charitable Trust for an award in honour of Jocelyn's mother Kathleen.
Due to the bequest some IWW competitions may offer monetary prizes (note: prize monies will be shared in tied placings) and currently no entry fee applies.
We offer the following competitions in 2026.
The Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems (this link goes to a another page).
Monthly competitions, which include a mix of poetry, fiction and non-fiction (this link goes to a another page).
Competition Results
Click here to view
the results of some of our recent competitions.
Forms
All of our forms can be accessed from the IWW Forms repository.