Upcoming Meetings

• Tuesday 3 November 2026
  Spring Outing
  Venue: Auckland Domain
  
  

  Enjoy the (hopefully) mild spring weather and the company of IWW members on an outing to Auckland Domain. We will meet at the Wintergarden Cafe at 10.30am for coffee, catchup and briefing before heading out to write for an hour, inspired by the surroundings. We will regather at the cafe for a bite to eat and to share our writing.

• Tuesday 17 November 2026
  Prize giving and End of Year Function
  Announcement of the 2026 winner of The Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems
  Venue: St Aidans, upstairs in the auditorium, and on Zoom. Click here for directions to St Aidans.
  
  RSVP essential by email to iww-writers@outlook.com by Thursday 12 November 2026. Please state whether you will be attending in person or via Zoom.
  
  We need to know who is attending in person, including the names of any guests you will be bringing with you. This is to assist with catering and to ensure there is a pretty name badge for you and your guest(s).
  
  We need to know if you plan to attend via Zoom so you can be sent the Zoom link.
   
  For those attending in person – whether member or guest – please 'bring a plate' of finger food, either savoury or sweet, suitable for a shared lunch.
  
  Schedule:  

  10.15 am	Volunteers to help set up.
  11 am	Light refreshments, mix and mingle Enjoy the chance to meet other members, writers, presenters, judges and competition winners, and look at the books on the Pride of Publishing Display table. Pride of Publishing Display Members who have published a book or been included in an anthology are invited to bring along one copy of one book to display on our 'unmanned' Pride of Publishing Display table. There will be no capacity for book sales from the display table therefore we ask that all sales take place directly between seller and buyer after the End of Year Function and those who want to sell books keep your sale copies in your car or in your bag.
  11.30 am	Start of formalities including President's welcome Presentation of Certificates for 2026 Performance interlude with Tamsin Worsley Announcement of winner of The Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence Poems with Janet Newman who will be joining us via Zoom. followed by readings from the winning sequence. President's farewell
  12.30 pm approx.	Shared Finger Food Lunch supplied by members and guests.
  1.00pm	Volunteers help to clean up.