The Workshop Meetings

The Workshop meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month from February to November.

Our Workshops on the 1st Tuesday of the month from March to October are on Zoom. All other Workshops take place in the downstairs Lindisfarne Room at St Aidans Church, 97 Onewa Road, Northcote. The car park entrance is via Woodside Ave (opp. no. 3). Click here for map. Parking also on Onewa Road after 10am.

The doors open from 10 am for members to mix and mingle prior to the meeting and help set up the room. Tea and coffee should be ready by 10.15 am – you are welcome to bring biscuits or a gold coin would be appreciated. Come early and get to socialise with other writers.

The Workshop starts at 10.30 am sharp and continues through to 12.30 pm.

First up is the readings of the day's 100-word trigger. The 'trigger' word(s) will be supplied prior to the meeting. Your challenge is to use the word(s) in no more than 100 words total – or exactly 100 words for an even greater challenge. Click here for the List of Triggers for 2026.

This is followed by a workshop with an IWW member or a guest tutor, or the results of an IWW competition followed by readings.

Prospective members may attend two Workshops before making the commitment to join. At Workshops with guest tutors a $10 fee for visitors applies (and will go towards membership fees if deciding to join at end of first or second meeting). Due to the popularity of some of our Workshops and space constraints at our venue, some meetings may be 'Members Only'. These will be advertised as such on the website.
 

• 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.
  
  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 This year we are inviting all of our members and guests who have published a book or been included in an anthology to bring along one copy of one book to display on our 'unmanned' Pride of Publishing Display table and to prepare a 60 second summary of your display book to talk about during the proceedings. 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 and the announcement of the winner and runner-up of The Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence Poems with Janet Newman who will be joining us via Zoom.
  12.30 pm approx.	Shared Finger Food Lunch supplied by members and guests.
  1.00pm	Volunteers help to clean up.