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.
Upcoming Workshops
- Tuesday 1 September 2026
Annual General Meeting and Workshop
Venue: Zoom (link to be announced).
Annual General Meeting – starting at 10.30am sharp.
Matters to be dealt with include:
- Minutes of the 2025 Annual General Meeting
- Presentation of Annual Reports and accounts for 2025-2026
- The setting of the annual subscription
- Election of officers
As there was no other business for discussion at the AGM sent to the Secretary by the due date, it is anticipated this will be a quick AGM. It will be followed by readings of today's trigger and celebrations of our members' writing.
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Trigger
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Readings
This Zoom event provides a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our members from all over with short readings of their recent work in their own voice.
Members are invited to read their entry from the just completed poetry up-to-40-lines competition, the Ekphrastic competition from earlier this year, short pieces from the anthology or even a favourite trigger that you would like to share again.
Competition Due
Memory Story – a personal memory / memoir / creative snapshot prompted by a personal photograph and written in first-person point of view, up to 750 words. The judge is Margaret Moores.
An email with submission instructions will be sent to all 2026 IWW members. Submissions open on Wednesday 26 August and close at 5pm on Tuesday 1 September. The Monthly Competition Rules apply.
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- Tuesday 15 September 2026
Workshop Meeting
Venue: Lindisfarne Room, St Aidans.
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Trigger
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Workshop
Results of the Memory Story judged by Margaret Moores followed by readings and synopses from the entrants into the competition. Entrants, please ensure you have a copy of your entry acccessible.
Members Share segment
A member-hosted writing prompt or activity.
The Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems manuscripts, deadline 6 October (see below), can be handed in to the Competition Secretary at today's Workshop.
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