New Monthly Meeting for Individual Members
Vanessa Lester • 22 January 2026
Special new Monthly Zoom meeting
The first monthly online meeting for our Individual Writer Members will take place on Monday 26th on Zoom 6.30-8.30 pm then the last Monday of each month. If you can't make this month, the next meeting will be February 23rd.
Writing is by its nature a solitary endeavour but meeting other writers can make it less lonely and more fun. At the meetings you can share writing,feedback, news, competitions, writing tips, events and to simply get to know each other.
All individual members should have received an email invitation including zoom link and shared folder.
If you haven't received an email or would like further information please email Vanessa at individualwriters@nawg.co.uk
The Write Path 2025 anthology is now available in paperback from Amazon, and ebook format from many digital book platforms (including Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Everand, Thalia, Smashwords, and many more!). It comprises the winning entries and judges’ reports from our members’-only competitions, along with the first, second, and third place winners of our open poetry and short story competitions, and the winners of our 250-word Spooky flash fiction competition. The ebook version (ISBN: 978-1-7384361-8-7) is priced £2.99, and the paperback version (ISBN: 978-1-7384361-7-0) is £7.99. For more information, click the Books2Read link and then select your preferred retailer: https://books2read.com/twp2025 And if you missed any of the previous anthologies, check out the links below: 2024: https://books2read.com/twp2024 2023: https://books2read.com/twp2023 2022: https://books2read.com/twp2022 2021: https://books2read.com/twp2021 2020: https://books2read.com/twp2020 2019: https://books2read.com/twp2019 My thanks go to everyone on the committee and the judges for their help with gathering everything together to enable me to produce the anthology, and to Liz for her proofreading assistance! Simon Whaley
New 250-word flash fiction competition theme of LOVE - Hurry - closes on 10th February!
Join by 31st January 2026 and get a special membership deal. Want to write that novel, poetry collection or script? If so join us. We help to set up and run writing groups and provide support for individual writers, to help writers develop and improve their work. For this year only, join early for a reduced price – £30 for groups, £15 for individual membership, and £10 for students. Membership runs until 30th June 2026. See the joining page for details. Benefits include: 15 free members only writing competitions. Group anthology competition. Discounts on workshops and writing events. Support for new writing groups. Monthly online meet ups for individual writer members. Members' magazine. E-Newsletter. Members only website area. Support for self-publishing. Join by 31st January to take advantage of this special offer.
Members can go to the Members Only page (you'll need the password) and read stories that were a little too long to fit in the normal Link magazine - see the section marked 'Fiction Special' --> HERE