SWWJ

SWWJ The Society of Women Writers and Journalists Male writers are welcome as associate members. Full and associate members automatically receive a press card.

The Society of Women Writers and Journalists is one of the most interesting, diverse and professional societies for women writers in the country, established in 1894. The range of writing interests and accomplishments of SWWJ members is awe inspiring and includes fiction, (both novels and short stories), drama, poetry, and non-fiction writing across a wide spectrum, including journalism, biography

, travel and local interest books. The society offers a range of membership levels to include established professionals, new writers, students and non-writing friends. We offer London and countrywide events, writing competitions, workshops, networking and learning opportunities, a quarterly print magazine and regular email bulletins. Our President is Baroness Floella Benjamin DBE and the Society has many high profile patrons including Sir Tim Rice, author Freya North and writer Simon Brett.

26/08/2026

Calling all young poets aged 14-25! Come along to our free online writing workshop this Friday 🐝 🪻

In this workshop, you’ll be guided through prompts to inspire your entry to The Blossom and Buzz Challenge on Young Poets Network, set and judged by Foyle Young Poet Nikki Kothapalli. You don’t need any previous experience to take part!

After the workshop, we encourage you to keep editing your work and submit it to the challenge, which is free to enter.

This workshop will be recorded & copies of the recording will be available after the workshop has taken place. Email queries to [email protected].

Anyone aged 14-25 is welcome to join, regardless of how much experience they might have with poetry. Sign up at bit.ly/BugsWorkshop (linked in our bio).

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Are you a writer looking to deepen your understanding of psychological and physical resilience – and to apply it meaningfully within your creative life?

In our next free in-person workshop for writers, psychologist Michelle White will focus on developing your creative resilience, and will lead you in exploring the human being as an interconnected ecosystem.

You'll gain insight into how resilience is shaped by the brain, nervous system, hormones and stress responses.

Drawing on evolutionary psychology, Michelle will uncover how greater self-awareness can strengthen resilience while supporting emotional health and well-being.

This is a hands-on, reflective workshop and you’ll actively engage with your own experiences to identify practical ways to build stability, cultivate inner strength, and sustain resilience in your everyday life as a creative.

The workshop is part of the WGGB programme of free in-person training for writers, sponsored by The Authors'​ Licensing & Collecting Society

It takes place from 11am-3pm on 10 September in London and is open to both WGGB members and non-members, with priority given to writers from groups currently under-represented in the creative industries

Register by noon on 3 September 🔽

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26/08/2026

300 words to write. 33 days left to write them.

Are you entering the Mslexia Flash Fiction Competition?⚡️

This year's judge is Sherrie Flick. Enter your unpublished flash of up to 300 words. The winning story will receive £1,000, publication in Mslexia and inclusion in the Best Women's Short Fiction anthology 2026.

Your odds of publication are high, because the top four winning stories are published in the winter magazine and the entire top eight are included in the anthology.

Closing date: 21 September.

26/08/2026

You did it!

10,000 of you have signed the petition calling on Government to protect creators from the existential threat of GenAI. This means the Government will be required to respond.

Next target is 100,000 signatures, when it will be considered for a debate in Parliament.

Fairness and transparency must be at the heart of the UK's approach to AI.

Help our mission by signing and sharing link in bio.

And thanks to the dream team

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/765199

26/08/2026

Dolly Parton will be remembered not only as a music legend but for her incredible work sending hundreds of millions of free books to children worldwide through her charity .

Dolly was driven by a mission to inspire a love of reading in children and a dream that "all children should grow up in a home full of books".

The first Imagination Library book was gifted in the UK in 2008 and since then the charity has posted seven million books to children in communities across the UK.

What an amazing legacy to leave behind – we will always love you Dolly.

Hands up authors if your books have been involved in Dolly's Imagination Library.

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Coming next week...

Been missing ? Our podcast hosted by the brilliant Vick Nwosu-Hope that asks inspiring women to share the five books that have shaped them, is returning to our ears next week!

We're kicking off the autumn season with none other than Kathryn Stockett, bestselling author of the Women's Prize for Fiction longlisted 'The Help' – recorded at Women's Prize LIVE earlier in the summer.

To be the first to listen, make sure you're subscribed to Bookshelfie on your podcast platform of choice, or subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch the episodes as they drop every Tuesday.

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