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.

08/09/2025

Thank you to all members who attended our AGM this morning. All our current council officers and members were re-elected for another year.

07/09/2025

How to become a novelist? What to expect and where to start? Maybe the author Vivien Brown knows it all 🤔

Join us on the 5th of October, at 3 PM and listen to Vivien's story and advice on how to start writing your first novel. She has secrets to share!

➡ Book tickets here (or on our Instagram BIO): https://www.southlandsarts.co.uk/events/vivien-brown-author-talk/

06/09/2025

We have listed a new contest on Writing Competitions!
https://writingcompetitions.net/ ❤️🖋

🌟 Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition 2025 🌟

The competition is open to original, unpublished poems in English of 40 lines or fewer.Entry fee: €7 per poem.• 1st Prize: €2,000• 2nd Prize: €500• 3rd Prize: €250Deadline: 30 November 2025

06/09/2025
06/09/2025

Release your story into the world: our Memoir Award is open for submissions. You could win £1,500 and a mentoring package! Your memoir doesn't need to be finished to enter.

Judge Manni Coe. Deadline 30 Sept. Get started at bridportprize.org.uk/the-competition/memoir-award/ 📝

06/09/2025

Set the scene...a cozy blanket, a hot drink, candles. Am I missing something?

Books, of course!

If you love reading during the autumn season (or any season for that matter) sign up to be a reader judge for the Romantic Novel of the Year Awards 2026 (RoNAs).

All you need to do is sign up and pick your preferred romance sub-genre/s*.

Click on the link below to sign up!
https://awards.romanticwriters.co.uk/judgesignup/

*Terms and Conditions apply.

06/09/2025

📚Claire J (reviewer) has posted an early review to me for - comments like this make every single hour of writing worth every word. I do hope you all enjoy Atticus' story as much as Claire has. A million thanks Claire 💐

"What a happy, uplifting book this is. I just don’t know how Caroline does it, but the warmth and delight she manages to convey in words, is something really special.

When Atticus Arnott discovers his long forgotten camper van, he decides it’s time for a change! Heading off for a Spanish adventure he leaves son Mungo running his farm and daughter Mary dealing with struggles of her own. Can they all find themselves a happy future and also come together as a happy family?

The characters are all so wonderful and well developed, even grumpy Mungo will pull on your heart strings. The transformation in Atticus’s character is just wonderful and the people he meets along the way are fabulous. You will want to climb inside this book, inside the camper van and head off with Atticus!

The relationship between Atticus and his grandson is one to cherish, as is the one with best friend Arthur.
I really liked how it not only followed Atticus’s story but also that of his son and daughter. The use of social media within the story was well written, older generations embracing it, but showing it isn’t without its problems.

I just really can’t put into words how wonderful this book is, you’ll laugh, you’ll smile, you may shed a few tears, happy and sad, but you’ll leave it feeling lifted, warm, included, happy. And wanting a holiday (or new life!) in Spain!

So whatever you do, read it!!"
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06/09/2025

If you attended the 2025 school and haven't filled in the FEEDBACK FORM - the deadline is midnight tomorrow!

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