NAWGFest 2026 General Information
NAWGFest 2026
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Welcome to the NAWGFest 2026 page. Here you'll find information about this open festival of writing.
Latest Festival News
- A video of the 2026 awards ceremony is available to watch for logged in members.
- A video of the keynote speaker, Helen Bryant, at the 2023 festival is available for all to watch.
Last updated: 05-Oct-2026
What is the Festival? ↑
On the weekend around 19th September, like-minded writers with a broad spectrum of abilities, got together for an exceptional weekend, focussed on improving their writing.
The festival provided:
- Workshops run by professional tutors, to improve your writing.
- Highly entertaining talks and activities.
- Awards ceremony for competition prize winners.
- Flash fiction competitions.
It's an open festival, so all are welcome to join us. Don't be shy we are a friendly group.
Festival Dates ↑
The full schedule is given in the timetable, but the dates are:
Friday 18th September,
Saturday 19th September.
Festival Venue ↑
This year's festival will be online, via Zoom. Details will be sent to you when you book.
Workshops, Talks, Activities ↑
The workshops and talks are listed in the timetable.
As well as the main workshops and talks, there will be a number of additional activities you can take part in. Details are also shown in the timetable.
Tutors and Speakers ↑
Tutors and speakers this year are: Morgen Bailey, Marvin Close, and a keynote speaker (to be announced).
Awards Ceremony ↑
The awards ceremony was on Saturday 19th September at 4:00 pm. This is where the winners of the 2026 NAWG members' competitions were announced.
Here is a recording of the ceremony.
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Timetable ↑
Details are in the full timetable, but the highlights are as follows.
Friday 18th September
- Flash fiction competition.
- Flash poetry competition.
- Open mic.
Saturday 19th September
- Workshops.
- Annual General Meeting.
- Awards ceremony.
- Keynote speaker.
- Literary quotes quiz.
Booking ↑
This NAWGFest event is in the past, and so can't be booked.
Zoom Links ↑
The Zoom meeting credentials are no longer shown here, since the event has taken place in the past.