NAWE Online Conference 2026: Writing Worlds
Friday 13 & Saturday 14 November 2026 / Online
FULL PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED
The full programme for Writing Worlds, this year’s NAWE Online Conference on 13 and 14 November, is available now. Download the programme as a pdf on the right of the page.
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTS until 30 September 2026
As a NAWE member you can book now for the early bird rate of just £78, or £30 for student members. There are reduced rates for contributors, too. Non-members receive a year’s free e-membership to NAWE (this offer can only be taken up once.)
Your conference
If you teach and/or facilitate creative writing, or aspire to do so, this is your conference. Over two online days it brings together:
- Writers working with schools and communities
- Writers aspiring to teach
- Innovative researchers in creative writing theory and practice
- Lecturers in Further and Higher Education
- Freelance project facilitators
- Independent and academic publishers
- Literature development agencies, and more
The conference is a wonderful opportunity to hear from inspiring speakers, share your research and practice and gain insights to help your professional development, as well as enjoy networking with fellow writers from across the UK and further afield. Our popular NAWE lunchtime Zoom Bars are back, this year organised around the settings we work in.
New to the programme is the opportunity to take part in important debates: two Big Conversations with invited panels to discuss AI: the Human Element and Why Writing Matters.
We’re also delighted to welcome as our opening speakers Professor Julia Bell, Birkbeck, University of London (Friday) and Burhan Sönmez, President, International PEN (Saturday).
Plus! Registered conference participants gain free entry to the inaugural 2026 NAWE Flash Fiction competition. Enter by 16 October 2026.
The Writing Worlds 2026 programme
Spanning two days, the 2026 programme features over 70 presentations, workshops and panels exploring our theme of ‘Writing Worlds’ from every perspective. Around 80 contributors from across the UK and as far afield as Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Kyrgyzstan, Spain, and the United States will inform, showcase, and inspire.
Sessions are grouped around a rich diversity of topics:
- Culture and Psychology in Creative Writing
- Writing and Wellbeing
- The Business of Writing
- Alternative Approaches in HE
- Artificial Intelligence
- Writing Techniques: Looking Outside of Literature
- Translation and Multilingualism
- Life-Writing and History
- Self-Care and Space-Making
- Genre-writing
There’s also a strong workshop strand:
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Screenwriting in adult education
- The Practice of Attention
- The Thought Forest
- Exploring Europeana’s Cultural Heritage Collections
- Grant Writing as a creative and developmental process
- Writing Other Worlds
- Telling the Untold
- Movement and Metaphor: Somatic awareness and writing for resilience and self-care
- Writing the River and the Bog
- Memoir Writing: A Practical Guide
Sessions will be recorded and made available for delegates to view on demand after the conference, so you won’t miss out if there are sessions you can’t get along to.
See you there!
We look forward to welcoming you as we reflect on the diverse worlds we inhabit and represent, in person, online, locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Book now to get the early bird discount
Extended deadline for Early Bird tickets: 30 September 2026
If you have any queries, please email admin@nawe.co.uk