Upcoming Events

An Afternoon with Award-Winning Authors Dominic Pacyga and Stuart Dybek

Let’s Just Write! An Uncommon Writers Conference March 16-17, 2019

Past News and Events

Book of the Year Awards January 19, 2019

Workshop: Memoirs and Personal Essays: The Art of Writing Your Story - November 17, 2018

First Chapter Contest is Now Closed

6th Annual Summer Social with IWPA

We’re Having a Party to Celebrate 10 Years of CWA! June 22, 2018

See CWA under the tent at Printers Row, June 9-10, 2018

The Chicago Writers Association

The Chicago Writers Association is a creative community of Chicagoland writers established in 2003 and federally registered as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in 2008. We span many genres, styles and levels of experience. Our purpose is to share information, experiences, and encouragement with those of us for whom written expression is an integral part of life.

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Katherine Reay