Below is the Schedule of Events for 2025 — subject to change. For specifics regarding our events, visit the Meetings page, the Classes page, and the Workshops page.
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Join us for our monthly programs.
SWW monthly meetings are held on the second Saturday of every month (in person and Zoom) — 10:00 to 11:45 am — and the fourth Wednesday (Zoom only) from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm (no Wednesday meeting in December).
Monthly Workshops are held after our Saturday meetings from noon to 2:00 pm.
2025 Listing of Events
January 22 – Wednesday:
Meeting: John Roche – Freeing Your Free Verse from Flabbiness
February 8 – Saturday:
Meeting: Dorinda Wegener – Get it Together: Organizing a Submission Packet and/or Manuscript and Tips on Submitting It
Workshop: Dorinda Wegener – Publicity Steps from Pitch to Launch
February 26 – Wednesday:
Meeting: Judy Castleberry – Writing Contests: Things You Need to Know
March 8 – Saturday:
Meeting: Mary Lou Dobbs – Marketing and Visibility for Writers
Workshop: Brenda Cole – How to Speak in Public and Live to Tell the Tale
March 22 – Special Presentation – Saturday:
10:00 am – Noon, at the SWW Office
Workshop: Lisa C. Taylor – Writing a Publishable Novel
March 26 – Wednesday:
Meeting: Christopher Upham – Film Adaptation
April 12 – Saturday:
Meeting: Dan Wetmore – The Building Blocks of Prose
Workshop: Christopher Upham – Screen Adaptation
April 23 – Wednesday:
Meeting: Irene Blea – From Poetry to Memoir
Visitor/Guest Policy
With the new year comes a return to SWW’s previous policy concerning meeting attendance. We encourage visitors and guests to experience what our award-winning writers’ association has to offer. Since membership dues pay for our outstanding speakers, we request non-members limit their attendance to three meetings, after which we hope they will join SouthWest Writers. Visitors are welcome beyond their first three visits at a cost of $10 per meeting.