Past Events

This is a 'choose-your-own' writers workshop! We will have prompts available for poetry, prose, blogs and news commentary. You are encouraged to free write or work on something else if none of the prompts feel right. You can also utilize the resources available at the library to find inspiration. We will not have writing materials [...]

IWPA will have several blog writing prompts available for those that desire them. However, you are also welcome and encouraged to choose your own topic, or work on something else if blogging doesn't feel right that day. You can also utilize the resources available at the library to find inspiration. We will not have writing [...]

  IWPA will lead you through two poetry writing exercises during this workshop: blackout poetry and word bank poetry. We will introduce each exercise, spend some time writing, then come together to discuss the process and share what we wrote. We will not have writing materials available, so please bring your own laptop, notebook, pens, [...]

Join members of Illinois Woman's Press Association and the CWA for the 7th Annual Summer Social! Enjoy free appetizers provided by Chicago Writers Association, a cash bar and networking with some of the city's finest communicators. The Chicago Writers Association is pleased to celebrate the launch of The Write City Review Volume Two with you. [...]

On Sunday October 27, 2019, join IWPA members and guests for a tour of the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago! Museum of Broadcast Communications - 360 N State Street The museum has recently undergone renovations, and features a brand new exhibit entitled, "Rock on TV.” Members, the public and those interested in [...]

O'Donovan's Members of the Illinois Woman's Press Association and their guests are invited to our 6th Annual Holiday Brunch! Join us in celebrating the season at O'Donovan's in Chicago. Enjoy a buffet meal and bottomless mimosas for just $30 a ticket. Street parking is available. And support literacy by bringing a copy of [...]

Join Illinois Woman’s Press Association in celebrating International Women’s Day on Sunday, March 8. We are looking back at the history of our organization as well as women’s suffrage. 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution giving American women the right to vote. We are taking a [...]

Printers Row Lit Fest was founded in 1985 by the Near South Planning Board to attract visitors to the Printers Row neighborhood (once the city's bookmaking hub). By 2002, it had grown to five city blocks (on Dearborn, from Congress to Polk), attracting more than 200 booksellers from across the country displaying new, used and [...]