Welcome!
FAWCO is honored to have unbelievably vibrant and diverse talent writers as members of our clubs. We have best-selling authors, literary award winners, aspiring writers learning their craft and those who write for the sheer joy of it.

This has inspired FAWCO’s “Literacy is our Legacy – A Celebration!"

Literacy Is Our Legacy – A Celebration is a series of activities that will have something for everyone.
The celebration will:

• Highlight and recognize the published authors amongst us.
• Encourage and engage authors who write for the love of it.
• Empower aspiring writers in workshops, panels or discussion groups.
• Reinforce FAWCO’s commitment to literacy through our Global Issues Teams.
• Encourage members to participate in FAWCO global reading events.
• Introduce more club members to the fun of book clubs.
• Promote networking events between clubs, within regions, between regions!

To learn more about what’s happening, visit this page every month for news and updates.
Or, you can receive a newsletter by contacting us at .

Writers' Workshops

At the FAWCO Interim Meeting where we announced "Literacy Is Our Legacy – A Celebration," our writing enthusiasts at all levels asked if we could coordinate writers’ workshops.

In response to that feedback, FAWCO is excited to announce that The International Women’s Writing Guild (IWWG) will offer a 1-year complimentary membership to IWWG for FAWCO members!

Founded in 1976, IWWG’s mission is to foster the personal and professional empowerment of women through writing, and we look forward to you joining us in your writing pursuits. Please contact for the code. Please include your club name in the email. After you receive the code you may register here.

IWWG holds regular online workshops in all genres, taught by both familiar teachers and those bringing exciting new voices and perspectives. Experience the joy of being “heard” during in-class readings, nightly open mics, and exciting workshops. As a member, you can register for workshops at special rates.

Reading is “Lit”!

Nearly every FAWCO club has at least one book club. FAWCO encourages our book clubs to read one of the selections from our Books by Members List.

Readers, Writers, Authors – Let’s Connect!

Inspiring Women, FAWCO’s quarterly online magazine, “Women Working with Words, Part 2” is out now! Subscribe here. 

February is African-American Read-In Month

• Hug a Librarian Day  March 1, 2025 (We’re “past due” in announcing this but there’s no fine for doing it now!)

• National Write Your Own Story Day  March 14, 2025

• International Read to Me Day  March 19, 2025

• Deadline for the FAWCO’s Writers’ Challenge  April 30, 2025 – See the latest issue of Inspiring Women for details.

Special FAWCO Partner Event with IWWG!

IWWG presents Making More of Memoir: Tools for Drawing Readers to Your Writing

presented by Judith Huge

Saturday, April 26, 2025, 4 pm CET

Primarily designed for new writers but offering unique insights for more seasoned ones, this workshop offers both practical tools and personal advice for adding depth to your own non-fiction writing – keys for building better bridges between yourself, your story, and your reader. Coaxing this “sympathetic resonance from the reader” is the difference between writing the stories people choose to read on airplanes and the ones that speak gently to the depths of the human spirit.

FREE to FAWCO members with code! Contact to receive it.

Then register for the workshop here!

Attention FAWCO Writers: If you have taken advantage of the complementary IWWG membership, you might be interested in these upcoming workshops – they’re free! If you want to join contact:  for more information.

Write with us...upcoming workshops below and at this link!

• Open Mic with Author Christina Rivera Cogswell – Sunday, March 16, 2025, 7 pm CET

• The City and the Writer with Carmen Bugan – Sunday, March 23, 2025, 7 pm CET  

•  Info Session on Mapping “the Disturbed Country”: Writing Illness and Aging  with Lisa Freedman – Friday, March 28, 2025, 5 pm CET

Do You Want to Be Part of the Legacy?

Thank you for your interest! We hope that you will select a book from our Books by Members page for your next reading pleasure. If you have a published book please submit it for our list.

Are you a writer? Consider registering with IWWG and participating in one of their workshops.

This Month’s Featured Book will change. FAWCO has enough books on our Books by Members list to feature a different one for the next three years – and the list keeps growing! Please come back for a visit!