For almost two decades Elwood Writers has been meeting every second Tuesday to share work, collaborate, and talk shop. Our writing spans poetry, fiction, memoir, and creative nonfiction, and has been widely published in Australia and internationally.
A selection of our work appears in the anthology Every Second Tuesday | Stories by Elwood Writers (Rightword Enterprises, 2020).
We regularly create and broadcast material for Cover to Cover on Vision Australia Radio, most recently in November 2025 — our twelfth program for the station.
The group has hosted a number of literary soirées to present our work to a live audience, and we’ve been invited to judge writing contests including the St Kilda Historical Society short-story competition and the 2025 American Writers Review literary contest.
Recently, we discovered the joys of week-long writing retreats, where members focus on personal projects and gather in the evenings over coffee and dessert — often in front of a roaring wood fire.
Barry recently stepped back from active participation in the group’s meetings. He formed Elwood Writers with Jennifer Bryce in 2007, and since then has contributed consistently to the nourishing hum of group feedback. Barry remains an honorary member, managing our online presence and ensuring our work reaches readers everywhere. We look forward to collaborating on future literary projects — keep watching this space!
Elwood Writers continues to evolve. Helen recently completed a draft of her first collection of poetry, Margaret is refining her draft memoir, and Barry is in the process of submitting his novel After Dark to publishers. In addition, new group initiatives and projects are already in the pipeline.
We’re excited about the year ahead and delighted to have you along for the journey.
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands on which we live and write. We pay our respects to their cultures and stories, and to their elders, past, present and emerging.
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