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• Monthly Meeting | Topic TBA

  • When
    14 May 2024
  •  
    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Room 4G at the Gratz Center, 126 E. Chestnut Street, Chicago, Illinois

  Register

  Join IWOC-ers for our regular monthly meeting, usually including a guest-speaker and always focused on the business of freelance writing and general topics of concern to independent writers.

  Registration

  Admission is FREE for IWOC Members. Non-members pay $10 with online preregistration/payment or $15 at the door.

  Networking, with snacks and beverages, begins at 5:00 p.m., followed by the program at 6:00 p.m.

  Meeting Membership Sign-up Discount

  Non-members are eligible for a 10% discount on their first year of IWOC membership with a coupon code available at the meeting.

  MEETING LOCATION

  IWOC monthly meetings are held in Room 4F at the Gratz Center, 126 E. Chestnut Street, adjacent to the historic Fourth Presbyterian Church (see map, below).

  Discounted parking after 5:00pm is available (with validation coupon available at the meeting) at 900 N. Michigan Avenue.

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• Monthly Meeting | Topic TBA

  • When
    11 Jun 2024
  •  
    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Room 4F at the Gratz Center, 126 E. Chestnut Street, Chicago, Illinois

  Register

  Join IWOC-ers for our regular monthly meeting, usually including a guest-speaker and always focused on the business of freelance writing and general topics of concern to independent writers.

  Registration

  Admission is FREE for IWOC Members. Non-members pay $10 with online preregistration/payment or $15 at the door.

  Networking, with snacks and beverages, begins at 5:00 p.m., followed by the program at 6:00 p.m.

  Meeting Membership Sign-up Discount

  Non-members are eligible for a 10% discount on their first year of IWOC membership with a coupon code available at the meeting.

  MEETING LOCATION

  IWOC monthly meetings are held in Room 4F at the Gratz Center, 126 E. Chestnut Street, adjacent to the historic Fourth Presbyterian Church (see map, below).

  Discounted parking after 5:00pm is available (with validation coupon available at the meeting) at 900 N. Michigan Avenue.

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• Monthly Meeting | Topic TBA

  • When
    09 Jul 2024
  •  
    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Room 4G at the Gratz Center, 126 E. Chestnut Street, Chicago, Illinois

  Register

  Join IWOC-ers for our regular monthly meeting, usually including a guest-speaker and always focused on the business of freelance writing and general topics of concern to independent writers.

  Registration

  Admission is FREE for IWOC Members. Non-members pay $10 with online preregistration/payment or $15 at the door.

  Networking, with snacks and beverages, begins at 5:00 p.m., followed by the program at 6:00 p.m.

  Meeting Membership Sign-up Discount

  Non-members are eligible for a 10% discount on their first year of IWOC membership with a coupon code available at the meeting.

  MEETING LOCATION

  IWOC monthly meetings are held in Room 4F at the Gratz Center, 126 E. Chestnut Street, adjacent to the historic Fourth Presbyterian Church (see map, below).

  Discounted parking after 5:00pm is available (with validation coupon available at the meeting) at 900 N. Michigan Avenue.

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• IWOCFest 2024 | Our Annual Summer Bash!

  • When
    13 Aug 2024
  •  
    5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    TBA

  No meeting. No note-taking. No learning allowed. Just a lot of laughing and enjoying summer at the stunning Athena Restaurant in Greektown!

  Come for the camaraderie and fantastic family-style food in an open, airy setting that's almost as gorgeous as Greece itself. Almost.  

  IWOC members and friends of IWOC -- all are welcome!

  Admission and location information TBA.
  

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• Monthly Meeting | Topic TBA

  • When
    10 Sep 2024
  •  
    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Room 4G at the Gratz Center, 126 E. Chestnut Street, Chicago, Illinois

  Register

  Join IWOC-ers for our regular monthly meeting, usually including a guest-speaker and always focused on the business of freelance writing and general topics of concern to independent writers.

  Registration

  Admission is FREE for IWOC Members. Non-members pay $10 with online preregistration/payment or $15 at the door.

  Networking, with snacks and beverages, begins at 5:00 p.m., followed by the program at 6:00 p.m.

  Meeting Membership Sign-up Discount

  Non-members are eligible for a 10% discount on their first year of IWOC membership with a coupon code available at the meeting.

  MEETING LOCATION

  IWOC monthly meetings are held in Room 4F at the Gratz Center, 126 E. Chestnut Street, adjacent to the historic Fourth Presbyterian Church (see map, below).

  Discounted parking after 5:00pm is available (with validation coupon available at the meeting) at 900 N. Michigan Avenue.

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• Monthly Meeting | Topic TBA

  • When
    08 Oct 2024
  •  
    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Room 4G at the Gratz Center, 126 E. Chestnut Street, Chicago, Illinois

  Register

  Join IWOC-ers for our regular monthly meeting, usually including a guest-speaker and always focused on the business of freelance writing and general topics of concern to independent writers.

  Registration

  Admission is FREE for IWOC Members. Non-members pay $10 with online preregistration/payment or $15 at the door.

  Networking, with snacks and beverages, begins at 5:00 p.m., followed by the program at 6:00 p.m.

  Meeting Membership Sign-up Discount

  Non-members are eligible for a 10% discount on their first year of IWOC membership with a coupon code available at the meeting.

  MEETING LOCATION

  IWOC monthly meetings are held in Room 4F at the Gratz Center, 126 E. Chestnut Street, adjacent to the historic Fourth Presbyterian Church (see map, below).

  Discounted parking after 5:00pm is available (with validation coupon available at the meeting) at 900 N. Michigan Avenue.

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• Monthly Meeting | Topic TBA

  • When
    12 Nov 2024
  •  
    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Room 4G at the Gratz Center, 126 E. Chestnut Street, Chicago, Illinois

  Register

  Join IWOC-ers for our regular monthly meeting, usually including a guest-speaker and always focused on the business of freelance writing and general topics of concern to independent writers.

  Registration

  Admission is FREE for IWOC Members. Non-members pay $10 with online preregistration/payment or $15 at the door.

  Networking, with snacks and beverages, begins at 5:00 p.m., followed by the program at 6:00 p.m.

  Meeting Membership Sign-up Discount

  Non-members are eligible for a 10% discount on their first year of IWOC membership with a coupon code available at the meeting.

  MEETING LOCATION

  IWOC monthly meetings are held in Room 4F at the Gratz Center, 126 E. Chestnut Street, adjacent to the historic Fourth Presbyterian Church (see map, below).

  Discounted parking after 5:00pm is available (with validation coupon available at the meeting) at 900 N. Michigan Avenue.

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• IWOC Winter Holiday Party 2024!

  • When
    10 Dec 2024
  •  
    5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    TBA

  It's that most wonderful time of the year! Join IWOC-ers for an evening of wonderful food, wonderful camaraderie, and wonderful holiday cheer (of all types) as we raise a glass to another year of IWOC-osity and look forward to the next. As always, the party will include an exchange of gently used books*.

  *If you have a book you'd like to offer for free exchange, bring it! Don't even bother to wrap it. (And if you don't wish to part with any of your precious books, we understand. We'll still let you in.)

  Location and admission TBA.
  

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