Membership in SouthWest Writers means opportunities for writing success found nowhere else:
- Networking: A writer’s most direct line to success.
- Your successes and announcements included during our monthly meetings (in-person and/or Zoom) and sent out in our weekly E-lerts. (Contact info@swwriters.com to add your announcements to our E-lerts.)
- Discounts on monthly workshops with professional instructors in all aspects of the writing craft.
- Discounts on periodic conferences and classes.
- Author interviews posted to the SWW blog to help promote your work.
- A free Author Page on this website that includes author bio and photo, book covers, buying links, and listings of short stories, essays, and poems. Pre-published members are also welcome to have an Author Page. (See Member Pages for a list with links.)
- Your writing awards listed on our Member Awards page.
- A free listing in the SWW Pro Services Directory to advertise your writing-related services.
- A monthly Sage News Writing Challenge with the chance to be published on our website.
- A chance to be published when we call for submissions for future book projects. Read about our past projects: Holes in Our Hearts (2023), KiMo Theatre: Fact & Folklore (2019), SouthWest Writers Sage Anthology (2018), and The Storyteller’s Anthology (2014).
- Access to the Members Only section of our website that includes a critique group program and links to workshop replays, YouTube videos, a membership badge, and newsletter archives.
- In addition:
- See the SWW Pro Services Directory for help with editing, critiquing, publishing, marketing, artwork, etc. (or to be included in the directory).
- Enter our annual writing contest for a chance to win cash awards and be published in a future contest anthology such as Woven Pathways (2023), A Diversity of Expression (2022), Ramblings & Reflections (2021), Seeing the World in 20/20 (2020 ), and SouthWest Writers 2019 Winners Anthology.
- Learn about writing, publishing, marketing, social media, and more at our monthly educational programs. For more information, call (505-830-6034), email (info@swwriters.com), or visit our office (see our contact information for location and business hours).
Join SouthWest Writers Now!
Submit an online application to join or renew here. Or print and mail your application using this form. You can also join by visiting the business table during one of our Saturday in-person meetings, or by calling the SWW office at 505-830-6034.
