Western Writers of America, Inc.

Application for Membership

NAME _______________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS ____________________________________________________________________

CITY ___________________  STATE ______    ZIP___________  e-mail____________

PHONE Numbers. Home (___)_________ Office (___)__________ Fax (___)_________
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TYPE OF WRITING YOU DO  Fiction____ Nonfiction____ Poetry____ Screen/TV_____
Other ______________________________________________________________________

MEMBERSHIP LEVEL YOU'RE APPLYING FOR  Active____ Associate____Sustaining____
Patron_____  (See description of membership levels and qualifications below.)

OCCUPATION OTHER THAN WRITING
(if relevant; if you are a non-writer applying for Associate or Patron  
membership, please tell us how your work  relates  to the West.)
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PSEUDONYMS (if any) ________________________________________________________

AGENT'S NAME (if applicable) _______________________________________________
ADDRESS_____________________________________________________________________
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SIGNATURE ______________________________________   DATE_____________________

LOCAL NEWSPAPERS (name, Address, tel.) _____________________________________
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If you are a writer applying for Active or Associate membership, please 
provide a summary of your publications below or on an attached page. If you
have been published extensively,there is no need to list everything you have
done, but please tell us enough about your writing about the West that we 
can judge its importance. If you have won awards or honors for your writing,
you may choose to list them as well.   (Winners of WWA Spur awards are 
automatically eligible for Active membership.)
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Mail your completed application with your first year's dues( $75. for Active
or Associate membership, $150. for Sustaining, $250. for Patron) payable to
Western Writers of America, Inc.  Your check will be returned if the 
Membership Committee cannot approve your application. (Please print out and
fill in application.) Mail your application to:
Larry Brown, WWA Membership Chair, 209 East Iowa, Cheyenne, WY 82009-8929
                  Note:(Please read Qualifications below.)
     (Online app. from WWA Membership Committee Member Marge Bzovy, MargeeBee@aol.com)

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Western Writers of America, Inc.
Qualifications for Membership

     WESTERN WRITERS OF AMERICA welcomes all published writers who derive 
their livelihood, in whole or in part, from writing about the land and the 
peoples of the American West, past and present. Our membership includes 
novelists, historians, essayists, journalists, poets, screen writers, and 
others. Applications for membership are judged on an individual basis and 
the requirements for the different levels of membership are somewhat 
flexible.

     MEMBERSHIP LEVELS AND REQUIREMENTS

     ACTIVE: Multiple publications intended for a general readership are 
required for Active membership.The number will depend on the kind of writing
you do and what proportion of your work concerns the West. Three or more 
trade books (fiction or nonfiction) about the West will entitle you to 
Active membership. For journalists, feature writers, short story writers,and
others who publish in periodicals, a history of publication in nationally 
or regionally distributed newspapers or magazines will be required, with a 
substantial proportion of this work being about the West. A combination of 
published books and articles may reduce the number required in either 
category. Screen writers' work must include stories about the West and must 
have been produced and exhibited.  Annual dues are $75.

     ASSOCIATE: Publication of a single book about the West or a lesser 
number of short stories or articles than is required for Active membership 
will generally qualify you for Associate membership, as will current 
participation in one of the following occupations, if your work substantially
concerns the West: publisher, editor, bookseller, literary agent, literary 
reviewer, librarian, film or television producer or director, artist or 
illustrator. Annual dues are $75. Associate members have all the rights of 
Active members, save that only Active members can vote for WWA officers or 
on proposals to amend the constitution and by-laws.

     No vanity press work can be considered for membership at either the 
Active or Associate level.

     SUSTAINING: Any Active or Associate member who wishes to contribute 
further support to the WWA may become a Sustaining member by paying annual 
dues of  $150. Sustaining members retain all rights and privileges of their 
Active or Associate status.

     PATRON: Companies, corporations, organizations and individuals with a 
vested interest in the literature and heritage of the American West may 
become Patron members by paying annual dues of $250. Eligible organizations 
include but are not limited to publishing houses, presses, libraries, 
museums, and wholesale and retail booksellers. Active and Associate members
of the WWA who choose to become Patron members retain all rights and 
privileges associated with their professional membership status.

     All levels of Membership include a $30 subscription to Roundup Magazine.

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