About the MWA

Purpose

The Maryland Writers' Association (MWA) is a voluntary, not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the art, business, and craft of writing. MWA strives to:

• Bring together writers of all levels and disciplines
• Serve as an information resource
• Help members make contacts that lead to publication
• Encourage writers to reach their full potential, and
• Promote writing within the community.

		Who We Are MWA's diverse membership ranges from professional freelancers and published authors, to writers aspiring to be published and those who write as a creative outlet.
Members hail from all over Maryland as well as from Washington, D.C., Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.

Members produce both nonfiction and fiction, including novels, short stories, poetry, plays, scripts, speeches, feature articles, and essays. Some work in specific genres such as romance, science fiction, thriller, fantasy, children's literature, travel writing, or biography.

What We Do

Among MWA's activities and services:

• Monthly meetings with speakers
• Annual writers' conference
• Member newsletter, Pen in Hand
• Complimentary subscription to the creative journal Scribble
• Writing workshops
• Literary contests
• Writing projects for children

How To Join

Annual dues are $35. To join, fill out a membership application and mail it with your check made payable to Maryland Writers' Assocation. Please allow up to six weeks for processing.

For more information about membership, contact Scott Morrow or Sherry Audette Morrow.

2007-2008 MWA Officers

Maryland Writers' Association
PO Box 142
Annapolis MD 21404

• Authors must provide their own books and be physically present at the booth.
• Authors are responsible for sales, including applicable charge and remittance of state sales tax.
• Authors must be flexible with display space. Generally, half of our table is reserved for MWA materials, while the other half is available to our authors.
• Authors may wish to bring a folding chair.