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What do you offer to your members?
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Where are your Chapters located?
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ANWA's Song
What about a Men's Chapter?
American Night Writers Association (ANWA, pronounced "ann-wah") is a unique network for LDS* women interested in writing. The purpose of our LDS women writers group, which was formed in Arizona in October 1986, is to encourage, assist, and motivate members to write, and if they desire, to publish their work. * LDS refers to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Why are you called Night Writers? The name American Night Writers Association has a two-fold meaning. The first reflects the typical situation of the LDS woman who yearns to write: she is a daughter, student, wife, mother, career woman, or caretaker before she is a writer. In most cases, the only time left to write is at night. The second meaning derives from the fact that sometimes the words to write come from the Spirit during the night. What do you offer to your members?
To view and print out a brochure about ANWA, click here. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to read the brochure. If you don't have the free software, click on the button below.  Where are your Chapters located? ANWA has several chapters meeting in the metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona area (including daytime chapters); and in other communities in Arizona, Utah, Northwestern Washington State, Nevada, and Lower Alabama. For more information about current ANWA chapters, or about forming a new one, click here LDS women writers of all levels who live in the United States are invited and welcome to become members of ANWA. Current members range from beginning writers to published authors, united in a common sisterhood.
ANWA's Dues are $20, paid in January of each year. New members who join during the year pay the full fee, and the next year's dues are prorated. Membership includes a monthly newsletter subscription and the right to access ANWA's e-mail and online critique and social lists. Members attend monthly chapter meetings where they are available.
If there is no ANWA chapter in your area, join ANWA so you can start one under the direction of the ANWA Presidency. Once you are a member, you may contact the Membership Secretary to ask for information. Master Songwriter Joan Sowards wrote "Write Here, Write Now" for one of our ANWA Writers' Conferences, and it has become our official song. Click
here for options to download your choice of 2 MP3 files of the song or to print it out. The printable file is in .pdf format, and you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to do so. If you don't have the free software, click on the button.
ANWA was designed with the LDS Woman Writer in mind. Over the years, we have received pleas for and questions about the availability of an ANWA chapter for LDS men writers. We have tried--unsuccessfully--to help men form their own writing group. Since administering ANWA is a huge task, we've had to drop the effort. Recently, the issue surfaced again. With the advent of websites, e-mail, and group lists and newsletters, we think the problem is solved. Go find a place with a web search for LDS or LDS fiction or LDS writers or something similar. Yahoo! Groups has several LDS-oriented writing clubs in their listings. Here's another suggestion: Latter-day Authors They have lots of articles on writing instruction on different styles, and a forum for interaction with other writers of like minds. Check them out. |
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