American Night Writers Association (ANWA)—a network for LDS women writers

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Where are your Chapters located? ANWA's Song What about a Men's Chapter?

What is ANWA?

American Night Writers Association (ANWA, pronounced "ann-wah") is a unique network for LDS* women interested in writing. It was organized in Arizona in October, 1986. The purpose of our Association is to encourage, assist, and motivate members to write, and if they desire, to publish their work. LDS women writers, from beginners to published authors, are invited to join.

* 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.

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What do you offer to your members?

Nurturing support for writing aspirations

A faith-based view of the world and our responsibilities as writers

A monthly newsletter, Of Good Report

Access to ANWA's e-mail critique and social lists

Contact with other LDS women writers

Monthly chapter meetings in person or online

Marketing, publicity, and networking opportunities and contacts

Contests and writing challenges

Collaborators for projects

An annual writing conference to which the general public is invited

More Information

To view and print out a brochure about ANWA, click here.

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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, Lower Alabama, Nevada, Texas, Utah, and Washington State. For information about current or prospective ANWA chapters, or about forming a new one, click here

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ANWA's Official Song

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.

What about a Men's Chapter?

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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