Joining and staying involved is easy – follow these two steps:
- New and renewing individual and business members as well as presenters and readers please complete THIS MEMBERSHIP FORM or use the QR code below.
- Pay Membership
We have a subsidized membership option for low income and students – for more information please email us at admin@strawdogwriters.org
Basic Individual Membership of $50/yr and Business Membership of $100/yr includes:
- Be a part of a growing and vibrant community of writers.
- Discounts from Area Businesses
- Free ads for your upcoming events or services in our monthly e-newsletter (comes out 15th of each month).
- Highlight your publications, events, and requests on the SDWG Bulletin Board and on our Facebook page.
- Be listed on our Meet our Members page.
- Get listed on SDWG’s Bookshop.org members’ books list (as long as your book is in Bookshop.org)
- Promote your new books at our yearly Author Showcase.
- Invitations to Member Events.
Supporting Membership (individual) of $100/yr includes:
- All the benefits of Basic Membership
- A Straw Dog Writers Guild eco-bag
Sustaining Membership of $500/yr includes:
- All the benefits of a Supporting Membership
- Compass Roads: an anthology of Straw Dog poets
- and the New York Times & choice of baked good delivered 1 time by an Steering Committe member.
Thank you so much for being a member, and supporting the literary community of Western MA.
Straw Dog Writers Guild is an all-volunteer 501(c)3 organization, committed to paying writers for their presentations. With each new member, we are able to pay another featured reader at one of our open mics or pay a workshop leader to offer a free writing workshop to the community.
If you prefer to pay by check:
Straw Dog Writers Guild, 43 Fairview Ave, Northampton, MA 01060