Joining and staying involved is easy.
Please fill out this FORM and then Pay Membership HERE or scan the QR code below.
We have a subsidized membership option for low income, Card to Culture, and students. For more information please email us at admin@strawdogwriters.org
- 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.

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