| Undergraduate Literary Magazines Honored
AWP has awarded its National Program Directors' Prize to two undergraduate literary magazines. Glass Mountain, from the University of Houston, was selected by Bonnie Culver of Wilkes University to receive the award for content. Totem, from Gannon University, was selected by Roger Lathbury of Orchises Press to receive the award for design. Each winning magazine received $500. |
| WC&C Scholarship Recipients Announced
We congratulate the winners of the 2013 WC&C Scholarship Competition, Caitlin Doyle for poetry and Jean-Marie Saporito for fiction, each of whom received $500 toward attendance at a writing center, conference, festival, retreat, or residency. In addition to honoring accomplished writers, the contest promotes the incredible work being done at our WC&C member organizations. We hope you will take the time to visit AWP's directory and explore them all. |
| AWP Welcomes New Board Members
1,400 members voted in our last election for three candidates who ran unopposed. AWP members elected three new regional representatives to our board of directors: Anna Leahy of Chapman University to represent our members of the Pacific West, Jill Christman of Ball State University to represent the Midwest, and David Rothman of Western State Colorado University to represent the West. The slate of candidates carried 97% of the total votes cast. |
| Proposed Articles & Bylaws Fall Short of Attracting a Quorum
Although 1,400 voters was four times the size of the typical turnout for an AWP election, only 15% of our eligible voters participated in the last election. To ratify the proposed articles of incorporation and bylaws, 60% of our eligible members must vote. 1,245 voted in favor of adopting the proposed articles and bylaws. 43 opposed, and 115 abstained. This was well short of the 5,716 votes we needed to achieve a quorum. As a consequence, we cannot yet adopt the new articles and bylaws.
AWP needs new articles and bylaws to help our association adapt to the growing numbers and diversity of our membership. Our current bylaws and articles contain antiquated components from the 1960s, when our governance served fewer than 100 writers teaching at 20 colleges and universities. We will ask you to vote again this August. Please vote then and help us achieve a quorum on this crucial initiative. Please help AWP become a modern, more resourceful, and more effective association. |
| #AWP14 Event Proposals Move to Adjudication
We were excited by the quality of the 1,300 conference event proposals received through AWP's new online submission system. All proposal are now under consideration by the 2014 conference committee. Accepted events will be announced in August. |
| #AWP14 Bookfair System Set to Launch
Development of AWP's new bookfair exhibit purchasing system is nearing completion. Previous exhibitors will be notified by email when the system opens, and they will be invited to select their exhibit spaces at the time of purchase. The system will open to new exhibitors four weeks after launch. If you haven't exhibited before and would like to receive updates regarding the new system, please contact Cynthia Sherman at bookfair@awpwriter.org or 703-993-4189. |
| Pledge Your Sponsorship for #AWP14
Is your organization or institution interested in reaching over 11,000 AWP conference attendees while underwriting registration costs for our student members? Consider sponsoring #AWP14 in Seattle. Benefits include bookfair exhibit space, registrations, and conference program advertising. Fifty writing programs, presses, and arts organizations have already pledged. Contact us to join them. The deadline for pledges is October 11. |
| Institutional Membership Renewals Due August 1
Second invoices for the 2013-2014 academic year were mailed in May. Be sure to pay by August 1 to take advantage of our lowest rates and ensure continuous service to your faculty and students. |
| Student Membership Rate Available to New Graduates
Did you graduate from an MFA program this spring? If so, join online by June 30 and receive both AWP membership and free set-up of your Career Services file at the reduced rate of $40. Membership is the best way to stay connected with a community of writers throughout your career. Use the coupon code MFA13 at checkout. |
| Job List Articles Invited
The AWP Job List welcomes well-researched articles that will help our members succeed in the academic and nonacademic job sectors. Our online career articles typically range from 2,000-2,500 words and must include 2-3 quotes from interviewed sources. To propose a topic or submit an article for consideration, please contact our Job List editor at joblist@awpwriter.org. |
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July 5: Deadline to reserve an ad in the September issue of the Writer's Chronicle.
August 1: Deadline to renew your institutional membership at the lowest rate.
August 1: Nominations accepted for AWP's Small Press Publisher Award and the George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature.
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