Associations are a great
way to keep informed of industry trends and the latest news.
Associations are in groups of authors, on-air personalities, publicists,
publishers, and trainers. Please seek out an association that is
equivalent to your industry. If you are an author on a particular topic,
make sure you are in an association about that topic. If there isn't one
currently about the topic of your choice, you may want to consider
forming an association of your own. If it is good enough to write a book
about, then it is probably worth taking the time to form an
association for it.
American
Booksellers Association
828 S. Broadway, Ste.
625,
Tarrytown, NY 10591
Tel: (914) 591-2665
Tel: (800) 209-4575
Fax: (914) 591-2720
E-mail:
editorial@bookweb.org
Web:
http://www.bookweb.org/
Publishes a monthly
newsletter. Allied with regional associations. Sponsors ABA
Convention and Trade Exhibit. Held in conjunction with AMWA.
American Medical
Writers Association
40 W. Gude Dr.,
Rockville, MD
20850-1192
Tel: (302) 294-5303
Fax: (301) 294-9006
American Society
of Journalists & Authors (ASJA)
1501 Broadway, Suite
302,
New York, NY 10036
Tel: (212) 997-0947
Fax: (212) 768-7414
E-mail:
asja@compuserve.com
Has chapters around
the country and an annual conference.
Associated
Business Writers of America
3140 S. Peoria St.,
Ste. 295,
Aurora, CO 80014
Tel: (303) 841-0246
Fax: (303) 751-8593
E-mail:
sandywrter@aol.com
Web:
http://www.nationalwriters.com/
Austin Writers
League
1501 West Fifth St.,
Suite E2,
Austin, TX 78703
Tel: (510) 841-1217
Email:
awl@writersleague.org
Web:
http://www.writersleague.com/
Bay Area
Independent Publishers Association (BAIP A)
P .0. Box E,
Corte Madera, CA
94976
Tel: (415) 257-8275
Web:
http://www.baipa.org/
BookExpo America
(BEA).
383 Main Ave.,
Norwalk, CT 06851
Tel: (203) 840-2840
Fax: (203) 840-9614
E-mail:
inquiry@bookexpo.reedexpo.com
Web:
http://www.bookexpo.reedexpo.com/
The Center for the
Book in the Library of Congress
The Library of
Congress
101 Independence Ave.
SE,
Washington, DC
20540-4920
Tel: (202) 707-5221
Fax: (202) 707-0267
E-mail:
cfbook@loc.gov
www.loc.gov/loc/
Presents exhibitions
and events to stimulate interest in books and reading. Has more than
thirty affiliated state centers.
Dog Writers'
Association of America (DWAA)
173 Union Rd.,
Coatesville, PA 19320
Tel: (610) 384-2436
Fax: (610) 384-2471
E-mail:
dwaa@dwaa.org
Web:http://www.dwaa.org/
Editorial
Freelancers Association (EFA),
71 West 23rd St.,
Ste. 1504,
New York, NY 10010
Tel: (212) 929-5400
Fax: (212) 929-5439
Education Writers
Association
1331 "H" St., Ste.
307,
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (202) 637-9700
Fax:(202) 637-9707
E-mail:
ewa@crosslink.net
Web:
http://www.ewa.org/
Freelance
Editorial Association
P.O. Box 38035,
Cambridge, MA
02238-0835
Tel: (617) 576-8797
Garden Writers of
America
10210 Leatherleaf
Ct.,
Manassas, VA20111
Tel: (703) 257-1032
Fax: (703) 257-0213
Friends of
Libraries USA
1420 Walnut St., Ste.
450,
Philadelphia, PA
19102-4017
Tel: (215) 790-1674
(800) 936-5872
Fax: (215) 545-3821
E-mail:
folusa@libertynet.org
Web:
http://www.folusa.com/
Supports Friends of
Libraries groups around the country.
Horror Writers
Association (HW A)
P .0. Box 50577,
Palo Alto, CA 94303
E-mail:
hwa@horror.org
Web:
http://www.horror.org/
International
Association of Crime Writers
North America Branch
P.O. Box 8674,
New York, NY
10116-8674
Tel. and Fax: (212)
243-8966
E-mail:
mfrisquegc.apc.org
National Speakers
Association
1500 S. Priest Dr.,
Tempe, AZ 85821
Tel: (480) 968-2552
Fax: (480) 968-0911
Web:
http://www.nsaspeaker.com/
Has thirty-seven
chapters and conferences.
Northern
California Book Publicity & Marketing Association (NCBPMA)
P.O. Box 192803,
San Francisco, CA
94119-2803
Monthly programs.
Puts on a tea at Book Expo America. Has a directory.
The Northern
California Independent Booksellers Association
Offers a free
newsletter by Pat Holt, a former San Francisco Chronicle book review
editor
Web:
http://www.pilot-search.com/
Outdoor Writers
Association of America
RD 1 Box 177,
Spring Mills, PA
16875-9633
Tel: (814) 364-9557
Fax: (814) 364-9558
E-mail:
eking4owaa@compuserve.com
Overseas Press
Club of America
320 E. 42nd St.,
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 983-4655
Fax: (212) 983-4692
PEN New England
(Poets, Playwrights, Essayists, Novelists)
568Broadway, Ste.
401,
New York, NY 10012
Tel: (212) 334-1660
Fax: (212) 334-2181
E-mail:
pen@pen.org
Web:
http://www.pen.org/
Poetry Society of
America
15 Gramercy Park W.,
New York, NY 10003
Tel: (212) 254-9628,
Tel: (800)USA-POEM
E-mail:
poetrysocy@aol.com
Web:
http://www.poetrysociety.org/
Poets & Writers
72 Spring St.,
New York, NY 10012
Tel: (212) 226-3586
Fax: (212) 226-2963
Web:
http://www.pw.org/
Public Relations
Society of America
33 Irving PI.,
New York, NY 10003
Tel: (212) 995-2230
Fax: (212) 995-0757
Has chapters, a
newsletter and a directory.
Publishers
Marketing Association (PMA)
Jan and Terry Nathan,
627 Aviation Way,
Manhattan Beach,
CA90266
Tel: (310) 372-2732
Fax: (310)374-3342
Email:
pmaoline@aol.com
Web:http://www.pmaonline.org/
Publishers
Publicity Association
299 Park Ave.,
New York, NY 10017
E-mail:
nlatimer@randomhouse.com
Trade group for all
publishers and publicists. Monthly meetings and workshops.
Romance Writers of
America (RWA)
3707 FM 1960 West,
Ste. 555,
Houston, TX 77068
Tel: (281) 440-6885
Fax:(281) 440-7510
E-mail:
info@rwanational.com
Web:
http://www.rwanational.com/
Science Fiction &
Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA)
P.O. Box 171,
Unity, ME 04988-0171
Tel and Fax: (207)
861-8078
Email:
execdir@sfwa.org
Small Publishers
Association of North America (SPAN)
Tom and Marilyn Ross,
P.O. Box 1306,
Buena Vista, CO 81211
Tel: (719) 395-4790
Fax: (719)395-8574
Email:
span@spannet.org
Web:
http://www.spannet.com/
Toastmasters
International
23182 Arroyo Vista,
Santa Margarita, CA
92688-2620
Tel: (949) 858-8255
Fax: (949) 858-1207
E-mail:
tminfo@toastmasters.org
Web:
http://www.toastmasters.org/
Has 8,900 chapters
that meet weekly and a national conference.
Western
branch:
PEN Center
USA West
672 S.
Lafayette Park PI., Ste. 41,
Los Angeles,
CA 90057
Tel:
(213)365-8500
Fax: (213)
365-9616
E-mail:
pen@pen-usa-west.org
Web:
http://www.pen-usa-west.org/
