Become a Member: Member Benefits

As an RWA General Member you will receive:

Advocacy – RWA advocates for the best publishing practices for its members including fair contracts from both publishers and agents.

The Romance Writers Report – The RWR is a trade publication that mails out monthly covering all aspects of developing the craft and business of writing. Free with your membership.

eNotes – A bi-monthly e-newsletter that delivers current industry news right to your e-mail. Free with your membership.

Join a Local or Special Interest Chapter – RWA has nearly 150 local and special interest chapters that members of national association are eligible to join.

Leadership Opportunities – As a member, you are entitled to be run for a variety of leadership positions, including committees, and the RWA Boards of Directors.

Members-Only Resources – Find valuable information and resources only available to members.

Contests and Conferences – As a member of RWA, you are eligible to enter the prestigious RITA and Golden Heart contests at the member rate. Also, as a member you have the opportunity to participate in the many RWA Chapter contests and Conferences for published and unpublished works. Members also receive a discounted rate for the National Conference held each summer.

Subscription and Product Discounts –
RWA members are offered discounts on industry-related products and services.  As a member of RWA you will be offered:

• Discount subscription to Nielsen Bookscan - the weekly retail sales monitoring service for books, with purchase information representing sales through a majority of the major retailers each week. In a typical week, sales of over 300,000 different titles are collected, coded and analysed, producing complete market information for retailers, publishers and the media.
• Discount subscription to Publisher's Weekly - the weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents.
• Discount purchase price on the Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus - This brand new thesaurus from Oxford, the most trusted name in reference, is the first to be developed by writers, for writers.