Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association

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ACTIVE - This category is specifically geared to those who are active in the outdoor communications field. There are minimum requisites regarding the amount of material potential prospects have had published or aired previously. These minimums must be maintained each year once you become a member.
APPRENTICE - This category is geared to members and potential members who have not had enough material published or aired to qualify for ACTIVE membership. An APPRENTICE can only remain in this category for two years. By then, it is intended, that person will have progressed to the point that he or she meets the minimum requirements for ACTIVE membership.

You'll receive our quarterly newsletter - PowWow. It's full of information about the organization and always has craft improvement information included.
A membership directory, updated annually, will be sent with your new membership card. This directory lists each member's address, media affiliation, credits and specialties. A SUPPORTING member listing is also included in the directory.
You're invited to attend our meetings - held twice a year.
We have writing, photo, art and other professionally judged contests you'll be invited to enter. Craft Improvement workshops, designed to help you become a better communicator, are a part of each semi-annual meeting.
Contact with other writers at conferences results in renewed enthusiasm for our work as well as new insights into our business.
Contact with editors and others which could make the marketing of your material easier. There's liaison with manufacturers of outdoor products and services - always an added source of story material.
And a lot more!

The more active role you and your company take as a SUPPORTING member of POWA, the more potential you have for significant benefits.
You'll receive our membership directory immediately upon acceptance. This can be used as an address list for news releases about your company's products. The directory also provides immediate access to addresses and phone numbers of individual members you might want to contact about special field testing, evaluation projects, suggesting story ideas. The possibilities of how you can profitably use the POWA Directory are limited only by your imagination.
The more you become involved in our semiannual meetings, the more visible your company and its products and services become exposed to the ACTIVE and APPRENTICE members. At these meetings you'll be able to display those products, explain and talk about them to members on a one-to-one basis. SUPPORTING members have the opportunity to host meals and participate in breakout sessions and other activities at the semi-annual meetings, form a close relationship with the writers and receive the quarterly newsletter, PowWow.