AWP’s mission is to amplify the voices of writers and the academic programs and organizations that serve them while championing diversity and excellence in creative writing. We are a national network that represents 500 colleges and universities, 130 writers’ conferences and centers, and 50,000 individual writers.

Services AWP offers members include

• the AWP website, a trusted hub for writing resources (497,000 visitors a year)
• The Writer’s Chronicle, a magazine on the writing craft (35,000 subscribers)
• the Writer to Writer Mentorship Program, free mentorships to emerging member writers (600 writers served)
• the AWP Award Series, offering $20,000 a year in prizes and publication in all major genres
• the AWP Conference & Bookfair, an annual gathering of the literary community (8,000–10,000 participants)

Help us keep uplifting writers and their stories. Every dollar you give impacts a writer’s life.

• $25 helps pay for two days of web hosting for crucial resources like the AWP Guide to Writing Programs and the AWP Job List.
• $50 pays for a half hour of captioning for Virtual AWP events such as pedagogy panels and mentorship conversations—free content that builds the craft of writers and writing teachers!
• $250 helps fund screeners and administration of the AWP Award Series, resulting in new poetry, short story, and novel publications.
• $500 funds recruitment and support for a caring mentor of an emerging writer through the Writer to Writer Mentorship Program, building careers and amplifying diverse voices.