The Idaho Writers Guild has been established under the purview of The Cabin, a nonprofit organization that inspires and celebrates a love of reading, writing and discourse throughout Idaho and the region.
As The Cabin's primary program for adult writers, the Idaho Writers Guild offers networking, employment and educational opportunities as diverse as the writers who join it.
Because IWG operates under the umbrella of The Cabin’s non-profit status, we must require our members to also be members of The Cabin.
Costs and qualifications to join are listed below.
New Members
The cost to join, for both Roster and Associate
members, is $25.00 per year for the Idaho Writers Guild, plus Cabin membership
of $35.00 per year. Cabin membership is TAX DEDUCTIBLE AS A CHARITABLE
CONTRIBUTION. (Both memberships will extend through March 30, 2013.)
Renewing Members
- Current IWG members may renew their IWG and Cabin membership
to cover the period from April 1, 2012 through
March 30, 2013.
Qualifications
There are two categories of membership in IWG:
- To become an Associate Member, a writer must be a member of the Cabin, and an aspiring writer who is interested in participating in Idaho Writers Guild events.
- To become a Roster Member of IWG, a writer must be a member in good standing of The Cabin, and show proof of professional status by meeting one or more of the criteria below.
Click on a category below to view the qualification criteria for a Roster Member. Associate Members do not need to meet any specific criteria.
Fiction or Nonfiction ↓
A writer must have been published or show proof of acceptance within the past seven years of no fewer than three stories or articles in one or more periodicals that exercise editorial discrimination, or in one or more books published within the past seven years by a publisher of standing.
Screenplays ↓
A writer must have had at least one script optioned, written under contract, or produced in the past seven years.
Poetry ↓
A poet must have been published three times within the past seven years in one or more periodicals or anthologies that exercise editorial discrimination, or must have had a chapbook published by a publisher of standing within the past seven years.
Business & Technical ↓
A writer must show professional production of no less than three pieces in the past seven years.
Advertising - Television, Radio, Print ↓
A writer must have had at least five scripts or print pieces produced professionally within the past seven years.
Television ↓
A writer must have had two half-hour scripts (or their equivalent in time) produced professionally within the past seven years.
Songs ↓
A writer must have had at least three original songs produced for distribution within the past seven years.
Stage Plays ↓
A writer must have had at least one play published in book form or by a publisher of standing, or one performance of a play by a professional cast or recognized semi-professional company within the past seven years.
Journalism ↓
A journalist must have been employed within the past seven years as a feature writer, columnist, or by-lined reporter by a periodical of general circulation, broadcast media or a news service.
Editors & Agents ↓
The applicant must demonstrate experience as an editor or an agent in the past seven years.
