Become a member of The Asian American Writers' Workshop! There's no better way to stay on top of what's going on in Asian American Literature.

Annual Membership Levels & Benefits

• Student Membership ($25)
  Support a group that's nurtured hundreds of young Asian Americans on their path to writing, and get membership on the cheap! Benefits include:
  
  • Discounts to all Writing Workshop classes and seminars
  • Free or reduced admission to all in-house events
  • 15% discounts on all books for sale and Workshop anthologies
  • The right to vote for the Members' Choice Workshop Award presented at The Asian American Literary Awards Ceremony
  • Special opportunities, notifications and fellowships open only to Members
• General Membership ($45)
  Join a community of readers for the price of a nice dinner. You'll make it back just by taking two of our workshops. General members receive:
  
  • Discounts to all Writing Workshop classes and seminars
  • Free or reduced admission to all in-house events
  • 15% discounts on all books for sale and Workshop anthologies
  • The right to vote for the Members' Choice Workshop Award presented at The Asian American Literary Awards Ceremony
  • Special opportunities, notifications and fellowships open only to Members
• Sustaining Membership ($100)
  Ditch your date at that frou-frou restaurant and help us better develop our programming and the support we can offer to writers of all experience levels. You can always bring your date to a Workshop reading! You get the same benefits as a General member plus:
  
  • Free admission for yourself and a guest to all in house events.
  • A special back issue of the APA Journal, a rare collector's item not available at any store.
• Special Membership ($250)
  Your contribution will help us build our youth program and help Asian American teenagers find the confidence to speak with their own voice. You receive all the genefits a Sustaining member receives plus:
  
  • We'll send you one of the winning books from our Annual Asian American Literary Award.
• Patron ($500)
  Help fund events that will help Asian American literature reach a broader audience of all ages and ethnicities. You get everything a Special member would get but you'll also have your name displayed on the Workshop walls.
• Benefactor of Asian American Literature ($1000+)
  Donors in this range will help the Workshop foster Asian American literature at a broad level, whether it's through our youth programs, writer fellowships, or literary readings. As a special way of saying thanks, you'll get the benefits above and your name displayed prominently on the Workshop's walls in a special eye-catching red ink.

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