Support AWF

The Alabama Writers’ Forum, is a community of writers, readers, students, and educators. A partnership program of the Alabama State Council on the Arts, the Forum promotes writers and writing in Alabama, with an emphasis on literary arts education programs for young writers. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, the Forum encourages tax-deductible contributions from individuals and corporations to support its programming. Click below to find the Forum’s levels of membership benefits. The Forum appreciates your support.

Individuals who contribute at the Editor’s Circle level receive all of the benefits listed for Author’s Choice, as well as the opportunity to underwrite a program for which they will be listed as a major contributor on our Thank-you Page. As such, Editor’s Circle contributors will be featured in the Forum’s Newsroom at their discretion, and they will be invited as the Forum’s guest to the Alabama Book Festival author dinner in Montgomery or to the Harper Lee Award luncheon at the Alabama Writers Symposium in Monroeville. Editor’s Circle contributors also receive a signed copy of the Harper Lee Award winner’s latest book. (Please contact Executive Director Jeanie Thompson to discuss underwriting opportunities at jeaniethompson@bellsouth.net.)

Author’s Choice members are also invited to be an underwriter of a Program of their choice.

Author’s Choice members are also recognized as such on our Thank-you Page and on material related to the program.

Members at this level also receive all of the benefits of Individual members.

Scribes are invited to be underwriters of a Program of their choice.

Scribes are recognized as such on our Thank-you Page and on material related to the program.

Members at this level also receive all of the benefits of Individual members.

The Sustainer level of membership includes all of the benefits of an Individual membership, plus prominent listing on our Thank-you Page.

With an Premium membership, receive Literary News, our monthly e-newsletter, via e-mail directly to your Inbox. Also receive special updates about Forum-sponsored events such as the Alabama Book Festival, the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame, and other statewide conferences and opportunities.

Published or major award-winning writers are invited to submit their listings to the online Contemporary Alabama Authors Directory.

Individual Memberships also support the educational and public programs of the Alabama Writers’ Forum, programs for young writers and teachers in Alabama, including adjudicated youth through Writing Our Stories.

With an Individual membership, receive Literary News, our monthly e-newsletter, via e-mail directly to your Inbox. Also receive special updates about Forum-sponsored events such as the Alabama Book Festival, the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame, and other statewide conferences and opportunities.

Published or major award-winning writers are invited to submit their listings to the online Contemporary Alabama Authors Directory.

Individual Memberships also support the educational and public programs of the Alabama Writers’ Forum, programs for young writers and teachers in Alabama, including adjudicated youth through Writing Our Stories.

This special membership level supports one $500 senior portfolio scholarship in the Forum’s Alabama High School Literary Arts Awards and Scholarship Competition (HSLAA). Donors may name the scholarship, whether for self, a family member, an Alabama writer, or other contributors to Alabama letters. Titles of the scholarship may change from year to year at the donor’s discretion.

Donors will receive prominent recognition on our Thank-you Page and in the printed program materials associated with the HSLAA event. (links)

Scholarship donors also receive all of the benefits of the Individual membership.