Q of the Day
How many professional literary organizations do you belong to? How many literary journals do you subscribe to? (I know, I'm asking two questions, and both sentences end with prepositions. Deal!).
Surprisingly, I am not a member of any national or regional organizations. Well, none that I pay membership fees--I am a member of Cave Canem. But I'm wondering if I'm missing out on member benefits that could be helpful in my writing career. How much of an asset is it to be a member of, for instance, AWP or the National Writers Union, if I don't live in NYC? Am I missing out on networking opportunities? What about the swag?
As for literary journals, I subscribe to Poets & Writers and American Poetry Journal without fail. But I don't regularly subscribe to poetry journals or reviews. With money tight these days, I really have to consider ever dollar that leaves my wallet.
So which organizations or journals do you support with your dollars and (good) sense?
Surprisingly, I am not a member of any national or regional organizations. Well, none that I pay membership fees--I am a member of Cave Canem. But I'm wondering if I'm missing out on member benefits that could be helpful in my writing career. How much of an asset is it to be a member of, for instance, AWP or the National Writers Union, if I don't live in NYC? Am I missing out on networking opportunities? What about the swag?
As for literary journals, I subscribe to Poets & Writers and American Poetry Journal without fail. But I don't regularly subscribe to poetry journals or reviews. With money tight these days, I really have to consider ever dollar that leaves my wallet.
So which organizations or journals do you support with your dollars and (good) sense?
Comments
Artist Trust (which is fantastic!)
and WPA (Washington Poets Assn) which keeps you in the loop to all the poetry happenings (and it's dues are only $10) I'm a member of both.
As for literary journals- I subscribe to North American Review, 5 a.m., Poetry, New Letters, Crab Orchard Review, and the Georgia Review (though I think that subscription just ended).
I get Poets & Writers as well.
With the economy, I have been letting a few of my subscriptions slide a bit and just subscribing to my very favorites. I really like 5 am a lot.
I tend to spend my money on books and not journals. I'd love to support them, but that's just not feasible this year.
I was once a member of PSA & Acad. of American Poets, but all their events are on the East coast, I kind of felt like the kid who lived in the wrong part of town.
If you (meaning anyone reading this and not just January) are able to subscribe to magazines again, I highly encourage you to do so. I also encourage you to ask your local library to order poetry books you like -- helps support poetry presses -- and ask your university library to subscribe to literary journals. Preferably, you'll ask them to sub to journals that publish a lot of poetry!