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By joining the non-profit American Society of Authors and Writers, you'll be helping your career in media by joining the finest authors, writers, and media professionals working today.  More than that, you'll be helping to uphold the highest standards of writing and media.

As a member, you'll receive AmSAW's monthly on-line SCRIBE! Media Magazine, giving you ...

  • Networking Capabilities with fellow media professionals.  Contact authors, writers, agents, producers, directors, playwrights, public relations professionals, photographers, cinematographers, scriptwriters, screen writers, and others quickly and easily, right from our links-rich site.  Meet other media professionals who rely upon the printed word to ensure their own creative success

  • Access to the Talented Professionals needed to fulfill your specific editorial needs and media requirements

  • PR Reach, where you can submit your news release for automatic distribution to tens of thousands of media professionals and buyers--at no additional charge

  • AmSAW Discussion Board, for posting and receiving searchable messages in real-time

  • Exposed--news about ourselves and others of our ilk--including recent book and film sales, along with the publishers, editors, and e-mail addresses of those doing the buying!

  • Real-Time Feeds!! changing daily on the latest breaking news in media--from books and publishing to film and legal matters of concern to you--so that you're always on top of the competition

  • On-Line featured Resources and Archives that you'll find indispensable to your writing, editing, and researching needs, all category-defined and searchable

  • The latest What's News in the industry, keeping you abreast of what's happening in the fields of publishing, film, television, and legal news

  • A powerful Meta Search Engine for researching both the AmSAW site and the rest of the World Wide Web from any of the pages of the members-only SCRIBE! Media Magazine--making your research tasks that much quicker and easier

  • A master Search Engine Directory with more than 300 live search engine links--including specialty engines for photographic images, videos, music, and film--all categorized by function and specialty

  • Literary Agency Analyses of your book synopses and  film treatments, advising you of their marketplace strengths and weaknesses

  • Towne Hall access, where you can connect real-time with fellow members, agents, producers, publishers, editors, or whomever you like

  • Access to HotSpots, where you'll find the most up-to-date media offers, industry positions, manuscript requirements, press junkets, media calls, and talent-wanted listings--the very hottest breaking news in the industry!

  • Your very own Writer's Showcase, where member writers post their work for agents, publishers, and other media professionals to review and purchase--"the" place for editors and producers looking for the best new talent in the business

  • Your own featured listing in Media Professionals, which includes a growing list of literary agents, producers, publishers, and other media personnel

  • Application in the Golden SCRIBE! Awards, honoring the best of our members' literary and production achievements with our annual awards

  • The SCRIBE! Media Magazine Archives, a storage warehouse where you'll find everything ever appearing in our on-line media magazine

  • Plus Many More of the things you need in your professional life, upon which all successful media professionals depend on a daily basis

So why put it off any longer?  To complete your membership in the American Society of Authors and Writers, simply click on your choice of membership options below.

"AmSAW is the best professional Society I've seen ...
and SCRIBE! is fantastic.  Thanks so much
for everything!" -
Don Bacue, International Features Syndicate

Upon becoming a full member of AmSAW, you'll receive your laminated membership and press card, identifying you as a member of the working press.  You will also receive your monthly subscription to SCRIBE!--the hottest on-line Media Magazine in the industry--with its voluminous content, including access to the complete SCRIBE! archives. 

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