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How to join Lake Superior Writers
JOIN Lake Superior Writers or RENEW your membership. Membership is offered on a July - June basis to match our fiscal year.
Help the Literary Arts Flourish! Your Support Matters!
Lake Superior
Writers is for everybody who cares about literature and writing. Every once
in a while, someone says they let their membership lapse because they aren’t
in a writing group any more. But LSW is for everyone, not just the people
in our writing groups. It’s for those who want to give aspiring writers
some support. It’s for people who salute our Duluth Poet Laureate effort.
It’s for people who want to see people of all ages write prose and poetry.
Without a strong member base, it’s impossible for us to run our mentor
program, our workshops, our speakers events, and our writing groups. We won’t
have the resources to keep news about writing and writers on our website or
in our newsletter. Enrich your enjoyment of the literary arts, join a tradition
of generosity and show your support.
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Membership Application: If a writer, genre(s) in which you write: _________________
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BENEFITS OF LAKE SUPERIOR WRITERS
CALENDAR/NEWSLETTER. Members receive a monthly e-mail calendar of literary/artistic
events, and a semi-annual Newsletter.
DISCOUNTS. Members receive discounts for classes and workshops. Show your
card at J.W. Beecroft, the Bookstore at Fitger’s, Sunhillow, or Blue
Hills Books, and receive a 10% discount.
EDITING PROGRAM. This is new. Do you have a manuscript near completion? Are you anxious to prepare it for a publisher or agent? Several well-qualified members of LSW are offering their services. Check the LSW website in fall, 2006 for full information or call the LSW office to have written materials mailed to you.
MENTORING PROGRAM. Do you need a jumpstart on your writing? Help envisioning its form? Are you most comfortable working with set deadlines? We have several well-qualified mentors who can help you. See Mentoring for full information.
OPPORTUNITIES TO READ YOUR WORK PUBLICLY. Check the monthly calendar, the bi-annual Newsletter, and the LSW website for opportunities to read your work publicly.
WRITERS’ SQUARE TABLE. At 11:30 a.m., the third Thursday of every month, at Chester Creek Café writers meet for wide-ranging and interesting discussions on various aspects of writing. Topics have included: Shaping a Story, Characterization, Setting, Tone, Voice, Person, and Metaphor. All are welcome. Come when you can.
WRITING GROUPS. We have Writing Groups in creative non-fiction, fantasy, fiction memoir, mystery, writing for children, and are always looking for members willing to start groups. We can help you with this.
Contact us at: Lake Superior Writers, 1301 Rice Lake Road, Ste 132, Duluth MN 55811. 218: 722-3094 www.lakesuperiorwriters.org.
Membership begins upon receipt of your dues.
FUNDING
Lake Superior Writers is a non-profit corporation with 501(c)3 status. All donations to Lake Superior Writers are tax-deductible. This organization is funded by membership dues, donations, and grants.
Donations to Lake Superior Writers help fund such activities as our annual writers contest (which provides cash awards to winners and publishes their work in an anthology); writing workshops in various techniques; our newsletter; and ongoing development of new community-outreach projects.
Among the many individuals, organizations and businesses who
have made financial and in-kind donations are:
St. Louis County Heritage & Arts Center ---- The Arrowhead Regional Arts
Council
The Computer Wizards ---- Holy Cow! Press ---- Duluth Public Library
Joan Drury ---- Barnes & Noble Bookstore ---- Northern Lights Bookstore
Tales to Tell Bookstore ---- Pfeiffer-Hamilton Publishing
Lake Superior Magazine ---- UMD Library ---- Lake Superior College
The English Departments of: The College of St. Scholastica,
University of Minnesota Duluth, University of Wisconsin-Superior
