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Celebrate writers and their stories!

AWP’s mission is to amplify the voices of writers and the academic programs and organizations that serve them while championing diversity and excellence in creative writing. We are a national network that represents 500 colleges and universities, 130 writers’ conferences and centers, and 50,000 individual writers.

Services AWP offers members include

Help us keep uplifting writers and their stories. Every dollar you give impacts a writer’s life.

  • $25 helps pay for two days of web hosting for crucial resources like the AWP Guide to Writing Programs and the AWP Job List.
  • $50 pays for a half hour of captioning for Virtual AWP events such as pedagogy panels and mentorship conversations—free content that builds the craft of writers and writing teachers!
  • $250 helps fund screeners and administration of the AWP Award Series, resulting in new poetry, short story, and novel publications.
  • $500 funds recruitment and support for a caring mentor of an emerging writer through the Writer to Writer Mentorship Program, building careers and amplifying diverse voices.

Donate to the Annual Fund


Support the Writer to Writer Mentorship Program


Give to the AWP Award Series Endowments, including the Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, the Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction, the James Alan McPherson Prize for the Novel, and the Sue William Silverman Prize for Creative Nonfiction.


All donors receive recognition on the AWP website, the conference program, and AWP Annual Report.

Thank you for your generosity.


Credit or debit cards are preferred as mailing checks can cause lengthy delays.
If you prefer to mail a check, please send to:
440 Monticello Ave, Ste 1802 PMB 73708
Norfolk, Virginia 23510-2670


To learn more, view our most recent annual report.

If you have any questions, please contact AWP at sponsorship@awpwriter.org.