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WNBA-Books WNBA-Books Connecting, Educating, Advocating & Leading since 1917 Join WNBA Join the WNBA or Renew Your Membership Network Membership WNBA Membership Benefits Sustaining Memberships Events Giveaways Great Group Reads Great Group Reads 2023 Great Group Reads 2022 Great Group Reads 2021 Great Group Reads 2020 Great Group Reads 2020 Great Group Reads Selection Committee 2019 Great Group Reads 2018 Great Group Reads 2017 Great Group Reads 2016 Great Group Reads 2015 Great Group Reads 2014 Great Group Reads 2013 Great Group Reads 2012 Great Group Reads 2011 Great Group Reads 2010 Great Group Reads 2009 Great Group Reads National Reading Group Month Bookwoman Blog Programs Bookwoman Book Club WNBA Award WNBA Authentic Voices Fellowship WNBA Eastman Grant WNBA Pannell Award for Bookstores WNBA Writing Contest Second Century Prize Members Members Only WNBA Volunteer Opportunities Submit Your Member News Member Blogs Member Books Member Services About WNBA National Board Members WNBA History Centennial WNBA Archives United Nations Affiliation Literacy Partnerships Privacy Policy Contact Us Support Us Shop WNBA News See 2023 Great Group Reads List For previous Great Group Reads selections, please visit this page. Meet Our 2021–2022 WNBA Authentic Voices Fellows If you want to be part of a community of booklovers, support women and marginalized voices, want to learn and grow for personal or professional development, or want to make a difference in the literary world, then we invite you to become a member of the Women’s National Book Association. I want to join! Should I join the Women’s National Book Association (WNBA)? Who can join? Our members span the country and come from all walks of life. Members include publishing professionals, writers, librarians, booksellers, educators, and general booklovers. We welcome people of all genders to join. All you have to be is a booklover. Where is WNBA located? The WNBA is located in the United States. We have 1 chapter open to all who are not near one of our local chapters. There are 9 location-based cities (Boston, Metro Atlanta, Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, New Orleans, San Francisco, South Florida, and Washington, DC.) Why should I join? When you are a member of the WNBA, you become part of a community formed around books. You can: attend members’ only events meet booklovers across the country volunteer on boards or committees participate in interviews and on panels and in programs share your professional news promote your books get industry news and resources use members’ only discount codes to book-related resources and events and more ! Plus, joining the WNBA makes you part of a literary organization dedicated to making positive changes in the literary world. When can I join WNBA? You can join WNBA at anytime throughout the year. Our membership year runs from June 1 to May 31. I want to join! What is the Women’s National Book Association? The Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) is a professional literary organization dedicated to supporting women and marginalized voices in the literary world; fighting against censorship; creating community around books; educating about books and the book industry, promoting literacy, and providing professional development. A nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, WNBA exists to connect, educate, advocate and lead in the literary community. Want to know how we got started? In New York City on October 29, 1917, two days after the large women’s suffrage march on Fifth Avenue, a group of female booksellers met for the first time. Excluded from joining the all-male booksellers’ organizations and spurred by the fight for women’s right to vote, they banded together to fight for equality for women. The Women’s National Book Association was formed. Since then, WNBA has been dedicated to supporting women and marginalized voices in the literary world. How can I support WNBA’s upcoming programs? As we have been around for over 100 years, we have a variety of programming that runs through the national organization or through our chapters. WNBA Authentic Voices Fellowship The WNBA Authentic Voices Fellowship is focused on writers, especially writers from communities that have not been represented or been underrepresented in the publishing world and those who have not had access to programs that teach about writing and publishing. The writers embark on a four-month journey with instructors with industry expertise that delves into writing, editing, marketing, querying, and publishing their work. At the end of the program, fellows receive a stipend and are published in an anthology. If you would like to help amplify the voices of those who may not otherwise be heard in today’s publishing world, we encourage you to make a donation that will go specifically to the WNBA Authentic Voices program. General Fund WNBA uses general donations to underwrite other programs (such as the WNBA Award and Great Group Reads), events, educational projects, and advocacy, such as fighting book banning. To support us in these and similar efforts, you can make a donation to our general fund . We thank you for your support of WNBA and our mission! Attend a WNBA Event Nov. 2 — Open Mic Night with Hank Phillipi Ryan Nov. 3 — Celebrating Native American Heritage Month and the Publications of A Light to Do Shellwork: A Virtual Poetry Reading Nov. 3 — Nashville November Meeting Nov. 4 — WNBA Focuses Nov. 15 — Getting Your Foot in the Door: Publishing in Literary Magazines Nov. 19 — Nashville Book Club: The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson Nov. 29 —BBC Discussion: A Girlhood: Letter to My Transgender Daughter by Carolyn Hays Check out Our Members’ Books! Threadbare by Jane Loeb Rubin Pride & Joy: LGBTQ Artists, Icons and Everyday Heroes by Kathleen Archambeau Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill By Davida Siwisa James Outside Voices by Joan Gelfand Bigger Pete: Conversations Between Life and Afterlife by Elizabeth Bodien For Today by Carolyn Hembree The Road to Hell: How far would you go for family? by Sian Cook Now You Are a Missing Person, by Susan Hayden Betrayal on the Bayou by Sheryl Bize-Boutte The Reclamation by Marianne Modica Homicide Herault by Bluette Matthey The Emerald Necklace by Linda Rosen Destiny’s Daughter by Frances Altman 11 Years-A Biography of a Cancer Survivor with a Two-Month Prognosis By Maryla Mary Storm A Daughter’s Kaddish by Sarah Birnbach Indigo Field by Marjorie Hudson Creativity: Where Poems Begin by Mary Mackey Song of Redemption by Malika J. Stevely Despite the Buzz by Tamara Miller Davis Karmafornia by NC Weil Women in the Literary Landscape Doris Weatherford, Rosalind Reisner, Nancy Rubin Stuart, Valerie Tomaselli Visit our Bookshop storefront where you can purchase all of these WNBA members’ books and more! Members, get your book listed today . Join over 3,500 book-loving subscribers in receiving news about WNBA and the book world! Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form. Name * First Last Email * Email Confirm Email Select which newsletters you’d like to receive Bookwoman Newsletter Bookwoman Talks Books Bookwoman Events & Opportunities GDPR Agreement * I consent to having this website store my submitted information, so they can respond to my inquiry. Phone Submit Copyright © 2024 · Women’s National Book Association. | All rights reserved |...