Before you complete the application form please check that you meet one of the requirements listed below. If you have any queries, please contact the Membership Manager, Emily Hasler.
Full Membership is open to:
- writers, illustrators and translators who have had a full-length work published (not at the author's expense), broadcast, or performed commercially
- those who have had at least a dozen occasional items (eg. articles or short stories) published or broadcast
- those who are the owners/administrators of a deceased author’s estate
- those who have self-published and have sold over 200 copies of a single title within a 12-month period
If you have not had any work published but fall into one of the following categories, Associate Membership may be offered as an alternative to Full Membership (where appropriate):
- those who have received an offer to publish or broadcast a full-length work (without subsidy by the author)
- those who have received an agreement from an agent but have had no work published
- those who have been published on a print-on-demand basis
- those who self-publish
- those who have been offered a contract which asks for a contribution towards the costs of publication
Election to membership is at the discretion of the Management Committee.