How to Join

Cartoon by Allan Mackay - President Shoalhaven Regional

Is this you? 

Then perhaps you need to join a group of like minded people to help get your writing going again.  There are two ways to join FAW NSW you can contact a regional group or you can become an isolated writer. 

Annual subscriptions are due on 31 December each year and are paid to the Regional Treasurer where the member attends meetings.  Each Regional sets its own annual fee.  The major part of this amount goes to the FAW State Council as an affiliation fee to cover administration costs and the quarterly  bulletin "Writers Voice".  Isolated writers fees are paid directly to the central administration.  Contact the Treasurer for more details.

Regional Groups

FAW NSW has over thirty regional groups throughout the state.  Each group is autonomous but enjoys the advantages of being part of the umbrella organisation of the FAW NSW.  Contact one near you to find out more details.  Click here for a listing of Regionals in country New South Wales and click here for a listing of the Sydney Metropolitan Regionals. or contact the Membership Secretary. 

Several of our groups now have a web site of their own you might like to visit them to see what they are doing.  Click on the links below.

Isolated Writers

For writers unable to attend meetings because of distance or disability, there is the Isolated Writers’ Regional (conducted by correspondence), which provides support, advice, assistance and a chance to contact and commune with fellow writers.  We have recently started a blog to allow writers to produce work online.  See more       

Writing Fellows   

The FAW is pleased to confer on members the designation of Writing Fellow.  This recognises a level of excellence in writing that has been maintained over an extended period of years.

Application criteria and details on how to apply for the status of Writing Fellow are published in Writers Voice.    

A list of current Writing Fellows are available here: