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| Basic Charity Information |
| Organization Name: | Austin Writers' League |
| National Organization Name: | Austin Writers' League |
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| Date Organization Established: | |
| Date Established in Central Texas: | |
| Number of Paid Staff: | 3 |
| Number of Volunteer Staff: | 15 |
| Category 1: | Arts & Culture |
| Category 2: | Education |
| Category 3: | Social & Membership |
| Category 4: | none |
| Category 5: | none |
| Category 6: | none |
| Keywords: | writers,service,association,education,specialpopulations |
| Contact Information |
| E-Mail: | awl |
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| Web Site: | www.writersleague.org |
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| Street Address 1: | 1501 West Fifth Street |
| Street Address 2: | Suite E-2 |
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| Street Address City: | Austin |
| Street Address State: | TX |
| Street Address Zip: | 78703 |
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| Charity Description |
| Mission: | The mission of the Austin Writers' League is to promote and celebrate the written word as art by providing educational and technical assistance to writers, from beginning to professional, and to serve as an umbrella and public clearinghouse for literary activities and events in Texas. |
| Program or Service: | Programs and services include: the AWL Library and Resource Center; technical assistance to any and all writers; a job bank; free monthly meetings offering a variety of programs and speakers; the Austin Writer, the monthly publication featuring both creative and informative articles; workshops; classes; seminars; study groups; networking opportunities; books and audiotapes on the art and craft of writing; and a mentor program called Writers Helping Writers. Writers are recognized with monetary awards through the presentation of AWLs Violet Crown Book Awards and the Teddy Children's Book Prize.
Project WISE (Writers In the School for Enrichment) a partnership of writers in the community with students in the classroom is AWLs youth education program. It is sponsored in cooperation with the Austin Independent School District. Project WISE offers students the opportunity to work with practicing, published writers. Authors and writers share their unique knowledge and experience which involve the creative writing process. AWLs summer writing camps are held in different locations in various neighborhoods and are available to students all over Austin. Scholarships are offered to college students through the Bess Whitehead Scott Fund and to high school students through the Young Texas Writers Scholarship Awards for ninth through twelfth graders.
Other on-going programs include the Texas Literary Initiative in cooperation with the Texas Commission for the Arts which offers honoraria, subgrants, and fellowships to writers and organizations. Outreach to the community at large is undertaken by providing scholarships and financial assistance for membership, workshop participants, conferences and special programs through the Adopt-A-Writer program and by serving as an umbrella for individual artists and organizations.
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| Outcomes: | 1. To TEACH/EDUCATE
Help beginning and more experienced writers get the words down and polish their craft. Not limited to, but including: classes, workshops and conferences, study groups, mentor program, writers in schools, literary touring program, book doctor, a resource center/library with reference materialsfive days a week, computer equipment with Internet access.
2. To CONNECT
Help members find and connect with agents, publishers and other writers that further their writing and publishing careers. Not limited to, but including: conferences, job bank, social functions for fun and networking opportunities, newsletter, monitoring and publishing information regarding changes in the industry (such as editors switching jobs) through the newsletter and web page, establishing consultants to provide legal/contract advice.
3. To PROMOTE AND SELL
Help members take their work to market with services not limited to but including: AWL booksignings, AWL press releases of members' work, mailings, social/sales events, book reviews in the newsletter and sold/offered to commercial publications, promotion on the web page, literary and poetry journals to publish members' work, involvement in the Book Festival, job bank, monitoring and sharing information on market trends and leads assignments at commercial publications.
4. To SUSTAIN
Help writers in their careers through services not limited to but including: social/networking opportunities, ongoing study groups, literary and poetry journals to publish their work, awards; establish joint projects with other arts groups, provide legal advice, health insurance and savings on books, paper products, computers and other tools of the craft.
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| Events Hosted: | The Austin Writers' League hosts a regular monthly meeting on the third Thursday of each month at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4700 Grover Avenue.
Classes and workshops are offered on Saturdays and weekday evenings for writers wanting to improve their skills.
Each July, the Agents! Agents! Agents! & Editors Too Conference brings experts in the publishing industry to Austin for an educational program focused on the business of writing.
In February or March the League presents a two-day conference focusing on the craft of writing.
Writing on the Air, a weekly radio program featuring interviews with writers is aired each week at 4:30 p.m. on KOOP Radio, 91.7 on the FM dial.
Grants and fellowships are presented to writers annually with funds provided by the Texas Commission on the Arts. |
| How to Donate: | Donations are accepted by the League on the following levels:
Benefactor $3,000 and up
Patron $2,500 to $2,999
Sponsor $1,000 to $2,499
Donor $500 to $999
Contributor $250 to $499
Supporter $100 to $249
Friend $5 to $99 |
| Financial Information |
| Tax Exempt?: | Yes |
| Fiscal Year End: | December 31 |
| Statement Audited?: | Yes |
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| 990 Recieved by BBB?: | |
| Key Staff |
| Name: | Jim Bob McMillan |
| Title in Organization: | Executive Director |
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| E-Mail: | jimbob |
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| Key Staff |
| Name: | Sally J. Baker |
| Title in Organization: | Associate Director |
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| E-Mail: | sally |
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| Board Member |
| Name: | Amy Goodwin |
| Title in Organization: | Board Member |
| Employer Affiliation Title: | Sales, Run Tex |
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| Board Member |
| Name: | Colleen Aycock |
| Title in Organization: | Vice President |
| Employer Affiliation Title: | Freelance Writer |
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| E-Mail: | ckaycock |
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| Board Member |
| Name: | Helen Ginger |
| Title in Organization: | President |
| Employer Affiliation Title: | Freelance Writer |
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| E-Mail: | HGinger |
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| Board Member |
| Name: | Jason Henderson |
| Title in Organization: | Secretary |
| Employer Affiliation Title: | Freelance Writer |
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| E-Mail: | jhenderson |
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| Board Member |
| Name: | Laurie Lynn Drummond |
| Title in Organization: | Treasurer |
| Employer Affiliation Title: | Professor, St. Edward's Unive |
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| E-Mail: | lauried |
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| Board Member |
| Name: | Lila W. Guzman |
| Title in Organization: | Board Member |
| Employer Affiliation Title: | Freelance Writer and Editor |
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| E-Mail: | rguzman |
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| Board Member |
| Name: | Michael Morgan |
| Title in Organization: | Board Member |
| Employer Affiliation Title: | Retired, Printing Company |
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| E-Mail: | mmorgan |
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| Board Member |
| Name: | Sara Puig Laas |
| Title in Organization: | Board Member |
| Employer Affiliation Title: | Retired, Freelance Writer and |
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| E-Mail: | splaas |
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| Board Member |
| Name: | Shia Shabazz Barnett |
| Title in Organization: | Board Member |
| Employer Affiliation Title: | Human Resources, Dell Computer |
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| E-Mail: | Shia_Barnett |
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| Board Meeting |
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| Meeting Note: | Regular monthly meeting. Agenda to include financial report, information and updates from the executive director, committee reports, and approval of minutes for July 2000 meeting. |
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