• Full Membership Levels
• 1-year member
• 2-year member
• 3-year member
• Lifetime member*
• Associate member
• Volunteer

* MWSA is no longer offering paid lifetime member status to our membership. We have "grandfathered" all members granted (or paying for) that status in the past.

• 1-, 2-, and 3-year members (with up-to-date dues)
• Cost
• 1-year membership @ $50/year
• 2-year membership @ $45/year ($90 or 10% discount)
• 3-year membership @ $40/year ($120 or 20% discount)
• Benefits and Access
• Able to submit book for review & award consideration
• Full access to all MWSA programs and initiatives
• Full access to all members-only sections of website
• Able to vote in MWSA elections and participate in all member polling
• Associate member
• Cost: free
• Benefits and Access
• Receives all informational news and conference email "Blasts"
• Cannot submit book for review & award consideration
• Limited/No access to MWSA programs and initiatives
• Cannot access members-only sections of website (except their personal profile page)
• Cannot vote in MWSA elections, and may not be able to participate in polling
• Volunteer
• Cost: free
• Same benefits as Associate member
• The MWSA board is still working on other possible benefits for our non-member volunteers. Please stay tuned!

MWSA has a separate membership website (hosted by Wild Apricot). Some browsers try to protect you from malicious websites, by inhibiting the required cross-website communication that connects our main website (mwsadispatches.com) from our dedicated membership website. If you have any problems signing in, or get any pop-up warnings or sign-in boxes, just click on the blue button on each of our membership pages to go directly to our separate membership website.

If you're ready to go to our dedicted (and secure) membership website now, juct click on the appopriate link below:

- New Members click here

- Existing Members click here

You can choose a membership level when you join us for the first time, or when you're ready to renew your existing membership.

You can change your membership level by clicking on the word "Change," which is displayed next to your current membership level on your member profile page.

If you need any help changing your membership level, please contact a membership representative by clicking here.

Caution for renewing members: Our membership software is not always able to automatically adjust your dues expiration date when you change your membership level BEFORE the dues for your current membership level expires! The website will warn you that there will be no refund of the remaining balance of your membership term. However, if you decide to change your level of MWSA membership several months before your current membership level expires, we don't want anyone to lose credit for any lost membership term. If you decide to change your membership level "mid-stream," please contact our membership team and let them know what's happening. We'll be happy to adjust your dues expiry date.

You do NOT need to pay dues to help us out!

However, we ask that you join our organization as an associate member (so we know who you are and how to get in touch).

To learn more about associate membership status, you'll find details in the section above.

Submit your application to be an associate member. You will not be asked to pay any dues, and will start getting our informational emails.

Every year, we'll send you a renewal notice. At that time, you can 1) join MWSA as a full member, 2) continue as an associate, or 3) let us know that you're no longer interested in hearing from us.

We are asking all associate members to "renew" annually to make sure that you're "still there" and still interested in hearing from us!

If you know the email address you used to first join us, but forgot your password, you can go to the "Existing Members" page, and have a look at the Profile section. There, you'll find a link that says, "Forgot password." Once you click there, our membership system will send you a password reset email.

If that doesn't work, try clicking here to go to to our membership website. Once on the log-in page, just click on the "Forgot password" and follow the instructions.

If you're having a bad day, and forgot both your email address (user name) and password, you can always use our main website's membership contact form to ask any question or get help from one of our membership experts. Click here to go there now.

Yes we do!

Just log in to our "Existing Members" page's Profile section, and you'll be able to save or print out a card that includes your name, member level, and renewal date.

We are the Military Writers Society of America. To maintain that connection to the military, our bylaws describe the types of military affiliation required for membership.

In the past, we didn't verify (or even ask about) our members' connection to the military. In this new section, we're now asking members to share their connection with us.

In the future, we plan to keep track of our membership demographics by asking which military branch of service applies to our members (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, etc.). Although voluntary, we'll be able to use these types of data to understand the makeup of our membership and to better meet your specific needs and desires.

Due to privacy concerns, we shut down the member directory until we can assure that we're appropriately safeguarding our members' privacy.

We'll let everyone know when we're ready to turn that directory back on.

Yes, please check back later!