ISFHWE

How To Join:
"The International Society of Family History Writers and Editors is open to anyone involved in genealogy columns and articles or writing about family history.
This includes present and potential columnists, writers, and editors, as well as publishers, broadcasters, and webmasters for genealogical and historical societies.

Members receive Columns (the quarterly newsletter), access to the Members-Only Web site, and have an opportunity to actively participate in one or more of ISFHWE's activities: the Annual Excellence-in-Writing Competition, Member Publication Promotion Project, the Mailing List, discounts on ISFHWE publications, listings on the Public Web site, and Special Promotions for ISFHWE Members Offered by Partner Vendors. Membership runs from January-December.

All memberships received after September 30 are applied to the following year.

just send a cheque for 15 US Dollars to

ISFHWE 506 W. Larkspur Street, Victoria, TX 77904 USA

ISFHWE's primary goal is to encourage excellence in writing and editorial standards in genealogical publishing. This embraces all media, including newspapers, magazines, newsletters, professional journals, books (including compiled family histories), online columns, society and personal Web sites, Web logs (blogs), and broadcast journalism of all sorts. Excellence In Writing: "SFHWE sponsors an annual competition for published and unpublished writers. You must be a member of ISFHWE in order to participate in the contest." DearMYRTLE has the details here: Recognizing Excellence in family history writing

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