Please select the appropriate membership type below.

Associate: You a Canadian citizen or permanent resident engaged in writing or editing as a personal interest, developing the craft of writing, or beginning to put together a body of published work.

Affiliate: Select this type if you do not qualify as an Associate or Professional member and you are:

• engaged in a related field such as publishing, bookselling, printing, education, other media, public relations, etc.;
• a church or public librarian;
• an avid reader;
• not a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada;
• or you simply wish to show support and to keep updated through receiving member mailings and materials

Professional Membership: Canadian citizen or permanent resident who agrees with our statement of faith and (a) is employed full-time as a writer or editor or (b) has produced a sufficient body of published work to accumulate a total of 50 points according to our professional member assessment. Download the Professional Assessment Word document, to use as a worksheet to tally your publishing credits. Please send the completed Word document as an attachment  by email: info[at]thewordguild.com.

Student Membership: Full-time students who are writing for personal interest, developing the craft of writing, or beginning to put together a body of work that you hope to publish. Student memberships include College, University and Seminary Students currently enrolled as a full-time student at an accredited college, university or seminary, and are working on their undergraduate or graduate degree.