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Last updated 5/19/13

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Get to know us

Our NWU Boston Mission Statement

Semiannual report of our Grievance and Contract Division (for members only)

These people read at our Book Party

Gigs recently posted at Marketplace

What we accomplished in 2012

Our First Thirty Years: History in Pictures (from 2012 Winter Book Party slide show)

Highlights of National Writers Union/UAW Local 1981 History

Boston Chapter Highlights 1981-2012

Our Steering Committee    

Our Delegates

The Grievance and Contract Division works for you!

Read about the NWU in a novel

"The First Book" cable TV series starring NWU Boston authors

      About the video

Tips and Talk from Recent Workshops

Earning a Living from Writing in the 21st Century (Writer's Life series), April 24, 2013
From Idea to Bookshelf (Writer's Life series), April 17, 2013
Slides from our contract seminar, March 21, 2013
Feedback from our great self-publishing Webinar
Learn to Shine: Presenting your work in public, June 16, 2012
Meet the Agent: Conversation with Caroline Zimmerman, Kneerim & Williams, May 12, 2012
Writing Historical Fiction: Three Perspectives (Writer's Life series), May 2, 2012
Not Your Average Book — Writing and Publishing in Unconventional Formats (Writer's Life series), April 25, 2012
What Makes Good Dialogue? (Writer's Life series), April 18, 2012
The ABCs of Social Networking, April 12, 2012
Self-Publishing: Speaking from Experience, November 19, 2011
Maximize Your Self-Publishing Royalties − talk by Larry Blumsack, October 17, 2011
Self-Publishing, July 7, 2011

Writers At Work

Read what some of our most successful members say about the art and business of writing.

Services for Writers: Hire a Fellow Writer

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What We Do for Love and Money

Check for union jobs
Dept. of Justice E-Book Price-Fixing Settlement with Publishers Leaves Collusion Against Writers Unpunished (NWU Book Division statement, September 2012)
Google Book-scanning lawsuit re-focuses on snippets and fair use (May 2012)
E-book contract amendments: a primer
Background on NWU opposition to Google Book Settlement
Google Book Settlement 2 FAQ
The 2011 Delegate Assembly in Detroit
NWU member self-publishes book censored by Syracuse University Press
Books on work and labor unions by current and former members
Digital Bill of Rights
How is a writers' union different from a writers' association?
An Aesop's Fable, the management version vs. the workers' version
Statement on Massachusetts Independent Contractor Law
In support of single-payer health care
International Federation of Journalists charter of freelance rights

NWU Published Authors

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Kudos to members who published books in 2011 and 2012.

Meet Our Members

Here are some links to some of our members' websites and blogs. If you'd like a link to your site or blog to appear here, please email the webmaster. Remember, Google can't find you if you don't have links to your site. Think about linking to our site, too.

And let us give you some publicity. If you've just achieved immortality for being the subject of (rather than the author of) some deathless prose, send us the link.

Help Us Make a Difference

Help save our Post Offices
Get active in support of single-payer health care
Volunteer to work with young writers
Speak at an NWU event
Build your union buzz: How to use NWU resources to promote your work
Support the South End Press community
Design a brochure for the chapter.
Legislative initiatives you can affect.
Volunteer at WBUR

For Members Only

Our Boston Chapter Member Directory and National Directory, compiled by Lucy Sutherland, are available in the members-only section of this site. (Members should have received the password to the site by email; contact the webmaster if you don't have it.) We hope the directory will allow members to connect and network with each other, and will allow members to promote their work and expertise. The directory contains only the names of people who have agreed to participate. Contact the webmaster if you'd like to be listed. If you already have an entry, and want to change it, let the webmaster know. We hope many of you will add a line on ways in which you're willing to help fellow members − marketing, query writing, etc.

We also publish our Steering Committee minutes on the members-only section. Go to our members-only section to see them.

Some notices we've received that we hope will be useful for working writers. If you want to post a notice, please email the webmaster

Grub Street, a non-profit writing center dedicated to nurturing writers and connecting them with readers
Gigs : How to find freelance work
Markets: Everything from narrative journalism through agent reviews to POD
Writing groups
Services
Podcasts, webinars, etc., including informational programs on the Google Books settlement.

Visit the NWU national Web site.
Get your NWU press pass.
Join the Grievance and Contract Division.
Buy books at Powell's
Union Plus: Great discounts for union members.
Media Bistro: Special offer for NWU members.

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