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We are women and men who work as print and electronic journalists, writers, editors, novelists, graphic artists, photographers, film producers, public relations specialists, and more. We own our own businesses. We work for companies both large and small, for schools, the government, and non-profits.

  • to provide for an exchange of ideas, knowledge and experiences,

  • to be a protector of First Amendment freedoms,

  • and to assist the communications professions in outreach to youth interested in communications fields.

  • Affiliated with the National Federation of Press Women, Arizona Professional Writers is a nonprofit organization of women and men welcoming those who are experienced professionals in the communications field, both active and retired, those who are new to their careers, and students.

    The organization was originally Arizona Press Women. (Please see our History page for more information.)

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  • You are invited to sharpen your career skills, network with top professionals, and enjoy the camaraderie of peers.

    Arizona Professional Writers hosts in-person and online professional development meetings, extended workshops, and book festivals.

    We have active Chapters in Phoenix, Payson, and Show Low.

  • Members of APW who are also members of the National Federation of Press Women, may participate in NFPW’s annual communications contest as “At-Large” entrants. First Place winners can enter the NFPW national competition.

  • As a member of APW you may choose to participate in and share the cost of a booth at a variety of book festivals. (Festivals are voted on by the APW Board.)

  • Your book or business profile with a link to your website listed on OUR COMMUNICATORS page.

    Ability to use APW Zoom for book presentations or other writing-related meetings.

    Post about your publications, wins, and writing events on our social media pages.

    Participation in the APW Book Club where we read and review each other’s work.

    Premium professional members of NFPW have access to discounted libel insurance through its group policy.

    NFPW focuses on and works to support the First Amendment. https://nfpw.memberclicks.net/the-first-amendment-network

  • We sponsor a scholarship for students planning to attend college in pursuit of a degree in English, journalism, or another communications field.

Skirting Traditions

Available on Amazon

Arizona Women Writers and Journalists 1912-2012

Women who skirt traditions, whether on the frontier of a young state or in a male-dominated profession, have relied on resilience, creativity, and grit to survive ... and to flourish.

These short biographies of twenty-eight female writers and journalists from Arizona span the one hundred years since Arizona became the forty-eighth state in the Union. They capture the emotions, the monumental and often overlooked events, and the pioneering spirit of women whose lives are now part of Arizona history.

The remarkable women profiled in this anthology made the trek to Arizona from the big cities of Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.; from the green hills of Wisconsin, and from backwater towns in Oklahoma and Pennsylvania; by covered wagon, automobile, and, later, airplane. They came with their parents or their husbands, or as single women, with and without children. They came seeking health in the sun-blessed dryness of the desert, a job, a better lifestyle.

What these women had in common was their love of writing and journalism, and their ability to use the written word to earn a living, to argue a cause, and to promote the virtues, beauty, history, and people of the Southwest. The narratives in Skirting Traditions move forward from the beginning of statehood to the modern day, describing daring feats, patriotic actions, and amazing accomplishments. They are women you won't soon forget.

Edited by: Brenda Kimsey Warneka, Carol Hughes, Lois McFarland, June P. Payne, Sheila Roe, andPam Knight Stevenson.

Written by award-winning members of Arizona Press Women: Gail Bornfield, Vera Marie Badertscher, Carol Osman Brown, Jan Cleere, Jane Eppinga, Marion E. Gold, Carol (Cain) Hughes, Carol Jean La Valley, Barbara Bayless Lacy, Elizabeth Bruening-Lewis, Lois McFarland, Patricia Myers, June P. Payne, Marion Peddle, Sheila Roe, Pam Knight Stevenson, Arlene Uslander, and Brenda Kimsey Warneka.

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