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The Northwest Independent Editors Guild was organized in 1997 with the following goals:
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to introduce area professional freelance editors to each
other |
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to provide a forum for discussing topics of interest |
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to share information about available work |
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to help employers and authors find the right editor to meet
their needs |
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to create a sense of community among area freelance editors |
| to foster members' professional growth |
Membership benefits include the following:
| bimonthly meetings in Seattle, Portland,
and the South Sound |
| listing in our membership directory |
| access to our online Job Board |
| opportunities to meet other local editors |
| information sharing via our members-only listserv |
| teaching and speaking opportunities at meetings and conferences |
The Editors Guild is run by a steering committee
composed of longtime
members who volunteer their time, energy, and
ideas to maintain and develop the Guild. They strive to preserve the Guild's
friendly, intimate "living room" comradeship as it continues to grow
and mature.
For more on the Guild, including the history of the organization, see About
Us.
Membership
If you're an experienced freelance editor residing in the Northwest, we
invite you to join the Guild.
The Guild is a network of professional freelance editors. Regrettably, we
aren't able to mentor new editors or coach people interested in breaking into
the field. We encourage new or aspiring editors to make use of
the valuable information on this Web site, however; see the "Interested in becoming an editor?" area of
our home page. Our membership
directory also notes (with a *) those editors who are willing, time permitting, to answer newer editors' questions
regarding freelancing and/or editing.
Note: The Guild's programming primarily targets nontechnical editors. Technical
editors may be better served by some of the related local organizations below.
In joining the Guild, members accept the following responsibilities:
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to participate actively in the meetings they attend |
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to share job leads they are not interested in pursuing
(by referring employers to the Guild's online Job Board or membership
directory) |
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to respond helpfully to requests for small amounts of
information/advice from other members |
Read what some members have to say about how their
Guild membership has benefited them, then scroll down on this page to learn how to join the Guild.
Related local organizations
If you're not a full-time freelance editor in a nontechnical field, one or
more of these organizations may be a better fit for you. If you don't live in the Northwest, see "National organizations" at
the end of the list.
 For technical
editors and writers
For indexers
For women
For writers
Oregon
Washington
For
editors and writers in specific fields
Oregon
Washington
| Business: International
Association of Business Communicators, Seattle
chapter |
| Children: Society of
Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, Washington/Northern
Idaho chapter |
| Christian writers: Northwest Christian Writers
Association |
| Development/fundraising/grantwriting: Puget Sound Grantwriters
Association, Northwest Development
Officers Association, Philanthropy
Northwest |
| Gardening: Garden
Writers Association, Region VI |
| Journalism: Society for Professional Journalists: Seattle,
Spokane, Yakima |
| Medical: American Medical
Writers Association, Northwest
chapter |
| Mysteries: Sisters in Crime, Puget
Sound chapter |
| Novel-length fiction: Puget
Sound Writers Guild |
| Poetry: Washington Poets Association |
| Public Relations Society of America: Seattle,
Spokane |
| Romance Writers of America: Seattle,
Eastside, Tacoma,
Olympia, Peninsula,
Spokane |
| Science: Northwest Science Writers Association
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National
For freelancers
Oregon
| Self-Employed Creative Professionals
are the strategic planners, writers, photographers and designers who create
advertising and marketing buzz, plan and design websites, and develop
content and images for effective communications. |
Washington
| Seattle-freelance.net, the
Northwest's largest professional network for independent professionals;
offers both a discussion/networking list and a project (job) list |
| www.mediabistro.com, a
national organization for anyone who creates or works with content: editors,
writers, producers, designers, publishers, production and circulation
people. Holds occasional events in Seattle. |
| www.longerlunches.org, for
Seattle-area freelancers in all fields (may be dormant at present) |
For
everyone interested in the literary arts
Oregon
| Mountain
Writers Center, a literary-arts center in southeast Portland, offering
literary events, classes, publications, and videos; an art gallery; and
meeting spaces for groups |
Washington
| Richard Hugo House, a literary-arts
epicenter offering writing classes,
writing groups, readings, and other programs |
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Washington
Center for the Book, a program of the Seattle Public Library that
sponsors
book discussion groups, readings, and other events |
National
organizations in the United States
| Editorial Freelancers Association:
has chapters in
various locations around the country |
| www.mediabistro.com: for anyone who creates or works with content: editors,
writers, producers, designers, publishers, production and circulation
people |
| National Association for the Self-Employed:
offers
members discounts on insurance, long-distance phone service, credit cards, and
the like |
| copyediting-l: a worldwide listserv of 2,000 copyeditors that may help
editors connect with local colleagues. To subscribe, e-mail
listserv@listserv.indiana.edu;
leave the subject line blank and type "subscribe copyediting-L,"
followed by your full name. |
| freelance-l, an electronic discussion list for publishing industry
freelancers everywhere. Subscribers include editors, indexers, proofreaders,
writers, typesetters, designers, and researchers. Anyone starting out in the
business is welcome. To subscribe, e-mail listserv@peach.ease.lsoft.com.
Include in the body of your message: subscribe freelance |
| In addition, many Northwest chapters
of national organizations are listed above; visit the national
organization's Web site to see if there's a chapter in your area. |
 Organizations
outside the United States
Join the Guild
Membership in the Northwest Independent Editors Guild is $30 per calendar
year (January through December 2008). Editors joining on July 1 or thereafter
may pay only $15 if they wish, since their membership will be for six months
only.
All members,
regardless of when they join, will receive a membership renewal notice at the
end of the calendar year (December 31, 2008).
Anyone considering membership is welcome to attend a Guild meeting before deciding whether to join.
You can also check out what Guild members have to say
about how their membership has benefited them.
To join, please send a check made payable to the Editors Guild, along
with a completed application
and a résumé showing at least a year of experience as an editor (preferably
freelance), to:
Anne Moreau, Administrator
Northwest Independent Editors Guild
7210 Fifth Avenue NW
Seattle, WA 98117
Our Steering Committee will review your application at our next quarterly
meeting (approximately February, May/June, July/August, and October/November).
Shortly thereafter, you'll receive an email notifying you
of your status.
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