The Islamic Writers Alliance is a USA based professional Muslim organization with an International membership. Membership includes Muslim women and men who are published authors, unpublished writers seeking publication, editors, illustrators, publishers, journalists, playwrights, web designers, retailers, and marketing consultants. If you are looking for a group of Muslim professionals to network with, gain resource information, and get help with promoting your work, the Islamic Writers Alliance may be exactly what you need to move forward!
The IWA organization's goals are to promote literacy and each year the organization awards fiction and non-fiction Islamic books to Islamic school libraries. The IWA also sponsors creative writing contests to Islamic schools. The IWA sponsors a public annual poetry contest and a public annual Islamic fiction story contest. The IWA publishes a quarterly online magazine: Islamic Ink.
IWA Purpose
The Purpose of the IWA organization is to promote Literacy world-wide and to provide promotional support to the members of the organization.
IWA Announcements
Annual IWA Board Meeting
The IWA Board of Directors will hold its Annual Board Meeting on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, USA. The meeting is open to the public. To attend the meeting please visit the following site and sign up:Islamicwritersallianceannualmeeting-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
AnnualPoetry Contest
The IWA is sponsoring its Annual 2010 Poetry Contest. The theme for this year's contest is 'ibadah' or worship. Submissions will be accepted from April 1st through April 30th 2010. For information about and the Poetry contest guidelines click here: Poetry
For visitors interested in reading the winning contest entries for our Annual Poetry and Islamic Fiction Stories contests from prior years, please click the following links: Poetry and Fiction Contest pages.
Subscribe to Islamic Ink
Islamic Ink is the free quarterly-published on-line magazine of the Islamic Writers Alliance, showcasing the talent of the IWA and giving important and interesting news updates concerning the IWA and it's membership. Subscription is available to anyone wishing to recieve the publication.
It's free – and easy – to subscribe to Islamic Ink. Just send an e-mail with the word "Subscribe" in the subject line to: magazine@islamicwritersalliance.net
Islamic Ink is published every January, April, July, and October.
Help the IWA Promote Literature
It is easy to donate to the Islamic Writers Alliance Inc.
Method 1- Send a USD check or money order payable to Islamic Writers Alliance and mail to:
Islamic Writers Alliance
PO Box 299
Sunbury, PA 17801
Method 2 – Send your donation via PayPal. Go to the PayPal web site and use the IWA Send address of:islamicwritersalliance@gmail.com
The IWA organization’s membership thank you for helping in the cause of promoting Literacy!
