Welcome to the IWA

 

The Islamic Writers Alliance is a United States-based professional Muslim organization with an international membership. Members include published and aspiring writers, editors, artists, publishers, journalists, playwrights, web designers, retailers, and marketing consultants. If you are looking for a group of Muslim professionals with whom to network, gain resource information, and promote literacy and education while practicing your deen, the Islamic Writers Alliance is for you!  The IWA is an inclusive organization and welcomes adult Muslim men and women of all races, ethnicities, linguistic backgrounds, abilities, and creeds.

In furthering its organizational goals, the IWA regularly awards fiction and non-fiction Islamic books to Islamic school libraries and sponsors creative writing contests for Islamic schools. The IWA sponsors two annual contests open to the public: an Islamic poetry contest and an Islamic fiction story contest.  The IWA also publishes the quarterly online magazine Islamic Ink.
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IWA Purpose

 Purposes of the IWA include promotion of literacy world-wide, education, and promotion and support of its members.

 

Announcements

 

Annual Poetry Contest

The IWA is sponsoring its Annual Poetry Contest for the year of 2010 in April, as it has been in this same month in years past, coinciding with National Poetry Month (US). 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.

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. 

The IWA is also planning to sponsor the annual Islamic Fiction Stories contest as well, but no definite date has yet been set for this contest. We will keep you posted as news develops of the dates for this contest. Those interested in seeing submission guidelines for this contest please click here.

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 publishes Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter editions.

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!
 

 

 

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