IWA Purpose and Goals

The IWA organization has established specific GOALS in order to achieve our purpose of promoting and sponsoring Literacy world-wide.  Our Goals are:

1) To promote Alliance member's works to the public, both Muslim and non-Muslim, and to book distributors and retailers.

2) To support unpublished authors in their efforts to seek publication, and promote their works to Islamic publishers.

3) To promote reading and writing of creative Islamic fiction among Muslim children, the future authors of Islamic literature.

4) To make regular donations of quality Islamic books to Islamic schools and libraries.

Each year the IWA initiates projects and programs designed to accomplish our goals. Past and current IWA programs and projects include:

IWA Published Anthologies

IWA member authors contributed art work, poetry or Islamic Fiction Stories to create the content for the anthologies. Click the book titles to learn more about each book and how you can obtain a copy:

Many Voices, One Faith II – Islamic Fiction Stories

     Many Poetic Voices, One Faith

         Annual Poetry Contest

Each year the IWA sponsors an annual Poetry contest which is open to the Public. Certificates and cash prizes to first place winners are awarded. You can learn more about the contest eligibility and rules here. For a view of previous winning entries in the IWA's annual Poetry Contest, click here.

     Annual Islamic Fiction Stories Contest

Each year the IWA sponsors an annual Islamic Fiction Stories contest which is open to the Public. Certificates and cash prizes to first place winners are awarded. You can learn more about the contest eligibility and rules here. For a view of previous winning entries in the IWA's annual Islamic Fiction Stories Contest, click here. 

IWa Sponsored Creative Writing Contests

Upon Request of an Islamic School the IWA will sponsor a creative writing contest for students 5th through 12th grades. the school principal can contact any IWA Board member to request sponsorship. Rules, eligibility, and prize awards will be discussed when a request is received.

Annual Islamic School Library Book Awards

Each year in December the IWA organization selects a minimum of two Islamic schools and awards free fiction and non-fiction books for the school’s library. In 2009 the following schools received book awards:

             Al-Hedayah Islamic School – Texas
                  Islamic School of Rhode Island

IWA Member Catalog

This beautifully designed catalog contains a wide selection of fiction and non-fiction books authored by IWA members as well as member-published magazines from around the globe. Support efforts in Muslim publishing by making a purchase today. To view the catalog in pdf format, click here. You can also find a comprehensive listing of the work of IWA members at Books & More, one of the pages of this website which can be found in the navigation link on the left.

Free E-Book
                    
                     

The IWA supports Muslim Writers Publishing's Voices for Africa project. Voices for Africa is a free booklet of art and poetry from and about Africa. Its goal is to remind readers of the plight of many hundreds of thousands of Africans and to encourage generosity.

                    Click here for a free download of the ebook Voices for Africa.   
               

 Young Authors

The IWA has established a Young Authors section on the web site to help support published young authors and promote the book/s they have had published for commercial sales.