Postal Workshops

Last updated 27/07/2011

HOW A POSTAL WORKSHOP OPERATES

(for Editors)

As the postal workshops are a service provided by the Society of Women Writers Victoria they must function within the constitution of the Society.  The postal workshop guidelines therefore reflect the ethos of the Society of Women Writers.

 Joining a postal workshop

Membership to a postal workshop is open to any current member of the Society as well as to new members.

 Prospective members of the Society of Women Writers Victoria are asked if they are interested in joining a postal workshop and/or forwarded a copy of ‘Postal Workshops’. 

 If, after learning of the commitment required of members, the prospective member  indicates they wish to become a contributor and pays the appropriate levy, they are sent  detailed information regarding the submission and critiquing process.  

 The Membership Secretary forwards details of the new contributor to the postal workshops co-ordinator,  who contacts the new member to discuss writing interests.  The co-ordinator, in consultation with the appropriate workshop editor assigns the new contributor to a  workshop with a vacancy.

 The  editor then makes contact with their new contributor.  When the editor of a postal workshop welcomes a new contributor, she again sends the circular ‘Postal Workshops’, to reinforce the level of commitment required, as well as the ‘Dear Postal Workshop Member’ letter which provides the ‘rules’ all members are asked to adhere to for smooth running of the workshop. 

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