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Academy of American Poets
* The Albany Poetry Workshop - online AND in Albany
* American Agricultural Editors' Association
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American Amateur Press Association
* American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors
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American Christian Romance Writers
* American Copy Editors Society * American Crime Writers League * American Jewish Press Association * American Medical Writers Association * AMWA Northern California Chapter
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American Screenwriters Association * American Society of Business Publication Editors * American Society of Indexers * American Society of Journalists and Authors * American Society of Magazine Editors * American Society of Media Photographers * ASMP Northern California Chapter * American Society of Newspaper Editors * Asian American Journalists Association - HQ: San Francisco * Associated Church Press * Associated Press Managing Editors
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Associated Press Sports Editors
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Association for Women Journalists * Association for Women in Communications * Association for Women in Sports Media
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Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
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Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors (ACRE)
* Association of Food Journalists - formerly Newspaper Food Editors and Writers Association * Association of Health Care Journalists * Association of Opinion Page Editors
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Association of Authors' Representatives * The Authors Guild
B
* Bay Area Editors Forum
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Bay Area Independent Publishers Association
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Bay Area Travel Writers
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Black Writers United
C
* California Chicano News Media Association * California Dance Educators Association * California Newspaper Publishers Association * California Society of Newspaper Editors
* California Writers' Club
* CWC
Bakersfield (Writers of Kern) * CWC Berkeley
* CWC
Central Coast
* CWC
East Sierra (Ridge Writers)
*CWC
Inland Empire * CWC Marin County * CWC Mount Diablo * CWC Peninsula * CWC Redwood (Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, Marin counties) * CWC Sacramento * CWC South Bay
* Cat Writers' Association, Inc. * Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada * Central Coast Press Club - media and public relations professionals in Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties
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Construction Writers Association
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Council of Literary Magazines and Presses
* Council of Science Editors * Criminal Justice Journalists
D
* Dog Writers Association of America
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Dramatists Guild of America
E
* Editcetera - a self-governing association of freelance publishing and publications professionals [HQ: Berkeley] * Editorial Freelancers Association * Education Writers Association
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Erotica Readers & Writers Association
* Evangelical Press Association
G
* Garden Writers Association
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Golf Writers Association of America
H
* Haiku Poets of Northern California * Horror Writers Association
I
* Independent Press Association
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International Association of Business Communicators
* IABC
San Francisco Chapter
* IABC
Silicon Valley Chapter
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Internet Entertainment Writers Association * Internet Press Guild * Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc
J
* Jazz Journalists Association * Journalism and Women Symposium
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Journalism Education Association
K
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Korean American Women Artists & Writers Association
M
* Media Alliance - San Francisco-based "nonprofit training and resource center for media workers, community organizations, and political activists"
* Mystery Writers of America * MWA Northern California Chapter (for writers)
N
* National Association of Black Journalists
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National Association of Broadcasters * National Association of Hispanic Journalists
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National Association of Medical Communicators * National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communication - includes contact info for San Francisco Bay Area chapter * National Association of Real Estate Editors * National Association of Science Writers * NASW Northern California Science Writers Association * National Association for the Self-Employed * National Association of Women Writers * National Book Critics Circle
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National Cartoonists Society * National Conference of Editorial Writers * National Federation of Press Women
* National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association * National Newspaper Association * National Press Club * National Press Foundation
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National Press Photographers Association
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National Scholastic Press Association * National Writers Association * NWA contact info for Siskiyou chapter * National Writers Union * NWU S.F. Bay Area Local-3 (Oakland) * NWU Santa Cruz/Monterey Local-7 * National Writing Project * Northern California Writing Project * Native American Journalists Association * Newspaper Association of America * The Newspaper Guild/CWA
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North American Association of Travel & Lifestyle Writers
* North American Guild of Beer Writers * North American Snowsports Journalists Association
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North American Travel Journalists Association
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Northern California Media Workers Guild/Typographic Union - 1998 merger of
the Northern California Newspaper Guild and the Bay Area Typographical Union
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Northern California Writers & Filmmakers
O
* Online News Association
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Organization of Black Screenwriters * Outdoor Writers Association of America * Outdoor Writers Association of California - Petaluma
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* PEN American Center * PEN Center USA
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Poetry Society of America * Police Writers Association
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Public Radio News Directors, Inc.
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Public Relations Society of America
* PRSA
Oakland/East Bay Chapter
* PRSA
Silicon Valley Chapter
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Radio-Television News Directors Association
* Religion Newswriters Association * Romance Writers of America * RWA Monterey Bay Fiction Writers * RWA Sacramento Valley Rose * RWA San Francisco Area * RWA Silicon Valley chapter
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Sacramento Publishers & Authors
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Sacramento Suburban Writers
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San Francisco Screenwriters
* San Jose Newspaper Guild * Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association * Short Mystery Fiction Society * Sisters in Crime * SinC Northern California Chapter (not just for writers) * Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network
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Small Publishers Association of North America
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Society for News Design * Society for Technical Communication * STC Berkeley Chapter
* STC East Bay Chapter - meets in Dublin
* STC North Bay Chapter - Sonoma, Marin, Napa and other NBay counties
* STC
Sacramento Chapter
* STC San Francisco Chapter
* STC Silicon Valley Chapter * Society of American Business Editors and Writers * Society of American Travel Writers * Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators * SCBWI - Northern California Region * Society of Environmental Journalists
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Society of Illustrators * Society of Professional Journalists * SPJ contact info for Region 11 chapters
* SPJ Northern California chapter
* SPJ Silicon Valley chapter * South Asian Journalists Association
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* Text and Academic Authors Association
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Travel Journalists Guild
U
* UNITY: Journalists of Color * University Research Magazine Association
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* West Coast Songwriters Association
* Western Writers of America
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Writers Information Network - Professional Association for Christian Writers * Writers Guild of America, East * Writers Guild of America, West
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