About Us - Kansas Writers Association

*Kansas Writers Association: Our mission is to inform, support, encourage and promote the writer.* Benefits of Membership: Networking with fellow writers as you sharpen your skills, explore genres, and learn more about the writing industry. Receive monthly newsletters filled with advice, resources, publishing news, and more. Free advertising and support for our published authors. Educational workshops, writing seminars, activities, and contests. Critique groups. Join KWA For Only $25.00 This will give you a one-year membership, our monthly newsletter, and a membership card which entitles you to discounts to our various programs and seminars. Send your check to: KWA, P.O. Box 2236, Wichita, KS 67201 • Membership Application *The Kansas Writers Association is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization.*
Board of Directors:	Chairpersons (non-voting):
President: Bonnie Tharp V-P: Victoria Hermes-Bond Secretary: Conrad Jestmore Treasurer: Penny Rader Newsletter Editor: A. Lisette Walker Promotions and Historian: Arlene Rains Graber Members at Large: Ray "Grizzly" Racobs, Richard Walkup	Advisor: Starla Criser Contest Chair: Louise Pelzl Grant Coordinator: Victoria Hermes-Bond Membership Chair: Jeanette Shepler Ambassador: Gordon Kessler Website Coordinator: Erin O'Donnell
Board members at their first meeting of 2008. Left to right: Janet Bahl (Scene of the Crime); BD Tharp (President); Vicki Hermes-Bond (Vice President, Scene of the Crime); Seti Walker (Newsletter Editor); Erin Perry O’Donnell (Web Master); Arlene Graber (Historian/Promotions); Conrad Jestmore (Recording Secretary).