Joining AWC could be the best 10 minutes you spend today.  The benefits of networking, camaraderie, professional development and product discounts will pay for your membership many times over as your career takes off.  We offer several ways to sign up either online or by mail.  Please allow two weeks for your membership to be processed after submission.  You can join online and pay with a credit card to start your membership, or fill out a PDF application below and submit it to AWC National Headquarters.

For more information on fees and benefits, click on a member type below.  To purchase, you will be taken to a shopping cart.

• Corporate Membership
  Classic Corporate Dues:$995 per year;$150 application fee
  Signature Corporate Dues:$1895 per year;$250 application fee
  Requirements:  open to professionals currently employed in communications disciplines or who hold a communications degree.  Corporate memberships must be purchased at either the Classic (3 members) or Signature (5 members) level.  Applications must be coordinated through a single contact who will receive renewal invoices and make sure the contact information for each remains up to date.  Chapter dues are charged separately.
• Executive Communicator
  Dues$189 per year;$50 application fee
  Requirements:  open to professionals in communications disciplines with ten years or more experience who are serving in an executive, managerial or senior position.
• Professional Communicator
  Dues$129 per year;$50 application fee
  Requirements:  open to professionals currently employed in communications disciplines or who hold a communications degree.
• Entrepreneur Communicator
  Dues$114 per year;$50 application fee
  Requirements:  open to free-lancers or consultants in a communications discipline who are self-employed and have no employees.
• Retired Communicator
  Dues$34 per year;no application fee
  Requirements:  open to retired communications professionals, age 62 or older (work less than 20 hours per week) or age 72 or older regardless of employment status.
• Faculty Advisor
  Dues$0   Complimentart Membership
  Requirements:  open to any faculty members of an accredited college or university who serves as the official advisor to a chartered and active student AWC chapter.  Faculty Advisor members must meet the other guidelines for AWC Professional membership.
• New Graduate
  Dues$34 per year;no application fee
  Requirements:  open to women or men who graduated in the past year, and demonstrate a commitment to a communications career.  Only applicable to college graduates who have graduated in the past 12 months.  Graduation date and school name are required for validation.
• Student
  Dues$34 per year;no application fee
  Requirements:  open to women or men working full-time toward a degree (undergraduate or graduate) and demonstrate a commitment to a communications career.  Expected graduation date and school name are required for validation.

• Professional Chapters
• Student Chapters

• New Membership Application Form
• New Corporate Membership Application Form