Call For Submissions: IWA’s 5th Anthology - IWA Immigrant Writers Association

The Immigrant Writers Association (IWA) publishes an annual anthology written by members. So far we’ve published:
• Building Bridges (2019)
• Grow Together (2020)
• Moving Forward (2021)
• Finding the Way (2022)

As in the previous years, the draft title of IWA’s fifth anthology – Reborn With Memories – was selected by our Board of Directors based on the suggestions received from IWA members and the guests of the book launch for the previous anthology (Finding The Way).

REBORN WITH MEMORIES: Call For Submissions

Please find more information below and contact* us if you have questions.

Overview and Deadlines
What We Are Looking For
IWA & Co-Author Agreement
Ready to Join…
Why Become a Co-Author of the Reborn With Memories Anthology

1. Overview and Deadlines

Although we consider previously published work, we encourage immigrant writers to submit a new and original work for IWA’s 2023 anthology project titled Reborn With Memories.

Similar to the previous four anthologies published by IWA, each chapter will be from a different co-author (written in their preferred genre).

In the IWA & Co-Author Agreement, you’ll find more details about eligibility, responsibilities, terms, and conditions.

To confirm your interest in becoming a co-author of the Reborn With Memories anthology, please read, sign, and initial each page of the IWA & Co-Author Agreement and send* it to us by February 1, 2023.

If you don’t know how to sign and initial a PDF file, you’ll find some suggestions at the end of this post.

You don’t need to have your chapter ready by February 1, 2023, but you can start thinking about the theme and even write down the main ideas. The chapter submission deadline is on March 15, 2023. We suggest you finish writing it earlier, so you have time to self-review and self-edit your chapter before the deadline.

The image above has a draft book cover for the Reborn With Memories anthology. The final cover will be designed after receiving all the chapters and reviewing the main theme.

2. What We Are Looking For

For IWA’s 2023 anthology Reborn With Memories, we are looking for works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that reflect the writers’ perspective – as Canadian immigrants – on the anthology topic. You’re free to choose your chapter’s topic and title, as long as it fits into the Reborn With Memories theme.

If you need ideas as a starting point, you’ll find below a list of ideas. Any of them could go well with IWA’s 2023 anthology theme Reborn With Memories, or feel free to write about something else that fits the anthology theme:

new beginnings
reclaimed
rediscovered
reawakened
journey
reinventing
integrate or assimilate cultures

3. IWA & Co-Author Agreement

Download the agreement for more details about the Co-author’s responsibilities and those of IWA regarding Reborn With Memories anthology.
If you have questions or require further information, please contact* us.

DOWNLOAD AGREEMENT

We accept the signed agreement only as PDF, JPG, or PNG files. Do not send it as a MS Word file.

4. Ready to Join…

… as a Co-author of the Reborn With Memories anthology project?

Here are the next steps:

If you have an IWA Class A Membership in good standing:
• Send* us the signed agreement by February 27, 2023
• Begin writing your chapter.

If your IWA Class A Membership has expired:
• Send* us the signed agreement by February 1, 2023
• Begin writing your chapter
• Pay the renewal membership fee ($100) by March 20, 2023 if your Class A membership expired. Click here to renew.

If you have an IWA Class B Membership:
• Send* us the signed agreement by February 1, 20232
• Begin writing your chapter
• Upgrade to Class A Membership by March 27, 20232, to be considered for this anthology. Click here to pay the Class A membership.

Not an IWA Member but would like to submit a chapter to this anthology?
• Please fill out the Membership Application first – and pay Class A Membership fee.
• We’ll follow up with you for the next steps.

OPTIONS to send* us the signed agreement:

1) If you don’t have a scanner: Upload the agreement (PDF file) to PDF PRO > fill out the required details > sign the agreement online, add your initials on each page > save a copy of the final agreement > send* it to us
2) If you have a printer: Print the file > add the required details > sign> initial all pages > take pictures with your phone of each page (make sure each image captures the full page) > send* them to us.

5. Why Become a Co-Author of the Anthology Reborn With Memories?

▶︎ ▶︎ To increase your visibility as a writer

 As you can see in the image below, the IWA’s anthology lists the co-authors names on the Amazon Kindle book page, which automatically links to your own Amazon Author profile. This way, people can discover what other books you already wrote or when you’ll publish new books.
If you didn’t publish any book before, you’ll have the chance to create an Amazon Author profile and claim the IWA’s anthology as a book listed in your profile (since you’re a co-author).

 Even if you didn’t contribute to the other IWA’s anthologies, people can discover your work. By reading any of the IWA’s previous anthologies and checking the IWA’s Amazon author profile, they can discover the Reborn With Memories anthology… and your chapter!

 New opportunities to get your name out as a writer. We promote the IWA’s anthology and the Class A members’ work via social media and other channels.

▶︎ ▶︎ To learn the steps required to (self-) publish and promote a book

 Since IWA is committed to supporting its members in their writing journey, we’re transparent about every step we take to get this anthology to the publishing line and beyond.

 There will be mentoring calls with the anthology co-authors. From our experience with the previous anthologies, the process might take longer than expected, and we want to make sure we help the Reborn With Memories anthology to cross the publishing line by the end of 2023.

▶︎ ▶︎ To leverage the power of being part of a group of like-minded people who understand your struggles, are willing to share what they learned, support each other…

▶︎ ▶︎ Stay motivated and focused – Improve your writing style

Over the years, IWA has identified that using an Accountability Buddy System in the anthology process helps the anthology contributors to stay focused and motivated during the writing process. Also, the feedback given to and received from their accountability buddy helps to improve their writing style, and open them up to new perspectives not envisioned before.

This is how your name will show on the Amazon book page: