ASJA History
Following are assorted pieces of history of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, which began as the Society of Magazine Writers in May 1948. The name changed in the summer of 1975.
Pacific Northwest Chapter
Pacific Northwest Chapter History.
National
Awards
Awards associated with the Society of Magazine Writers, which became the American Society of Journalists and Authors.
Books
The national organization has been involved in the creation of several books to encourage, help, and enlighten non-fiction writers..
Conferences
The Society began in May of 1948, but not until 1957 did the organization do a public workshop. Then several years followed with no public event produced by the Society. Most events were a part of membership meetings. Then, in 1971 a public conference — referred to as a workshop — was held. This has morphed into numerous one- and multi-day events. This is a fairly complete listing of those events.