Membership Benefits

Your annual SCN membership offers many benefits. Learn what they are, so you can make the most of your membership.

  • National members:
    • receive 4 issues of our quarterly 24-page SCN Journal, either print or as a pdf download (read a sample issue)
    • receive 4 issues of our quarterly SCN E-Extra! online Journal supplement as a pdf download.
    • receive True Words, SCN's annual anthology
    • receive discounts on SCN workshops, retreats, conferences, online classes, mentorship program, editorial services (discounts vary but are generally $25-$50 for conferences, 10-15% for classes and other services)
    • may participate in SCN's LifeWriters Y-Group
    • may submit stories to the SCN Journal and True Words anthology
    • receive access to the Members-Only section of the website, with market lists, publishing information, other information and writing aids
    • may participate in SCN's annual writing contest
    • may list events and workshops as Affiliated Programs
    • may list their books on the SCN Authors page
    • may publicize their news on the Members in Print & in the News page
    • may participate in the Speakers Bureau
    • may for an additional fee ($15/year), have their personal business info listed on our Members' Services page.

  • Internet Chapter members:
    • receive a User Name and Password, with instructions on how to access the password-protected internet chapter web site
    • receive the monthly chapter e-letter
    • receive weekly writing prompts / women's quotes
    • may participate in reading and/or writing e-circles

  • SCN offers an Organizational Membership to any non-profit or corporation sharing the mission, goals and values of SCN. Organizational members receive:
    • One membership discount per national Story Circle event or class, including online classes
    • One subscription to the quarterly Story Circle Journal, and our monthly national e-Letter
    • Inclusion in the Story Circle Journal's list of affiliated organizations.
    • Listing on the Story Circle Network's website with a link to the organization's website
    • Publication of the oranization's event notices in SCN eLetters. (Events should be in keeping with our mission, of interest to our members, and not in conflict with our own events.)
    • Signage featuring the organization's name at each major national Story Circle function, plus space for the display of the organization's brochures and other items

See our brochures page to download a brochure.