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The Northwest Independent Editors Guild is a network of experienced,
professional freelance editors and proofreaders residing in the Northwest. Our programming primarily targets nontechnical editors.
The Guild was founded in 1997 with the following goals:
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to introduce area professional freelance editors to each
other |
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to provide a forum for discussing topics of interest |
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to share information about available work |
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to help employers and authors find the right editor to meet
their needs |
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to create a sense of community among area freelance editors |
| to foster members' professional growth |
For the complete story of the Guild, please see this three-page PDF:
A History of the Northwest Independent Editors Guild: Reflections on Our 10th
Anniversary
Membership benefits include the following:
| bimonthly meetings in Seattle, Portland,
and the South Sound |
| listing in our membership directory |
| access to our online Job Board |
| opportunities to meet other local editors |
| information sharing via our members-only listserv |
| teaching and speaking opportunities at conferences and meetings |
In joining the Guild, members accept the following responsibilities:
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to participate actively in the meetings they attend |
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to share job leads they are not interested in pursuing
(by referring employers to the Guild's online Job Board or membership
directory) |
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to respond helpfully to requests for small amounts of
information/advice from other members |
The Editors Guild is run by a steering committee
composed of longtime
members who volunteer their time, energy, and
ideas to maintain and develop the Guild. They strive to preserve the Guild's
friendly, intimate "living room" comradeship as it continues to grow
and mature.
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