If you were not able to attend our May member meeting, or you'd like to review Rosilynn Yoon's fabulous presentation and all the strategies she discussed, we have great news for you—the recording is now available on the Northwest Editors Guild's website! It will be available publicly until July 20, 2026, and after that it will be locked to Guild members only.

Thank you to all those who responded to the Northwest Editors Guild 2026 Member Survey. We had a response rate of nearly 27%, with 118 of the Guild’s 440 members completing the survey. 

We hope that you will find this summary of survey responses informative, and we look forward to incorporating your feedback into future Guild programming.

Our all-volunteer board of directors changes a little bit every year, with most members serving a two-year term on the board that ends in February. This year, our new 2026 leadership team answered a few questions so that you can get to know them better!

Our latest blog post looks at the University of Chicago’s latest editing reference, Medical Editing: A Guide to Learning the Craft and Building Your Career, by award-winning editor Barbara Gastel.

On Saturday, November 8, over 300 editors gathered in Lynnwood and online for the Northwest Editors Guild’s 2025 Red Pencil Conference! This year’s hybrid event, Framing our Futures: Perspectives on a Changing Industry, drew 185 in-person attendees, 131 online attendees, and 24 panelists and speakers (11 of whom were Guild members). The program included 15 empowering sessions exploring everything from working with authors to AI to freelancing. “This conference was the boost I needed to re-energize and refocus,” wrote one happy attendee. “I have so many notes and ideas to think through. The professional development from this day is going to help me be a better editor.”

Read more about the conference highlights in our latest blog post!

Did you miss our September 22nd meeting, The Basics of Sensitivity Reading - Editor Edition, with Brittany Yost? Don’t worry: you can now watch the video on our website! It will be accessible to the public until November 24th, and then available only to Guild members.

Sensitivity reading is a service that’s evolved significantly over the past 5 years and is still growing. In this session, we’ll take a quick look at how the practice has developed, where it stands presently (including the effects of the ongoing pushback around DEI), and what best practices are coming to the forefront. Our presenter, Brittany Yost, will cover how to speak with authors about needing a sensitivity reader, how to approach a sensitivity reader, and what pitfalls to avoid through both the freelance and acquisition editor's perspective.

The Northwest Editors Guild blog team had the fabulous opportunity to chat recently with Aisha “Ash P” Panjwaneey, owner of Ash P Reads Editing Services. Aisha has two decades of experience in editing across diverse genres and online content. Known among peers as "the book surgeon," she specializes in safe-for-work nonfiction and fiction for all ages. We’re excited to share with you everything we learned from that discussion and her experiences.

Did you miss our June 16th meeting, The Editor’s Edge Marketing Marketing Workshop | Elevate Your Editing Biz with Rosilynn Yoon? Never fear, the video is now available! It will be accessible to the public for one month starting from today, and then available only to Guild members.

In this marketing workshop made for freelance editors, Rosilynn Yoon—a full-time digital marketing freelancer—will help you to stand out in a saturated market, how to go beyond your services, how to speak (and find) the right people, and how to amplify your work online and offline.