President Venera Fazio Sarnia, ON vfazio@hotmail.com Vice-President Jim Zucchero London, ON jzuccher@uwo.ca Memberships/Treasurer Michael Mirolla 7 McMullen Drive Stouffville, ON L4A 7X4 mmirolla@rogers.com Secretary Connie Guzzo McParland Montreal, QC sec@aicw.ca Website Contact Sonia Di Placido sonia.diplacido@yahoo.com

Join the AICW Renew your membership now A little more about the AICW… We have close to 100 members; the majority of the members live in Canada, but there are a few from other countries. The membership is made up of writers, academics, critics and artists. We usually have about 3 newsletters a year going out to our members and they're quite informative--members can send in news of their achievements and publications to the newsletter editor. At present, the editor is Frank Giorno, Toronto, ON, and he can be reached at ed@aicw.ca. News of book launches and readings, etc. can be emailed to the sec@aicw.ca. We forward this news to our members and promote events both nationally and internationally. It's up to each individual member if he or she wants to stay on that list. The AICW holds a biennial conference. Usually in one of the larger Canadian cities. The last one was actually in Udine, Italy. This year, at the conference in Vancouver we will be launching an anthology consisting of the creative proceeds of the Udine conference--this is a project which was funded by the association. The association is a non profit organization, and we are hoping that in the near future it can be incorporated as a charitable organization. At present our only source of funds is from the membership dues. To be a full/ voting member, for which you qualify, costs $50 per year and to be an Associate member $25. The association is great for networking and spreading word of writers' publications. You can read in greater detail re the benefits of belonging in our constitution http://www.aicw.ca/constitution.htm. Sign up today or renew your membership now!