2024 Membership Drive

A graphic promoting Marion's fundraising drive with rainbow colors, the text 'For the Love of Words,' and information about the drive from September 30 to October 6, 2024, including prizes, books, and donations, with ACT Government logo at the bottom right.

We do it all for the love of words …

For almost thirty years, MARION (formerly ACT Writers) has been developing writers and their work, focusing on craft and professional practice over a creative lifetime. When you join MARION you become an important part of a vibrant and engaged community. You’ll receive the support you need to get to the next stage in your writing career—whether that’s writing your first poem, or earning regular income from your work. 

The MARION membership drive is a week-long celebration of MARION's community of writers, artists, poets, storytellers, wordsmiths and literature-lovers!

From Monday September 30– Sunday October 6, become a member, or if you’re already a member donate $40 or more, to go into the draw to win a daily prize pack and a major prize pack!

Check out all the prizes to be won below!

Graphic celebrating major prizes for membership drive from Feel Better workspace including tea packs, a book pack, gin sampler pack, a pass to a podcast, a festival, and a writer's pass, with a portrait of Tim Winton.

Our major prize has you covered for work, play and rest & relaxation

This very special package consists of:

Major Prize

Graphic design collage of a Monday prize pack including a turquoise 2xxfm Membership button, Marion Member Drive logo, Aniko Press Issue 4 magazine, NLA Bookshop book pack, Going Down Swinging book pack, recent work press book pack, two free pizzas at Four Winds Vineyard, double-pass to Canberra Writers Festival, and a stack of books and magazines.

DAILY PRIZE #1

Monday

Our first daily prize is chockful of treats

This very special package consists of:

Pink background with various books, magazines, and promotional items for the Tuesday Prize Pack, including a Friends of the NLA membership, Big River distilling gin sampler pack, Canberra Writers Festival, and book packs from Hachette Australia and Subbed In. Also features a GIRA MONDO magazine, ArtSound membership, and a black witness book by Amy McQuire, with handwritten notes indicating digital subscriptions, subbed-in books, and membership details.

DAILY PRIZE #2

Tuesday

Day two is full of goodies!

This fabulous prize pack consists of:

A digital graphic for Wednesday Prize Pack featuring books, vouchers, beverages, and authors. Includes a book pack from Allen & Unwin, ACT authors' book pack, Overland magazine, a $50 voucher for pulp.bookcaf, gin sampler pack, Australian Poetry sub, a $30 voucher from Book Passion, and a Brisbane Writers Festival logo. Two authors, Charlotte Wood and Robbie Arnott, are pictured. Handwritten labels point out the items, such as "Book pack," "$50 voucher," "Gin sampler pack," and "Australian Poetry."

DAILY PRIZE #3

Wednesday

Day three prizes are for the bookish and the bards

This fabulous prize pack consists of:

A purple image featuring various book-related logos and items for a Thursday prize pack, including vouchers, book packs, and book characters like Penguin, Harry Hartog, and Michelle de Kretser, with a smiling woman in the bottom right corner.

DAILY PRIZE #4

Thursday

Day four prizes are sure to make your friends jealous

This fabulous prize pack consists of:

An illustrated graphic showcasing various literary and beverage prizes, including a $20 voucher for Harry Hartog Bookseller, a $100 voucher for Book Lore, a gin sampler pack of Big River Distilling Co., a book pack from Fremantle Press, a book pack from Pantora Press, and a book pack from Upswell Poetry Book Pack, along with a Griffith Review 1-year subscription, and smaller images of books and magazines.

DAILY PRIZE #5

Friday

Day five prizes will set you up for spring!

This fabulous prize pack consists of:

A promotional flyer for a weekend prize pack with various items including a merch pack, a book pack, vouchers, tickets, magazine, membership, and a tote bag, all on a pink background.

DAILY PRIZE #6

Weekend

Last but not least, don’t miss out on our weekend prizes!

This fabulous prize pack consists of:

  • Issue 4 of Aniko Press

  • A 12-month ArtSound.fm Membership, plus a copy of Gertude’s Sweetheart (a selection of monologues presented on ArtSound Radio Theatre) and a copy of Kenneth Grahame’s Wind in the Willows, adapted for radio and broadcast

  • Double-pass tickets to see Jack Maggs at the Canberra Theatre Centre

  • A MARION (that’s us!) merch pack, including a tea towel, tote bag and “Famous Author” cap

  • A book pack of 2024 titles from Transit Lounge

  • A “debut authors” book pack from Text Publishing

  • A $20 voucher for Harry Hartog ANU

  • A $25 voucher for The Book Cow

What are you waiting for?

There’s no better time to join or donate to MARION!