Meetings
Next Monthly Meeting March 14th
- Average High Temperature: 45° F (7° C)
- Average Low Temperature: 28° F (-2° C)
- Average Precipitation: 2.7"
- Average Snowfall: 7.0"
- Program Hollywood In The Forties
- FAW member Author - Shirley Baugher
- New feature on FAW website - Bookreviews! Looking for FAW member contributions
- List of Bestselling fiction from the forties
- Looking for candidates to fill FAW board positions - Please consider volunteering.
MARCH 14th Program -BRIDGEPORT'S MAN OF LETTERS, Author Billy Lombardo
Join us for the FAW luncheon on March 14th, 12:00 AM at the Fortnightly Club of Chicago
Click here for a map to the Fortnightly Club
This month's reservation (and cancellations) must be made by Sun. March 11th before 6:00 pm. Call:
Ruth Ann Brinkman - (773) 271-9604
Pat Adelberg - (847) 588-0911
Pay by check ($35) payable to FAW at the door.
Vegetarian meals may be requested at the time you make your reservation.
You must call to cancell your reservation, otherwise you will still be charged.
$14 parking is available two doors west of the Fortnightly at 100 Bellevue Place
Seating Arrangements
The seating arrangements are on a first-come first-served basis. Tables are usually round, seating eight people. You may request name placesettings if you are bringing a large number of guests. If you wish to sit with your friends and/or guests, please arrive early and choose your seats. Remember that there are lots of nice members at the meetings, and you should try and meet someone new each time.
Permanent Revervations
Do you attend meetings regularly? Consider a Permanent Reservation.
If you are interested in this plan, call Ruth Ann Brinkman at 773-271-9604.
Visit the The Dust Jacket for additional reading resources and bios of our literary winners. This month feature: Valentines Day Books.
Membership
FAW membership dues are currently forty
($40.00) dollars a year. After January, dues are $20.00 for a partial year. Non-resident memberships are available for those whom live more than 50 miles from Chicago City Hall. A third type of memberhip is Sustaining Club. This type of membership is for an organization, where one club member is sent as the representative. For further information about membership in Friends of American Writers, please contact Membership Chairman
Karen Baker at membership@fawchicago.org or (312) 929-7238
Membership form (PDF file)
FAW Officers
| President | Corene Anderson |
| Vice President | Betty O'Toole |
| Secretary | Christine Bern |
| Treasurer | Eileen McNulty |
Committee Chairmen
| Awards Luncheon Chair | Marion Gouvis |
| Bulletin Editor | Vivian Mortensen |
| Foundation Fund Trustees | Angeline Higginson |
| Literary Awards Chair | Roberta Gates |
| Juvenile Literary Awards Chair | Colleen Kadlec |
| Luncheon - Social Chair | Ruth Ann Brinkman |
| Membership | Karen Baker |
| Program Chair | Lorraine Campione |
| Publicity - Historian | TBA |
| Revisions Chair | Edith Riley |
| Sustaining Clubs Chair | Roberta Schaffner |
| Yearbook - Awards Program | Pat Adelberg |
Sustaining Clubs
Flossmoor Book Club
Ogden Dunes Book Club
Renaissance Art Club
Women's Reading Club of Riverside
FAW History
Our mission shall be to study American literature, to encourage high standards and to promote literary ideals among American writers.
Friends of American Writers (FAW) was established in 1922 to study American literature, to encourage high standards, and to promote literary ideals among American writers. Members are invited to attend the luncheons, serve on committees that help run the organization or participate in the selection of the award-winning authors.
Over the years, after an annual lengthy screening process, FAW has honored Midwestern authors or those whose novels or non-fiction are set in the Midwest, by recognition and monetary awards. Those honored are invited to address the FAW membership at the Awards Luncheon.
Among the many emerging adult authors recognized over the years are Sara Paretsky, Jane Smiley, Toni Morrison, Harry Mark Petrakis and Carl Sandburg. Nick Reding and Bich Minh Nguyen won awards for the 2010 year.
In 1960, FAW introduced awards for Juvenile Literary authors. Clifford Hicks won the first award for "First Boy on the Moon". Recent winners include J. Adams Oaks, Joan Donaldson and Barbara Olenyik Morrow.
Additionally, through the FAW Foundation Fund, students at local universities, recommended by their writing professors, are given recognition and cash awards to offset tuition.
Dorothy Gwynn has published a short booklet, "Friends of American Writers: Encouraging Writing and Thoughtful Reading", which describes in more detail the formation and proceedings of FAW.
