The follow are benefits to all WPA Members:

WPA Educational Seminars
Periodic sessions and workshops discussing the hot topics of interest to all areas of publishing.
Members gather to exchange ideas and gain information. Discounts apply to WPA members.

WPA Publishing Roundtables
Informal gatherings for group publishers, publishers, associate publishers and other senior-level managers designed to facilitate open discussions of the issues facing the industry today and in the future. Some roundtables are open to vendors. Discounts apply to WPA members.

WPA Publishing Conference
Member-Discounted attendance to the premier publishing event in the West. The Annual WPA Publishing Conference is a 3-day event including 22 educational sessions and workshops, exhibit area, breakfasts, lunch with keynote speakers, 2 cocktail receptions, and countless networking opportunities.

WPAConnects
A network for professional introduction and interaction, for WPA members. This is your opportunity to join a group of your peers, and expand your professional connections. FREE to WPA Members.

Annual Maggie Competition
The Maggie competition, designed to foster creativity and inspire exceptional work, is open to print and electronic magazines, tabloids and newsletters published West of the Mississippi River, or distributed only in the states West of the Mississippi River. Discounts apply to WPA members.

Annual Maggie Awards Banquet
The Maggie Awards, now in its 58th year, is the most prestigious publishing event in the West, honoring the best in print and electronic magazine publishing in over 100 editorial, design, promotion and event categories. The awards ceremony and black-tie dinner gathers over 600 publishing professionals and includes a visually creative, high-tech multimedia show that is a trademark of the event. Discounts apply to WPA members.

Career & Recruitment Center
WPA-linked online job board, offering hundreds of job opportunities in the publishing industry as well as related industries. WPA members may post jobs, anonymous resumes and manage job applications for FREE.

College Initiative
The WPA Scholarship and Grant Program, created to encourage college students interested in the print and electronic magazine publishing industry, awards deserving students and college magazine/media departments who have won Maggie college categories. By investing in the future of America's top collegiate journalists and magazine media programs, WPA hopes to improve the quality of its future.

In addition, WPA will help partner companies looking for student interns with students seeking intern programs. Students are invited to provide WPA with their contact information and resume. Publishing Companies and companies related to the publishing community interested in hiring interns, or, companies with already established intern programs are welcome to contact the WPA with information about positions available. This service is FREE to WPA Members.

WPA New Resource Guide
WPA Vendor Members are welcome to participate in this NEW guide, designed to offer value-added benefits, exclusively to WPA members only. This online-only guide, offers vendors the additional opportunity to promote their goods and services, link to their website, and stand out among their competition. WPA Members must provide their WPA ID number to participate. Please click on the Resource Guide link on our website to view the vendor participants. There is no charge to participate in this program.

WPA Membership Directory (Print & Online)
WPA provides its membership with access to two member directories:
• A printed directory including alpha-listings of all members, cross-referenced by company, magazine, state, and vendor services. It also includes association, government and industry resources, complete board of directors contact information, and more.
• An online, interactive, membership directory, with all the information provided in the print directory, updated daily.

Both resources are complete with company address and contact information, description of member companies, and key executives in each company.

WPA Members-Only Section
Password-protection section with articles on a variety of industry-related topics, Business-related articles, Production/Manufacturing tips/techniques, and our online, interactive membership directory.

WPA E-News
Member newsletter, regarding WPA events, seminars and information specific to our industry.

Insurance & Credit Union Benefits
The WPA has negotiated several benefits made available through the Printing Industries Association of Southern California (PIASC) & The Printing Industries of Northern California (PINC). We believe you will find many of these benefits to be effective solutions to a difficult dilemma. They include health, dental, vision and life insurance and Credit Union Services. For legal reasons, WPA member firms who wish to participate in these programs must also join the PIASC or PINC, but we have negotiated a special dues schedule for our publisher members at a greatly reduced rate (50% less) than the printer rate. Additionally, membership in the PIASC or PINC gives your firm access to discounted cellular and DSL service, payroll services and other group buying opportunities. Contact the WPA office for additional details.