What's the difference between being a registered user of the BWA website and being a BWA member?

Anyone can be a registered user of the BWA website – it's free, and all you have to do is tell us your email address. Becoming a registered user gives you access to additional areas of the website (such as our features section, for example), which are being regularly updated with inspirational articles and writing tips. Register for free now!

If you also want to submit an entry to the Brit Writers' Awards Unpublished 2011, you will need to sign up to upgrade to a full BWA account, for which there is a one-off admin fee of £10.95 (including VAT). Once you have signed up for a full account, you will be considered a BWA member and be able to submit up to three pieces of work to our 2011 competition.

BWA member schools, businesses and community groups are organisations that have signed up to be part of the BWA programme on a larger scale by enabling three free entries for everyone associated with that school, business or community organisation and/or organising their own internal BWA writing competitions. These BWA members are able to access a series of exclusive resources for use within their schools, businesses and community groups.

My school /company / community organisation is a BWA member. How do I sign in?

First, you need to sign up for a full BWA account by declaring your association with that BWA member school, business or community organisation. When you have completed your contact details and chosen a password and you get to the bottom of the sign-up form, select 'Yes' to show that you are part of a BWA member organisation. A box will appear into which you need to enter your organisation's unique BWA membership number.

The person in charge of the BWA programme within your school, company or community organisation will be able to tell you the membership number. 

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