Archives from our 50 years and counting!

We poured over countless papers from our history—exploring everything from random clips to full editions of Maine In Print. Here’s what we found! Click through and explore below:

MWPA 2004/2005 Financial Summary from Winter 2005 Maine In Print

MWPA Catalog of Maine Books 1990

Inside the MWPA Catalog of Maine Books 1990

Laser Printer Available at MPWA from February 1989 Maine In Print

MWPA offers group health insurance to member from February 1989 Maine In Print

“Here, [Peter Parnall] has meticulously illustrated the feet of eighteen different birds, reptiles, and mammals” from February 1989 Maine In Print

Cheap Gossip from Maine In Print December 1989 - January 1999

How did we celebrate our 10th Anniversary (40 years ago!)? With the Maine Writers Festival!

Ten Questions with Elizabeth Peavey from Winter 2005 Maine In Print

Ten Questions with Elizabeth Peavey (continued) from Winter 2005 Maine In Print

Calls for Submissions from July 1989 Maine In Print

Marketing your book: advice from a writer who isn’t afraid to do the dirty work in Maine In Print December 1989 - January 1999

“PEN Fund for writers with AIDS” from March 1990 Maine In Print

“Brave new electronic world” from December 1993 - January 1994 Maine In Print

December 1993 Maine In Print: 1993 Maine Bestsellers

THE BIG READ: Banned Book Week from Fall 2009 Maine In Print

Shonna Humphrey’s Director’s Notes in Winter 2008 Maine In Print

Fiscal Year Financial Report 2006 from Spring 2007 Maine In Print

Have You Googled Your Name Lately? from Spring 2007 Maine In Print

Maine Poet Laureate: Betsy Sholl from Spring 2006 Maine In Print

Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure Statement - Guest Column from September/October 1999 Maine In Print

The Writer, a Parent from Spring 2009 Maine In Print

Our 20th Anniversary: Maine in Print! from August 1995

Maine Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts from August 1995 Maine In Print

Letter from the Director: PAUL DOIRON from March 1999 Maine In Print

Lost in Cyberspace from November/December 1999 Maine In Print

Lost in Cyberspace from November/December 1999 Maine In Print (continued)

First Ever Pitch! “SPEED DATING-STYLE PITCH SESSION WITH THE AGENTS IS A SUCCESS” from Spring 2009 Maine In Print

First Edition of Maine in Print in the new millennium! January/February 2000 Maine In Print

Maine Writers Festival Schedule of Events - Typewritten, year unknown.

Stephen King is worried about ‘fanship’ from Louisville Courier Journal from 1987.

When the Reader is a Writer - Guest Column from June 1999 Maine In Print

When the Reader is a Writer - Guest Column from June 1999 Maine In Print (continued)

MWPA Summer Programs 1998 including "Language and Style…The Music of Poetry: an Island Experience…[and] Create the Perfect Scene”

Maine Speaks An Anthology of Maine Literature

Happy Writing in 2005!

MWPA Fall Programs 1998 including “Life into Literature…Finding and Writing your Roots…Writing Nonfiction for Publication” and more!

MWPA Winter Workshops 1997

Maine In Print Advertisements

“It’s a Wonderful Alliance!” - a cartoon by Paul Doiron

Would you like to teach a workshop for MWPA?

1992 Book Catalog MWPA

Typefaces Available at MWPA, shown in 12 point

WE ARE SAVING ONE FOR YOU - MWPA Merch from years ago

MWPA Upcoming Events

Dear Maine Bookspeople…

“The attached list is a listing of the current titles available from the member pressed of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance” from December 1977

“The attached list is a listing of the current titles available from the member pressed of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance” from December 1977 (continued)

The Maine Book Catalogue/Sampler FALL 83

MWPA Spring Programs 1998 including “Get Published…Dialogue…[and] Sculpting the Short Story” and more!

Books from Maine from 1980

An old MWPA graphic

FIVE PAGES A DAY, FOUR OR FIVE BOOKS A YEAR, OR DANTZ-ING TO FAME AND FORTUNE: Making a Living as a Crime Novelist from July 1989 Maine In Print