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The Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) provides support, advocacy, resources, and community to nearly 50,000 writers, 500 college and university creative writing programs, and 125 writers’ conferences and centers. Founded in 1967 by R. V. Cassill and George Garrett, their mission is to foster literary achievement, advance the art of writing as essential to a good education, and serve the makers, teachers, students, and readers of contemporary writing. ==History== AWP was established as a nonprofit organization in 1967 by fifteen writers representing thirteen creative writing programs. The new association sought to support the growing presence of literary writers in higher education. At that time, Departments of English were mainly conservatories of the great literature of the past, and scholars fiercely resisted the establishment of creative writing programs. AWP was created to overcome this resistance, to encourage and advocate for new programs, and to provide publishing opportunities for young writers. Originally named the Associated Writing Programs, the new association accommodated both institutional and individual members. Since institutions are empty places without the individuals to animate them, AWP’s dual membership was an asset in its vitality as an organization. Its dual membership of prestigious universities and accomplished authors persuaded academe that the study of literature should be prospective as well as retrospective—that it should include the play of creation as well as the work of conservation. More than any other nonprofit literary organization, AWP has helped North America to develop a literature as diverse as its peoples. This, of course, is not a boast for AWP alone; it is also a boast for the virtues of higher education in the democratic countries. Their member programs have provided literary education to students and aspiring writers from all backgrounds, economic classes, races, and ethnic origins. AWP has also supported the development of hundreds of educational programs, conferences, reading series, and literary magazines, as well as thousands of jobs for writers and new audiences for contemporary literature. Academic programs have mustered hundreds of millions of dollars to support the study, making, and enjoyment of literature. The advent of creative writing programs has created the world’s largest network of literary patronage. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Association of Writers & Writing Programs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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