Publications

Publications that come free with an OWAA membership …

Outdoors Unlimited

OWAA's quarterly, full-color newsletter (OU) is packed with member news, craft-improvement features, contests information, tax and financial-planning tips, supporting group news and much more. Mailed quarterly to members' doorsteps.

Outdoors Unlimited Online

Published monthly except for July - members can read online and/or print Outdoors Unlimited Online directly from this Web site. View Outdoor Market listings, Member News, photo portfolios, Supporter Group spotlights, audio and videos, book reviews and much more. OU Online is published on the first business day of each month.

Outdoor Market Listings

E-mailed directly to members' inboxes, Outdoor Market listings include acquisition editors' monthly editorial needs plus jobs in outdoors communications. Also posted monthly on Outdoors Unlimited Online.

OWAA Directory

Annually, OWAA publishes a complete membership directory with members' biographical listings, members listed by state, skills and subject matter. Also included are OWAA's code of ethics and state/regional writers' associations.






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Publications available for members and the public …

OWAA Outdoor Reference Manual

Last revised in 2006, OWAA's Outdoor Reference Manual supplements the AP Stylebook and Webster's New World Dictionary, filling gaps in outdoor-related terminology not found in either of these publications. If you're an outdoors communicator, this is a "must-have" publication.

Freelancers Guide to Business Practices

Compiled by more than 50 OWAA members, this Guidebook is a working document that serves as an outdoor communicator's handbook covering general business practices such as setting income goals, how to get paid, legalities and rights purchased. The Guidebook also covers specialized business practices for magazine writers, newspaper columnists, photographers, artists and broadcasters. The Legal Handbook for Freelancers (below) is also included as a subset of the Freelancers Guide, so no need to order a separate Legal Handbook unless you want an extra copy.

Legal Handbook for Freelancers

Legal Handbook for Freelancers, authored by OWAA Legal Counsel Bill Powell. Learn about copyright basics, how to structure your business as a freelancer, defamation, privacy rights, protections for electronic communications, contracts and how to use litigation to resolve freelancer-publisher business disputes. Another must-have publication!

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