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The Animation Writers Caucus Membership Eligibility Requirements are
set forth below:
- Completed Application
Please read carefully and fill out all sections of the application, including
requested signature on this page.
- Service Fee
A check payable to the Writers Guild of America, west, Inc., in the
amount of Seventy-Five Dollars ($75) for the first annual service fee is
to be submitted with application. Please see page 4 if you prefer to pay
the service fee by credit card. (The fee is waived for WGA members
in good standing).
- Rights and Obligations of Animation Writers Caucus Members
Animation Writers Caucus members shall receive all Guild mailings and communications,
including The Journal or like publications and the Animation Writers Caucus
Newsletter, the WGA Manual and its periodic updates; may serve on Animation
Writers Caucus committees and certain Guild committees as designated by
the Board of Directors; may use the Guild's Script Registration Service
at the reduced rate for Guild members; may join the Guild's Film Society
subject to availability in any given year as determined by the Board; may
become members of the Inter-Guild Federal Credit Union or its successor
subject to the discretion of that entity's governing body; may be entitled
to participate, if otherwise eligible, in any employment access program
administered by the Guild's Human Resources Department; and may be eligible
for participation in the WGA alternative health plan through Foundation
Health HMO.
Animation Writers Caucus membership does not provide the right to vote in
Guild elections, to run for office or to attend Guild membership meetings
held pursuant to Article VII. However, Animation Writers Caucus members
may attend membership meetings and vote on the issuance or withdrawal of
restraining orders, but only when such member's legal commitment to render
writing services or to sell or option literary material within the Guild's
jurisdiction to a company signatory to an applicable WGA collective bargaining
contract would be directly affected.
- Minimum Writing Requirements
Applicants are required to have written the equivalent of one half-hour
of produced animation.
(please see boxes provided below to characterize your produced animation)
___Teleplay ___Screenplay
___Other (please describe):____________________________________________
Date of Produced Animation (year):______________________________________
Studio:_____________________________________________________________
Name of Show:______________________________________________________
Name of Episode:____________________________________________________
Name of Story:______________________________________________________
Editor:_____________________________________________________________
Signature ___________________________________________________________
Date ____________________________________
Please Print Your Name ___________________________________________________________________

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