Professional Membership Application

Professional membership is available to individuals who earn revenue from the creation and publication of informational, educational, and/or entertainment focused content about the outdoors.

Individuals can be currently active in publishing and/or distributing their own material via traditional or new media or retired from the profession.

To become a professional member an applicant must submit a minimum of two published works that demonstrate the quality of their craft and attest to earnings received from such publication.

Application Form

  • Personal Information

  • DO NOT USE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS!! Use your first and last name with or without spaces. This cannot be changed once your registration is approved.
  • Minimum length of 12 characters.
    The password must have a minimum strength of Strong    Strength indicator
  • Required phone number format: (###) ###-####

  • File formats accepted: jpg, jpeg, png. Max size 1MB
  • (If applicable)

  • Professional Information

    Please submit a short (max 500 characters) biography of your professional outdoor media career. NOTE: This biography will appear in your Professional public profile on our site after you have been approved and join.
  • Please supply a short biography or synopsis of your work, or your group's participation or work in the outdoors. This content will be publicly visible on your member profile and can be updated or changed in your account profile at any time.
  • Please also provide a link to your professional website, blog, or social media page, as applicable.(Optional)

  • Professional Work

    Please submit links to, or file attachments, of 2 of your paid-for published works. Your submissions can be articles, photography, video, or audio about outdoor subjects.
    Please submit two samples of your professional work.

  • Files may be scans, images, audio, or video files. The following file formats will be accepted: jpg, pdf, png, mp3, mp4, mov. Max file size 1MB.

  • Files may be scans, images, audio, or video files. The following file formats will be accepted: jpg, pdf, png, mp3, mp4, mov. Max file size 1MB.

  • Service

    (Optional)
  • (Optional)
    I confirm that the above is true and correct and I will abide by all OWAC's membership rules. I attest that I am an outdoor media professional and that the works submitted here are my own.

    • Personal Information

    • DO NOT USE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS!! Use your first and last name with or without spaces. This cannot be changed once your registration is approved.
    • Minimum length of 12 characters.
      The password must have a minimum strength of Strong      Strength indicator
    • Required phone number format: (###) ###-####

    • File formats accepted: jpg, jpeg, png. Max size 1MB
    • (If applicable)

    • Professional Information

      Please submit a short (max 500 characters) biography of your professional outdoor media career. NOTE: This biography will appear in your Professional public profile on our site after you have been approved and join.
    • Please supply a short biography or synopsis of your work, or your group's participation or work in the outdoors. This content will be publicly visible on your member profile and can be updated or changed in your account profile at any time.
    • Please also provide a link to your professional website, blog, or social media page, as applicable.(Optional)

    • Professional Work

      Please submit links to, or file attachments, of 2 of your paid-for published works. Your submissions can be articles, photography, video, or audio about outdoor subjects.
      Please submit two samples of your professional work.

    • Files may be scans, images, audio, or video files. The following file formats will be accepted: jpg, pdf, png, mp3, mp4, mov. Max file size 1MB.

    • Files may be scans, images, audio, or video files. The following file formats will be accepted: jpg, pdf, png, mp3, mp4, mov. Max file size 1MB.

    • Service

      (Optional)
    • (Optional)
      I confirm that the above is true and correct and I will abide by all OWAC's membership rules. I attest that I am an outdoor media professional and that the works submitted here are my own.

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