Amateur journalism is a unique activity. Amateur journalists publish journals on paper or online & come from many perspectives: from deluxe letterpress printed journals, to computer-generated newsletters, to artistically designed cards and ephemera. We embrace the spirit of being amateurs – loving what we do for pure joy and not financial gain – while creating top quality journals, zines, and homemade publications.
Members receive the monthly bundle mailed via the postal service (including the bi-monthly official organ American Amateur Journalist), have full access to the website and e-journals, get e-mail updates, and share their creations with kindred spirits.
AAPA welcomes printers, bloggers, graphic designers, teachers, students, zine-makers, artists, digital media creators, songwriters, poets, essayists, bibliophiles, and you.
Take a look around our website for such information as:
An introduction to AAPA and amateur journalism
Online examples of amateur journalism
Descriptions of recent annual conventions
Frequently Asked Questions
If you have unanswered questions, jot them down and e-mail them to our webmaster If you would like to receive a free sample mailing of amateur papers, ask for it in your message and include your postal address.
You can join AAPA by mailing a printed application and a check.
Additional members of the same household can join for only $2 per year — just submit additional forms with the notation "family member." Only one "bundle" per month is sent to the household.
I will send $25.00 for one year's membership for which I am to receive the official organ, the American Amateur Journalist, be entitled to vote and run for office, enter laureate competitions, use the mailing bureau for any amateur journals I may produce, and all other benefits entitled to me by becoming a member.
Submit this completed application, and send $25.00 (check made out to the American Amateur Press Association) to the Secretary-Treasurer:
John Carvalho
P. O. Box 555
Purvis, MS 39475-0555
(If someone in your household is a member, you may join for only $2.00 a year. Secretary-Treasurer has details.)
Amateur journalism is a unique activity. Amateur journalists publish journals on paper & online & come from many perspectives: from deluxe letterpress printed journals, to Xeroxed newsletters, to artistically designed cards and ephemera. We embrace the spirit of being amateurs – loving what we do for pure joy and not financial gain – while creating top quality journals, zines, and homemade publications.