SoA Cymru members survey 2024/25

To help us design the best programme possible, the steering committee of SoA Cymru would love to know more about you, what you'd like from the SoA in general, and in particular from the Welsh nation group.

If you have any questions about this survey and how it will be used, please contact Emma Boniwell, group staff Co-ordinator on eboniwell@societyofauthors.org

Please tell us about you as a writer

Which of the following do you do? *

Write for adults
Write for children
Illustration (books, magazines, online)
Create comics as an illustrator or writer
Translation
Write for broadcast media (TV, film, radio, gaming)
Write for other printed media (newspapers, magazines)
Write for online content
Something else

Select as many as appropriate

If you selected Something else in the box above, please tell us more below

Do you write:

Fiction
Non-fiction
Other

Please select as many as appropriate

If other, please describe below:

Which of the following have you worked on:

Printed books
Audio books
E-books
Other

Select as many as appropriate

If other, please provide information here:

Which of the following best describes you: *

My work only goes through traditional publishers
My work is solely self-published
I have done a mix of traditional and self-publishing
Other

If other, please give us more details:

Which of the following best describes you:

If you write for another reason please provide more detail:

How important is your income from writing to you? *

Rate 1 out of 4Rate 2 out of 4Rate 3 out of 4Rate 4 out of 4

4 stars – main source of income, 3 stars – a reasonable amount (but I do other non-writing work), 2 stars – a fairly small part of my income, 1 stars – I get no income from my writing.

Have you ever used a literary agent?

We'd be interested in your experience of working with or seeking an agent.

Please briefly describe your thoughts or experience.

In which genre/s have you produced work?

Please describe in your own words (e.g. Academic, educational, fantasy, historical fiction)

In which languages do you write: *

English
Welsh
Something else

Please tell us which other languages you write in

of of other,

Please tell us about you and the SoA

How long have you been a member *

What level of membership do you have?

Which of the following SoA services have you used:

Contract / agreement vetting
Member discounts (off books etc)
Information and advisory service
Online event (not a local group)
Online local group event
In person event (not a local group)
In person local group event
Other
None of the above

If other, please give us more information

If you haven't used any SoA services, please tell us why.

Have you previously attended a local group meeting?

Would you say you were:

Future planning

We’d like to plan events in the future that will be relevant to as many members as possible.

Please indicate which topics are of interest to you: *

Learning new writing skills
Marketing your work
Using social media
Using technology
Finding out about new sources of information
Finding out about income possibilities (grants, awards, bursaries)
Learning from others personal experiences
Socialising
Anything else?

Please add your suggestions here:

If you have expertise in an area that could be of interest to other members, and would be willing to share with others in a local meeting, please indicate the area/topic below:

About you

The Committee are keen to know if the SoA Cymru membership represents all writers in Wales. To help us gauge our current status, we are asking questions mirrored in the Census 2021. This information will be stored in accordance with our Privacy Policy and GDPR rules (https://societyofauthors.org/legal-privacy/privacy-statement/).

How old are you?

Do you consider yourself to have a disability or impairment?

No
Yes
Prefer not to say

If you consider yourself to have a disability or impairment, please select the relevant definitions from the list below (please select all that apply):

Chronic pain or fatigue
Coordination, dexterity, or mobility impairments
Experience seizures
Hearing loss
Learning disabilities
Long-term experience of a mental health condition
Neurodivergent (e.g. Asperger’s syndrome, autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia etc.)
Speech impairment
Visual impairment
None of the above
Prefer not to say

Please select an option that best describes your ethnicity.

Please use this box to fully describe your ethnicity:

Not a required field

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To help us design the best programme possible, the steering committee of SoA Cymru would love to know more about you, what you'd like from the SoA in general, and in particular from the Welsh nation group.

Please tell us about you as a writer

Please tell us about you and the SoA

Future planning

About you

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