To kick off 2013, we're having a Membership Drive! Become a Full Member of the CWC (or renew/extend your current membership) and you'll go in the draw to WIN a $150 gift voucher from Polli or a $200 gift voucher from Elk Accessories, to spend on whatever you want!*

So why are we having a Membership Drive? Well, Full Members mean the CWC can continue to provide inspiring regular speaker/networking events in Melbourne and Sydney, blog original and helpful articles, bring you The Circle Database, and grow to include new initiatives, books and ways for you to learn and connect with the local creative community.

As a CWC Full Member you receive:

• Your own page on The Circle Database, complete with an image gallery of your work, biography and your contact details, which will be found when other people search for you under your chosen categories and a link to your page emailed regularly to our 1800+ email subscriber list
• Access to podcast interviews with inspiring creative women and recordings of past CWC events
• Discounted event tickets
• The ability to purchase tickets to events before Subscribers & Non-members
• Opportunities to be profiled/interviewed/promoted through our blog
• A membership card & stickers, sent to you in the post (snail mail, yay!)
• A warm glowy feeling knowing that you are entrenched in a supportive creative community!

So, join before 10pm on Friday 15 February to go in the Elk/Polli giveaway draw, and you could soon be adorned in some of the lovely products below...

From the latest Elk Accessories collection

From the latest Polli collection

Anyone, anywhere can join as a CWC Full Member and go in the running to win these prizes, but please read our terms and conditions for CWC Full Membership first, and the competition fine print below.

Next week, we'll interview the founders/directors of Polli, Tess Lloyd and Maja Rose, and follow that up with an interview with Elk Accessories founder Marnie Goding. I can't wait to read about the creative processes of these two successful local design businesses and learn about how they started.

*Fine print: To be entered into the Membership Drive giveaway you must join as a Full Member between 31/12/12 and 15/2/13 or renew/extend your membership before 15/2/13. Two winners will be drawn after 16/2/13 and notified by email. If you are a winner you will receive details about how to redeem the gift voucher/s from Polli/Elk but be aware you may need to pay shipping costs if purchasing from these retailers online, especially if you are from overseas. Obviously you can't redeem these vouchers for cash, but with so many nice products who would want to, right?