Membership Application

Apply to join the WPA

About five minutes. You'll pay your first year at checkout; our membership team reviews every application and will be in touch. If your application isn't accepted, you're refunded.

Been a member before, or registered for an event? You may already have an account: sign in or find your account to renew instead.

1 Choose a Membership
Membership

The spouse rate is for the spouse or partner of an active member.

2 What Qualifies You?
What qualifies you

A card or letter, PDF or photo, up to 10 MB. Kept private.

3 About You

Tell us who you are. Your contact details stay with the membership team; they're never shown publicly.

Your sign-in, receipts and event news go here. Used the WPA before? Use that same email.

For event-day updates. We never share it.

Tells you apart from members with the same name, and sets Student and Lifetime eligibility. Never shown.

Tell us more (optional)
What are you interested in? (optional)

Pick any.

4 Your Photo (optional)

A clear photo of your face helps at check-in and goes on your badge and membership card. Take one now or choose one; you can change it any time in My WPA.

JPG, PNG or WebP; we crop it square.

5 Mailing Address

Start typing your street and pick your address from the list; we'll fill in the rest.

Also Join WAPM? (optional)

WAPM (Western Amateur Pyrotechnic Manufacturers) is the WPA's group for people who build their own fireworks, and the WPA's 501(c)(3) arm. Every WAPM member is a WPA member, so you can add it right now with your application, or any time later. It has its own membership card. What's included

WAPM

Support the WPA (optional)

Volunteers run everything we do. A gift with your membership helps keep dues low and the shows safe.

Give to

How often

A monthly gift can be stopped any time in My Account → Giving. More ways to give

Renew Automatically (optional)

We email you 30 days ahead, 7 days ahead and the day it renews. On the day your membership ends we charge the card you pay with now, at that year's price, and your new year starts that day. Cancel or change it any time in My WPA. Stripe keeps the card; the WPA never sees the number.

Back

Payment is handled by Stripe. The WPA never sees your card number.