Benito S. de Castro, in his feature article in Bannawag magazine on February 29, 1988, said the Gimong dagiti Mannurat nga Ilokano (Ilokano Writers Association) was also organized in 1947 with Benjamin A. Gray elected as president.
In the 1960s, Kutibeng (Lyre), an association of Iloko writers in Manila and suburbs, was organized.