All of the Grapevine and La Viña staff are salaried employees. The work of the Grapevine office is primarily distributed into four different departments: editorial, circulation, bookkeeping, shipping and finance. The executive editor has oversight responsibility for the entire organization and reports directly to the Grapevine’s board of directors. The financial operation of the office is supervised by the Grapevine’s controller, as is fulfillment. All members of the editorial department, with the exception of the associate editor, are members of the Fellowship.
 
All articles for the magazine are contributed by A.A. members, with the exception of a few by nonalcoholic friends of A.A. Articles are evaluated by A.A. staff members, and while some editing is done for purposes of clarity, styling, and length, the editors encourage all writers to express their own experience in their own unique way. Articles are selected for publication only after discussion and the consensus of the editorial staff, and when needed, the Editorial Advisory Board. The Grapevine receives nearly 300 manuscript submissions a month, and whether or not a manuscript or art work is published, the contributor receives a reply from the Grapevine editorial department.
Reprinted with permission from A.A. World Services, Inc. (THE A.A. SERVICE MANUAL p.S83)

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