Non-title-specific foreign reprographic royalties received by ACA are distributed to our Member Associations. These funds are mandated to benefit every American creator, and not just an organization’s members.
ACA pays title-specific foreign reprographic royalties directly to identified photographers, artists and writers. We are proud to help support a vibrant, growing American arts community. To date, over $3 million has been paid to more than 3,000 creators. Are we looking for you? Visit our Individual Author Distributions Program page to find out.
Join our No Artists No Art campaign on social media and by speaking up about the importance of protecting working creatives and the value we bring to society, culture, and the economy. When we all tell the story we strengthen our collective voice about the value we bring to the world. Visit the Graphic Artists Guild Website to read more and download the social media toolkit.
In Texas, several school districts have been using artificial intelligence in an attempt to “comply” with book restriction laws. This reliance on AI to interpret laws that are themselves broad, vague, and contested will inevitably lead to the inappropriate removal of many books ... and no clear path for libraries or authors to understand what compliance even means.
Sage directed its authors to claim a specific percentage of the settlement and asserted that by not doing so, the authors could delay getting their payment. After negotiating with class attorneys and with Sage about sending a curative email that addresses the main concerns detailed by TAA in the motion, TAA agreed to withdraw the motion. Sage authors should receive the curative email this week.
In response to these proposed (and now final) changes, ASMP National Board Chair Kevin Brusie and ASMP CEO Thomas Maddrey drafted a letter to President Trump expressing ASMP’s concern that these sweeping changes would negatively impact not only ASMP & NANPA Members, but all creators. Full text is available on the ASMP website.
NPPA commends Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) for the bipartisan introduction of the Visual Artists Copyright Reform Act of 2025 (VACRA), landmark legislation designed to modernize the U.S. Copyright Act and better reflect how photographers and other visual artists create, manage and protect their work in the digital era.
SFWA’s Advocacy Team (...) is following closely new data as it emerges in the Anthropic/AI settlement: a legal matter that affects tens of thousands of authors in our industry, among many others. We have assembled here a first set of FAQs.
The National Association of Science Writers and its Awards Committee are pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 NASW Science in Society Journalism Awards. This year, NASW is awarding prizes in six categories: Books, Science Reporting, Science Features, Longform Narratives, Series, and Commentary.
The winner of the 2025 Award is Tina Ehsanipour of San Mateo, California. “Between a Dream and a Curse,” follows 17-year-old Azadeh, who, after being visited by a strange woman in a dream, learns of a family curse that has claimed young women for generations. Ehsanipour is an Iranian-born, California-raised writer, high school creative writing teacher, and school librarian.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to be a hot topic in children’s publishing. Publishers Weekly recently spoke with SCBWI Executive Director Sarah Baker about Google’s AI Gemini Storybook app, which lets users create personalized, illustrated storybooks with read-aloud narration.
Here’s your moment to stop and think, to learn before you put your pen to paper and ink that contract or hit publish on your book.
NWU strongly supports the IFJ motion condemning attacks on journalists abroad and at home. Repression in its many forms is a hallmark of fascism, and we support our media colleagues in continuing to bear witness....
"The Dramatists Guild of America is outraged by the Kennedy Center’s announced cancellation of its scheduled production of the show Finn by Dramatists Guild members Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond, and their co-author, Chris Nee."