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.
Mystery Writers of America is dedicated to promoting higher regard for crime writing and recognition, respect for those who write within the genre, and general literacy. As part of our mission, we’ve created this educator’s page with links to mystery-based reading and writing learning exercises.
The Dramatists Guild of America has co-signed an Authors Guild letter to the United States Congress, seeking legislative amendments to labor and antitrust laws that would enable freelance professional creators (including playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists) to negotiate collectively.
Quintard Taylor, a leading scholar in the history of the African American West, has been named the 2024 recipient of the Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Contributions to Western Literature. He is professor emeritus and the Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American History at the University of Washington, Seattle.
One of the ways that the National Association of Science Writers supports up-and-coming talent is through our NASW Diversity Summer Fellowship. Administered by our NASW Diversity Committee, the program provides an extra financial boost for those pursuing summer internships in science journalism, writing, and communications.
Last week, NPPA filed an amicus brief in a case challenging an Indiana law that gives unbridled discretion to police officers to order anyone – including photojournalists — to stay 25 feet away from them for any reason or face criminal penalties.
Important to getting “unstuck” when you’re writing, is to know why you’re stuck, and to recognize how many different ideas or thoughts can contribute to being stuck, says Dave Harris, an editor and writing coach from Thought Clearing.
The National Writers Union (NWU) was joined by the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) and the National Association of Science Writers (NASW) in comments filed with the U.S. Copyright Office on a proposed rule for “Group Registration of Updates to a News Website”.
Givers Fund Grants are intended to aid projects that align with SFWA’s mission to promote, advance, and support science fiction and fantasy writing around the world.
In 2010, Sisters in Crime instituted the We Love Libraries grant to help libraries as they struggled to recover following the Great Recession. This year, SINC will make six grants of $500 each.
The median percentage of income earned from backlist and back-in-print books combined was 50 percent. More than a third of authors (35.7 percent) reported that most of their income (greater than 80 percent) was from backlist and back-in-print sales.
From January 22 to April 8, 2024, Horror University will present ten live workshops and a special presentation for horror writers everywhere interested in refining their writing, learning new skills and techniques, exploring new writing formats, or better understanding the genre.
"(I)t was time to either renew the contract or take my publishing rights back. I chose the latter."
Longtime APA member Donald Graham recently obtained the first ever judgment for copyright infringement against the appropriation artist, Richard Prince, in the U.S. Southern District Court of New York.
The Association of Health Care Journalists has awarded the 2024 International Health Study Fellowships to four journalists who want to pursue a story or project comparing a facet of the U.S. health care system to that of a European country.
The Society of Illustrators opposes the commercial use of artificially manufactured images and will not allow AI into their annual competitions.
RWA signed the Legislative Proposals to Protect the Creative Professions and Mitigate Risk of Harm from Generative AI, August 10, 2023, along with twelve other creative organizations.
The Graphic Artists Guild position on AI generative technology is grounded on the fundamental rights of artists: credit for the work we do, our consent for the use of our work, and compensation for the tremendous value we bring. For our visual culture to continue to develop, the artists need to be respected and valued.