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.
The CLEAR ACT would require generative AI platforms to submit to the Register of Copyrights a notice of the works used in the development of training datasets. The Act also requires the Register to publish a publicly available database of the notices, and gives copyright holders a path to bring civil action if the AI company fails to supply the required notice.
NPPA will continue reviewing the proposal and evaluating its implications for journalists, including whether sufficient protections exist for First Amendment newsgathering activities and whether the proposed restrictions are adequately limited in scope and duration.
A New York federal court held for the Authors Guild plaintiffs on every count in its case on behalf of individual writers and scholars against DOGE and the NEH for DOGE’s April 2025 mass cancellation at the National Endowment for the Humanities.
On April 26, 1926, the Dramatists Guild celebrated the centennial a groundbreaking victory with the negotiation of the Minimum Basic Agreement: the contract that set the industry precedent that allowed for authorial ownership of copyright, no changes in text without permission, the right to be present, and so much more.
Hosted by archivist Theo Baker, SCBWI interviews publishing pros as well as award-winning and best-selling children's book writers, illustrators, and translators who inform and inspire about the ins and outs of the children’s book industry. Find out about the craft and creative process behind young adult novels, picture books, middle-grade fiction, graphic novels, and nonfiction for kids.
Estimates vary, but some industry trackers suggest that 5,000–7,000 new books appear on Amazon every day, and a growing number are mass‑produced or algorithmically generated. For working authors, differentiation isn’t just about craft anymore; it’s about visibility, connection, and trust.
The SFWA Givers Fund is a pool of money set aside for SFWA to support other organizations’ efforts to promote writing in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and related genres in the speculative fiction field. We do this through grants for organizations, entities, and projects that hope to contribute to that field.
We, a coalition of 41 civil-society and press-freedom organizations condemn the arrest and detention of Nashville journalist Estefany Rodriguez by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). We urge ICE to release her immediately.
APA's Legal Lounge series is available on YouTube.
The news, editorial, or documentary photograph is the distillation of truth. Without images so much of our history would be lost and both the horrors and triumphs of life would go unnoticed. We need look no further than the current events taking place in Minnesota and around the country to know with immediacy how vital these journalists are.
On January 30, 2026, NASW joined the National Association of Black Journalists and more than 40 other journalism organizations in calling out the the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort by federal agents and "the government’s escalating effort and actions to criminalize and threaten press freedom under the guise of law enforcement."