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The office is closed from 2pm on 24 December 2025 until 9.30am on 5 January 2026. Please continue to apply for membership, but it is a manual process meaning you will not be able to access the members area of the website, or get a response before 5 January 2026. Thank you for your patience.

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This is the name that will appear on the new members page in the next edition of The Author. If you would like us to list you under a different name, please get in touch.

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I have had a full-length work traditionally published (not at my own expense and not only as print-on-demand or e-book), broadcast or commercially performed (Full Member)
I have had an equivalent body of recognised professional work (including articles, short stories, poems, items in other media), published, broadcast or performed, in any format (Full Member)
I am self-published or have had a work published only as print-on-demand or e-book, and have within a 12-month period sold 300+ copies of a single title in print form or 500+ copies of a single title in electronic/digitised form (Full Member)
I am the owner or administrator of a deceased author’s estate (Full Member)
I am a student on a course that will help me develop a career as an author. The course lasts at least one academic year (Associate)
I have been offered a contract to have a work published, broadcast or performed, in any format (Associate)
I have had work published, broadcast or performed, in any format, but do not yet meet the ‘equivalent body of work’ criteria for full membership (Associate)
I have received an agreement from a UK agent (Associate)
I have self-published, or published only as print-on-demand or e-book, but do not yet meet the sales criteria for full membership (Associate)
I am undertaking or have undertaken a course or courses (of any length) that will help me develop my writing or career (Associate)

If relevant, please provide details of your publications here

It is not necessary to provide the full list of publications, only enough to prove your eligibility (e.g. the details of a full-length work published)

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Are you interested in any of the SoA’s groups? (members can join for free)

Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses
Carers Network
Children’s Writers and Illustrators
Comics Creators Network
Educational Writers
Poetry and Spoken Word Group
Scriptwriters Group
Sustainability Network
Translators’ Association

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