The SoA responds to closure of Creative Scotland’s Open Fund for Individuals
We urge Creative Scotland and the Scottish Government to reconsider the closure
The SoA responds to the 2024 General Election results
Following the Labour Party’s landslide election victory on Thursday 4 July 2024, we look at some of the challenges ahead and call on the new Government to commit to supporting authors and other creative professionals
What will the next Government do for authors?
With the General Election only a week away, we’ve prepared seven questions for you to put to candidates and party campaigners
SoA welcomes cross-party parliamentary report on creator remuneration
The report echoes and endorses SoA calls for better contract terms, consent and remuneration mechanisms from AI developers and the appointment of a Freelance Commissioner
Creators’ Rights Alliance launch new Freelance Day Rate Guide
The guide, produced with the help of the Society of Authors, empowers creative freelancers to propose day rates
Chasing late payment
Guidance from the SoA’s Heather Parry and Ambre Morvan on the tricky business of chasing late payment
The long ‘no’
As the SoA publishes its Magazine Submissions Code of Practice, editor of Mslexia Debbie Taylor introduces the research that inspired its key recommendations
The SoA publishes magazine submissions code of practice
New code encourages a transparent and supportive environment to help authors and magazines collaborate better on the submissions process
New report calls for literary freelancers to be valued with fair and prompt payment
Literature Alliance Scotland (LAS) has published a research report on the worrying state of the literary freelance workforce in Scotland today that is sending them to a financial precipice