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- ["Please Humanize This Copy"](https://nwu.org/please-humanize-this-copy/) - Soon after the public release of ChatGPT, I lost a lucrative copywriting job to artificial intelligence. At best, this incident represents a questionable moral decision on the part of my client. At worst, it is a harbinger of the coming mass replacement of creative workers. A little background: I am a full-time freelance writer. Though
- [Estefany Rodriguez Florez contra ICE](https://nwu.org/estefany-rodriguez-florez-contra-ice/)
- [Journalist in ICE detention](https://nwu.org/journalist-in-ice-detention/)
- [NWU Joins Coalition Demanding Release of Journalist Estefany Rodriguez from ICE Detention](https://nwu.org/estefany-rodriguez/) - 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. The First Amendment was created to protect against government targeting of reporters and speech more broadly. Rodriguez’s lawyers have argued that her
- [NWU, WGAE Condemn Layoffs at the Washington Post](https://nwu.org/wapo-layoffs/) - The Writers Guild of America East has signed on in support of this statement. The National Writers Union condemns the layoffs at the Washington Post and joins the Washington Post Guild, the Washington Post Tech Guild, and The NewsGuild in their demand that Jeff Bezos, the owner of the Post and one of the richest
- [NWU Condemns the Arrests of Independent Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort](https://nwu.org/lemon-and-fort/) - On Friday, federal agents arrested journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon on charges that their presence at a demonstration at a Minnesota church violated federal law. The National Writers Union condemns the arrest of these journalists and calls for their immediate release. We also call on our colleagues at mainstream news outlets to provide truthful
- [Reconnecting, and It Feels So Good](https://nwu.org/reconnecting-and-it-feels-so-good/) - By Ruth E. Thaler-Carter Somehow, I managed not to renew my NWU membership — despite being a charter member and a strong supporters of unions — for longer than I realized. Now I’m back, and very glad to be reconnected with this valuable and inspiring community. Unions in general and the NWU in particular are
- [Settlement of AI lawsuit gets tentative approval; some writers will get paid, but mostly only if they make claims](https://nwu.org/anthropic/) - [After the proposed settlement was tentatively approved and the notice above was sent, the deadlines were extended for a second time. The deadline to opt out is now January 29, 2026, and the deadline to submit claims is March 30, 2026. Note that despite the statement above that "a settlement has been reached", the proposed
- [NWU Adopts AI Policy for Union Business](https://nwu.org/ai-policy/) - In accordance with our Principles and Policy Platform, NWU maintains the following policies governing generative AI in union activity: Every meeting should have a designated human note-taker. Documenting proceedings is important for future reference, for knowledge sharing, and for those members who prefer written information. Meeting leads can facilitate this by providing notes templates, and
- [Meeting Kalifah: Tucson chapter members support an asylum seeker](https://nwu.org/tucson-asylum-seeker/) - Immigration firestorms aren’t new to Tucson, Arizona. An hour’s drive from the Mexico border, U.S. Border Patrol checkpoints take up too much space along the route, even on Indigenous lands. The militarization on this beautiful desert land is further demonstrated by Border Patrol surveillance towers and the trucks that lumber through the desert looking to
- [The Role of the U.S. Poet Laureate](https://nwu.org/poet-laureate/) - Congratulations to esteemed poet Arthur Sze of Santa Fe on his appointment as U.S. Poet Laureate. As a New Mexico poet myself who is a great admirer of the elegant, contemplative work of the former Santa Fe Poet Laureate and now U.S. Poet Laureate, I make the following comments with respect in hopes that Maestro
- [El fin de DACA](https://nwu.org/el-fin-de-daca/) - No es que nos sorprenda la resolución de la casa blanca de cancelar el programa DACA. Lo temíamos pero lo estábamos esperando. Esta cruel medida afecta profundamente a más de ochocientas mil personas. Personas jóvenes, trabajadoras que estudian y se preparan para tener un futuro mejor. Personas que buscan salir de la misma situación que
- [Mueller, "Collusion," and the Corporate Media](https://nwu.org/mueller-collusion-and-the-corporate-media/) - That sucking sound you hear is the air going out of the room after the completion of the special prosecutor’s investigation. I don’t know about you, but personally, I feel a bit snookered, as if I had been tricked into a three-card Monty or a shell game. The thing that bothers me most is that
- [The End of DACA?](https://nwu.org/the-end-of-daca/) - NWU strongly condemns the cancellation of DACA and call on our members to join the many demonstrations against this cruel and inhumane measure. This fight is for all of us who want a society without racism and xenophobia. We have already identified the "bad hombres." We know who they are and where they are. It's
- [NWU Joins NYTWA Protest At Uber HQ](https://nwu.org/nwu-joins-nytwa-protest-at-uber-hq/) - On February 2, NWU joined the NY Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA) protest in front of Uber headquarters in Long Island City. The rally was to protest Uber's attempt to break the one-hour strike against Trump’s Muslim ban at JFK, and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick’s plans to join Trump’s Business Advisory Group. Just before the rally
- [Documentary on the 1976 Downing of a Cuban Plane](https://nwu.org/documentary-on-the-1976-downing-of-a-cuban-plane/) - In October 1976, a Cuban plane took off from Barbados to Jamaica. In a blip, Flight 455 disappeared from radar screens. Various aviation agencies, including the Cuban government, determined that two bombs hidden on the plane caused it to explode midair, the wreckage plummeting into the Caribbean Sea. All 73 people aboard were killed in
- [NWU Statement on the Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel](https://nwu.org/kimmel/) - The National Writers Union stands in solidarity with Jimmy Kimmel and his staff against the suspension of their late-night comedy show, and applauds the announcement that the show will return. Though the reversal demonstrates the power of media workers and their audiences to organize effective opposition to censorship and political repression, the decision to suspend
- ["The Largest Massacre of Journalists and Media Workers in Modern History"](https://nwu.org/the-largest-massacre/) - Update: The Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association (AMEJA) has signed onto this statement. You can read more about their crucial work supporting journalists of Middle Eastern and North African heritage at ameja.org. On August 12, 2025, two days after Israel committed a targeted attack on a journalist tent inside the compound of Al Shifa
- [The National Writers Union and the NewsGuild-CWA condemn Israel’s targeted killing of five Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza](https://nwu.org/newsguild-nwu-statement/) - The NewsGuild-CWA and National Writers Union join press freedom and human rights advocates around the world in condemning the killing of Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, cameramen Ibrahim Zaher and Moamen Aliwa, and their assistant Mohammed Noufal in a targeted attack in Gaza City. Anas al-Sharif was one of Al Jazeera’s best-known reporters and one of several whom
- [¡Cuando luchamos, ganamos!](https://nwu.org/lclaa-2025/) - From July 29 through August 2, I attended the Labor Council of Latin American Advancement's (LCLAA) national convention in Atlanta, representing both Arizona and the National Writers Union. LCLAA is one of seven “constituency groups” recognized by the AFL-CIO and was first formed in 1972, a move encouraged in large part by organizing by the
- [NWU Calls on Unions and Media to Denounce Israel’s Starvation of Gaza](https://nwu.org/starvation-of-gaza/) - The National Writers Union calls on our colleagues at mainstream news outlets to provide truthful coverage of the ongoing, now-worsening campaign of starvation that Israel is inflicting on Palestinians in Gaza. We also call on our fellow trade unionists to uplift these stories, demand that the U.S. stop arming Israel, and stand with the working
- [Free Mario Guevara!](https://nwu.org/free-mario-guevara/) - UPDATE: The DeKalb County solicitor-general dismissed charges against Mario Guevara on June 26. Guevara still faces charges in Gwinnett County and remains in ICE custody. We will continue to speak out until he is free. The National Writers Union condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the arrest and kidnapping of independent journalist Mario Guevara, who
- [NWU Members Participate in Catholic Labor Network Meeting](https://nwu.org/catholic-labor-network/) - On June 7, Michigan chapter member Scott Urbanowski and I attended a meeting of the Catholic Labor Network (CLN). The aim of the group, in their words, is “to advance the principles of Catholic Social Teaching on dignity of work and the rights of workers through prayer, education, and action.” In past years, the organization
- [Informal Writers' Get-Together - Tuesday, July 15](https://nwu.org/informal-writers-get-together-tuesday-july-15/) - INFORMAL WRITERS' GET-TOGETHER TUESDAY, JULY 15 @ 6 P.M. Hello Fellow Writers, Charles Coe here, inviting you an informal writer's get-together at my home in Cambridge Tuesday, July 15th at 6pm. Please bring up to two pages of prose or three poems to read aloud. The evening isn't a workshop; it's simply a chance to
- [IFJ Passes Motion on Targeting of Journalists in L.A.](https://nwu.org/ifj-motion/) - 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 to the actions of the Trump administration and their right to do so unimpeded and unharmed. The motion was brought
- [El Sindicato Nacional de Escritores denuncia el despido de Trump de la directora del Registro de Autor](https://nwu.org/el-sindicato-nacional-de-escritores-denuncia-el-despido-de-trump-de-la-directora-del-registro-de-autor/) - El Sindocato Nacional de Escritores (NWU) denuncia el despido por parte del presidente Trump de la directora de la Oficina de Derechos de Autor de Estados Unidos, Shira Perlmutter, y de la Bibliotecaria del Congreso, Carla Hayden. La NWU a menudo ha estado en desacuerdo con las normas y recomendaciones al Congreso promulgadas por la
- [NWU Denounces Trump’s Firing of the Register of Copyright](https://nwu.org/perlmutter/) - The National Writers Union (NWU) denounces President Trump’s firing of the Register of Copyright (head of the U.S. Copyright Office), Shira Perlmutter, and the Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden. The NWU has often disagreed with the regulations and recommendations to Congress promulgated by the U.S. Copyright Office under Ms. Perlmutter, Dr. Hayden as her boss,
- [Solidarity with Workers at Polygon and Vox Media Union](https://nwu.org/polygon/) - The National Writers Union and its digital media division, the Freelance Solidarity Project, reject and condemn Vox Media’s decision on May Day — an international holiday celebrating the history of the labor movement — to lay off a majority of Polygon staff without warning as part of the sale of the games and entertainment website
- [Labor Demands an End to the Assault on the Right to Organize and Protest](https://nwu.org/labor-demands/) - We're proud to have contributed to and signed onto this statement alongside 9 national unions and dozens of locals. This moment calls for a united labor front. Fellow unions, join us! The labor movement holds one value above all others: solidarity. Labor demands an end to the Trump administration’s assaults on immigrant workers, freedom of
- [NWU denounces Trump's plan for U.S. “AI dominance”](https://nwu.org/no-ai-dominance/) - The National Writers Union (NWU) calls on Congress, state legislators, and policy makers in other countries to reject President Donald Trump’s call for U.S. “dominance” in artificial intelligence (AI). We don't want AI policy to be set by Executive Order rather than by legislation, and we’ve already spelled out our AI wish list in our
- [NWU Commits to the Fight Against Fascism](https://nwu.org/fascism/) - At NWU's first quarterly virtual Delegate Assembly held on Saturday, March 29, delegates voted to adopt a statement committing our union to beating back fascism: The NWU opposes the fascist coup that has taken over the U.S. government. We commit our union to work for the restoration of constitutional rule in the U.S., and to
- [The European Federation of Journalists Stands with US Journalist Unions](https://nwu.org/efj-solidarity/) - Today the president of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), Maja Sever, shared a message of solidarity with journalist unions in the United States in response to our government's attacks on journalists and journalism. "Our thoughts go out to the journalists’ unions, in particular to the three IFJ affiliates in the United States, the National
- [NWU Reaches Agreement with the Intercept on Member's Work Debunking NYT Oct 7 Expose](https://nwu.org/intercept-grievance/) - The National Writers Union (NWU) is pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached with The Intercept concerning a grievance by NWU member Arun Gupta. The Intercept commissioned Mr. Gupta to write an article debunking Israel's claims of rape during the October 7 Hamas attacks that were featured in the New York Times report,
- [NWU Declares: We are a Sanctuary Union](https://nwu.org/nwu-sanctuary-union/) - The National Writers Union declares itself a "Sanctuary Union." We declare that we — Will protect the rights and safety of all of our members; Will do everything within our power to ensure the safety and security of our members regardless of immigration status; Will not voluntarily cooperate with federal agents in the prosecution or
- [NWU Joins Coalition Urging Officials to Respect Role of Press in LA Fires](https://nwu.org/la-fires-open-letter/) - NWU’s Executive Committee voted Friday to join 20 other press rights and civil liberties organizations in signing an open letter to California law enforcement officials, calling on them to honor the state law that permits press to enter closed areas impacted by the LA fires. "We understand and empathize with the difficult task firefighters and first
- [CASE DISMISSED: Charges Dropped Against Independent Journalist Alissa Azar](https://nwu.org/alissa-azar-case/) - Alissa Azar is a member of NWU and an independent journalist whose case was reported in Prism by fellow member Jen Byers. NWU wrote a statement of support that was submitted to the court on Alissa's behalf, following a similar letter by other media organizations. Today we learned that public pressure won. This is Alissa's
- [On the Line with Amazon Workers](https://nwu.org/on-the-line-with-amazon-workers/) - Being on the picket line for a few days with striking Amazon drivers just before Christmas was a positive experience. I was very proud as a member and elected officer of the National Writers Union to be on that line in solidarity with workers on strike. I saw the mostly young people on the picket
- [Honoring the Life of Alec Dubro, Former NWU President](https://nwu.org/alec-dubro/) - The National Writers Union mourns the loss and celebrates the life of Alec Dubro, a lifelong freelance writer who served as president of our union from 1987 to 1990. Alec passed away on January 1 in Washington, DC, where he and his wife, Kim Fellner, have lived since 1993. "His time at the NWU was
- [NWU Sends Another $10,000 to the IFJ Safety Fund for Palestinian Journalists](https://nwu.org/ifj-safety-fund/) - My name is Jenna Martin, I work as an independent foreign affairs journalist and photographer, splitting my time between Montana and the Middle East. This year my work brought me to Egypt, Jordan and the West Bank. Considering the nature of this work, and the hostile treatment of journalists who report on issues of Palestine,
- [NWU's 2024 Delegate Assembly is on the Books!](https://nwu.org/2024-delegate-assembly/) - There was genuine solidarity among the 60+ delegates and members who joined us in-person or on Zoom, and everyone's dedication and contributions made the gathering a powerful step forward in strengthening our collective voice and advancing our shared goals as a union! This was our first in-person DA since 2018, and we had double the
- [2024 President's Report to the Delegate Assembly](https://nwu.org/2024-pres-report/) - Presented by NWU President Larry Goldbetter to the delegate body and attending rank-and-file members on Saturday, November 16 during the 2024 Delegate Assembly in New York City. Welcome to the 2024 DA. In China, there is a saying: “May you live in interesting times.” It looks like we may have hit the jackpot! There are
- [Our Job Just Got Harder](https://nwu.org/our-job-just-got-harder/) - Our job just got harder. With the return of Donald Trump to the White House, writers, journalists and media workers across the board can expect increased attacks on the press and media. We can look for more book banning and for more journalists and their confidential sources to face arrests, raids on our homes and
- [NWU Stands Unrelentingly with Gazan Journalists](https://nwu.org/nwu-statement-oct24/) - “Every day that this war goes on, our commitment to Palestinian journalists and PJS grows stronger. They will not surrender and neither will we.” The National Writers Union (NWU) unequivocally condemns Israel’s ongoing, targeted murder of journalists. We are exasperated, incensed, and heartbroken over this massacre, with impunity, of our fellow journalists. An attack on
- [NWU's 2024 Special Election Results](https://nwu.org/2024-special-election-results/) - Hi fellow members, We’re excited to finally announce the results of NWU's 2024 Special Election. This election was held to fill the remaining Delegate and Alternate positions ahead of the upcoming Delegate Assembly, which will take place November 15-17 in New York City. Ballots have all been tallied through eBallot by our vendor VoteNet, and write-in candidates
- [Governor Newsom Signs Senator Wiener’s Freelance Worker Bill Into Law](https://nwu.org/governor-newsom-signs-senator-wieners-freelance-worker-bill-into-law/) - Press Release Contact Larry Goldbetter, President - lgoldbetter@nwu.org Eric Thurm, Campaign Coordinator - eric.d.thurm@gmail.com September 28, 2024 SACRAMENTO – Governor Newsom signed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 988, the Freelance Worker Protection Act. SB 988 provides basic labor protections for freelance workers, such as the right to be paid on time and in full.
- [At Cornell, Labor & Academia Convene on the Future of AI](https://nwu.org/ai-conference-cornell/) - NWU members aren’t the only organized workers thinking strategically about the impacts AI is having on our working conditions these days—it’s on the mind of the labor movement writ large. That's why earlier this month staff organizers from CWA and the AFL-CIO Technology Institute teamed up with UNI Global Union researchers and the Cornell School
- [2023 Outstanding Academic Title, "We're Not Ok: Black Faculty Experiences and Higher Education Strategies"](https://nwu.org/2023-outstanding-academic-title-were-not-ok-black-faculty-experiences-and-higher-education-strategies/) - We're Not OK Antija M. Allen (Editor) & Justin T. Stewart (Editor) In the United States, only 6% of the 1.5 million faculty in degree-granting postsecondary institutions is Black. Research shows that, while many institutions tout the idea of diversity recruitment, not much progress has been made to diversify faculty ranks, especially at research-intensive institutions.
- [NWU Joins Coalition Calling on California Officials to Respect Freedom of Press](https://nwu.org/ca-press-freedom/) - As a union fighting for the rights of media workers, we're proud to have joined these organizations in calling on California officials to act with transparency and respect for the role of the press in documenting sweeps of homeless encampments: The First Amendment Coalition, Los Angeles Press Club, and National Press Photographers Association, joined by
- [NWU Statement on California's Backroom Deal with Big Tech](https://nwu.org/statement-bigtech/) - The National Writers Union joins our Media Guild of the West colleagues in rejecting the California legislature’s recent backroom deal with Big Tech, which lawmakers have accepted in place of legislation that would properly tax these mega-corporations and sustainably fund California’s struggling news ecosystem. NWU especially condemns the deal’s bizarre provision for Google to fund
- [Special Election Update: Nominations Due Next Week!](https://nwu.org/2024-special-election/) - Fellow members, Following our recently adopted bylaws, NWU will be holding a Special Election to try to fill the remaining empty chapter Delegate and Alternate seats before the upcoming Delegate Assembly. In order to balance time for chapter leadership to rally nominees and time for the DA planners to prepare for attendees, the Special Election has
- [NWU Poets Basking on a Sunlit Stage](https://nwu.org/2024-ny-poetry-fest/) - Dashing threats of storms, poets from NWU’s New York Chapter performed during a prime slot at this year’s New York Poetry Festival, an annual outdoor event on Governors Island organized by The Poetry Society of New York. Member Elissa Matthews served as our MC on Saturday, July 13. Our set on The White Horse Stage
- [NY Chapter Continues Inspiring Open Mic Series](https://nwu.org/ny-open-mic/) - NWU delegate Betty Pierre hosted the Saturday afternoon open mic this month at the historic Ottendorfer Library. She was joined by acclaimed guest poets/writers Tanya Ko Hong and Dorothy Randall Gray, author of the bestseller Soul Between The Lines: Freeing Your Creative Spirit Through Writing (Avon/HarperCollins). Dorothy Randall Gray is a Los Angeles celebrity poet,
- [US Copyright Office spurns Web creators in favor of news publishers](https://nwu.org/us-copyright-office-spurns-web-creators-in-favor-of-news-publishers/) - On July 22, 2024, the U.S. Copyright Office finalized new procedures through which the publisher of a “news website” will be able to register the copyright in an entire month of updates to their site with a single application for a $95 fee. Creators of Web content will remain unable to register more than 50
- [NWU at NABJ](https://nwu.org/nwu-at-nabj/) - I attended the National Association of Black Journalists event in Chicago July 31-August 4, where I talked to about two dozen attendees about joining NWU and handed out lots of our new buttons and flyers about the Freelance Worker Protection Act that went into law in IL on July 1 (the most recent NWU-backed Freelance
- [NWU Statement on the Assassinations of Ismail al-Ghoul and Rami al-Rifi](https://nwu.org/nwu-statement-assassinations/) - In solidarity with our sibling union the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS), and in the strongest possible terms, the National Writers Union (NWU) condemns the assassinations of our comrades Al Jazeera correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul and photographer Rami al-Rifi on July 31, 2024. The pair were killed in an Israeli strike while covering events in al-Shati Refugee
- [Write-in Winners & Special Elections!](https://nwu.org/2024-write-ins/) - We have been in touch with several candidates who received write-in votes during the recent election, and we are ready to announce our write-in winners. Congratulations to these and all of our other NWU Officers and Delegates, who are starting their new terms today! The final election results, including vote count, can be viewed here.
- [NWU at the Maine AFL-CIO COPE Convention](https://nwu.org/nwu-at-the-maine-afl-cio-cope-convention/) - The Maine AFL-CIO held its biannual Committee on Political Education Convention, June 27-28, 2024, in Auburn, Maine. The convention was attended by delegates and guests from 42 affiliates (union locals and CLCs), representing over 16,000 union members across the state. Lorri Nandrea (NWU-Boston Chapter) attended as a delegate from the Western Maine Labor Council. The convention
- [The Votes Are In!](https://nwu.org/2024-election-results/) - The time has come to announce the results of our 2024 national elections! Out of 113 votes, the winning candidates for the term starting July 1 are as follows: President: Larry Goldbetter Treasurer: Mauricio Niebla Recording Secretary: Jonathan Rosenblum 1st Vice President: Abigail Higgins 2nd Vice President: Olivia Schwob National Officers-at-Large: Sandra Campbell, Olivia Aylmer, Eric Thurm Trustee: Alexis Gunderson, Rene Joy,
- [Recording of the Second 2024 Meet the Candidates](https://nwu.org/second-meet-the-candidates-2024/) - Thank you to all our candidates and members who came to last night’s second and final Meet the Candidates session in our 2024 national elections! Voting closes this Saturday, June 15 at 5pm PT. If you're having trouble finding your ballot, email the Election Committee at electioncommittee@nwu.org. If you’ve already cast your votes, email 5 of
- [Recording of the First 2024 Meet the Candidates](https://nwu.org/first-meet-the-candidates-2024/) - Thank you to all our candidates and members who came to last night's first Meet the Candidates session in our 2024 national elections! The next session will be held on Wednesday, June 12, at 7:30pm ET (calendar invite here) before voting closes on June 15. If you're a candidate and you'd like to RSVP for
- [Voting is Now Open for NWU Elections!](https://nwu.org/2024-voting/) - Voting opens today for our 2024 union elections! You should have received an email with a ballot form. Members in good standing will be able to cast their vote for national officers and their chapter’s delegates. Please be sure to read and follow the instructions carefully. If you didn't receive the email, reach out to
- [NWU Statement on the Attacks on Rafah](https://nwu.org/nwu-statement-rafah/) - The National Writers Union is devastated by the recent Israeli airstrikes on Rafah, where more than 1.2 million people are currently sheltering. We are outraged at the dozens of Palestinians who were burned to death by U.S.-made bombs in tent encampments that were designated “safe zones.” These actions violate the International Court of Justice’s recent
- [Candidates Announced for 2024 NWU Elections!](https://nwu.org/2024-candidates/) - The nomination period for the 2024 NWU elections is now closed! As we get ready to vote in our union’s new leadership, please be mindful of the following logistical details. All candidates and their statements can be found in this document. It will be accessible to members through the voting period, so feel free to bookmark it
- [What is the Internet Archive doing with our books?](https://nwu.org/what-is-the-internet-archive-doing-with-our-books/) - The NWU presented a public informational webinar on “What is the Internet Archive doing with our books?” on April 27 and May 5, 2020. The webinar explains "Controlled Digital Lending", the "National Emergency Library", and "One Web Page for Every Page of Every Book": Video of webinar Slides from webinar Related articles: We Need Federal
- [Labor Wins at Labor Notes 2024](https://nwu.org/labor-notes-2024/) - This year’s Labor Notes Conference was held in Rosemont, Illinois, a village-sized expanse of concrete, hotels, and parking lots on the edge of Chicago that has been run as a one-party state since its incorporation in 1956. Alongside 4,500 other union members, activists, and workers, nearly twenty of us from the National Writers Union descended
- [NWU Report Details Retaliation Against Western Media Workers Speaking Out on Gaza War](https://nwu.org/retaliation-report/) - As the world recognized Press Freedom Day on May 3, Palestinian journalists continued to be incarcerated, injured, and killed in record numbers by the Israeli military. Western media workers, meanwhile, face retaliation and obstruction for seeking to elevate Palestinian voices or simply expressing concern about the media’s lopsided coverage of the Israel-Gaza war. Some are even being pepper-sprayed, detained,
- [Announcing Elections for National Officers & Delegates!](https://nwu.org/2024-national-elections/) - NWU's National Elections are upon us! As a democratic Union, our members hold the highest decision-making power. Elections are the way in which our power is institutionalized, allowing members to elect the people who represent them. You should have recently received the Election Committee's official call for nominations for all national officer and chapter delegate
- [El NWU se suma al manifiesto en contra del golpismo judicial y mediático en España](https://nwu.org/el-nwu-se-suma-al-manifiesto-en-contra-del-golpismo-judicial-y-mediatico-en-espana/) - El Sindicato Nacional de Escritores de EE. UU. (NWU, por sus siglas en inglés) apela al espíritu democrático y al rigor periodístico y hace un llamado urgente para que las cabeceras españolas contrasten la información antes de difundir informaciones sobre cualquier dirigente o fuerza política incluyendo el Presidente español, Pedro Sánchez. Nuestro llamado y apoyo
- [PJS Calls for Boycott of White House Correspondents' Dinner](https://nwu.org/pjs-boycott/) - We support the call of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate to boycott tomorrow's White House Correspondents' Dinner. More than 100 journalists and media workers have been killed in the past six months of Israel's war on Gaza, backed by the United States government. As PJS writes, "By standing in solidarity with Palestinian journalists, we uphold the
- [The National Writers Union Takes on a New Logo, and a New Vision](https://nwu.org/new-logo-new-vision/) - “We don't need any more writers as solitary heroes. We need a heroic writers' movement: assertive, militant, pugnacious.” - Toni Morrison, 1981 In 2023, the design firm Cultivate Strategies was brought on to assist our union for a visual brand update. They held listening sessions, sent out surveys, & conducted a thorough brand audit to
- [FSP Opens Elections for 2024 Steering Committee!](https://nwu.org/fsp-elections-2024/) - The Freelance Solidarity Project / Digital Media Division is now electing its 2024-25 steering committee. Voting is open to FSP members between now and April 15 at midnight PT. The steering committee will be responsible for shaping the division's strategy, supporting members on planning projects and events, communicating with membership, and guiding the ongoing work
- [Kacey Carpenter: From Politics to Mystery, a Journey of Words](https://nwu.org/kacey-carpenter-from-politics-to-mystery-a-journey-of-words/) - Oregon-based author and National Writers Union (NWU) member, Kacey Carpenter, has launched his second book, "READY, SET, GO! Playbook for Campaigns, Candidates, and Causes". This insightful guide follows his debut book, "My Journey with Bernie”, and continues the political series with practical advice for those involved in campaigns and causes. Carpenter, who also publishes a
- [Writing to the Bone: The Boston Book Party](https://nwu.org/writing-to-the-bone-the-boston-book-party/) - We gathered in person – first time since 2020! – for our Book Party celebration of members with recently published books. At least 50 writers, book-lovers, fans and friends enjoyed the three-hour party at the Dance Complex in Cambridge. Chapter Chair Willie Wideman-Pleasants fulfilled the promise she made at last year’s virtual party – “next
- [NWU Members activist fiction writing workshop](https://nwu.org/nwu-members-activist-fiction-writing-workshop/) - Radical Elders (RE) invites you to a hybrid activist fiction writing workshop led by NWU members Juliana Barnet and Maritza Arrastia from the perspective that writing can be an effective and important form of activism. The workshop is part of RE’s National Elders Day of Action, to be held on Saturday, March 16, 2024 -
- [Soccer reporter banned for doing journalism](https://nwu.org/soccer-reporter-banned-for-doing-journalism/) - Laurel Pfahler had been covering her city’s Major League Soccer team, FC Cincinnati, since before it was a Major League Soccer team. Her coverage ended when the team informed her that her credentials that allow her into the stadium on game day would not be honored. ”This is bad…bad for journalism and bad for sports
- [Senator Scott Wiener announces CA Senate Bill 988, the Freelance Worker Protection Act](https://nwu.org/senator-scott-wiener-announces-ca-senate-bill-988-the-freelance-worker-protection-act/) - Senator Wiener Introduces Bill to Expand Freelance Worker Protections SACRAMENTO – January 31, 2024 — Today, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) announced Senate Bill 988 (SB 988), the Freelance Worker Protection Act. SB 988 provides basic protections — enforced by the State Labor Commissioner and the Attorney General — for freelance workers, including the right
- [Enforcing our rights to our web content shouldn't be this hard](https://nwu.org/enforcing-our-rights-to-our-web-content-shouldnt-be-this-hard/) - Today 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". In its current rulemaking, the Copyright Office -- after consulting news
- [Deadline to File Claim Against L'Officiel is Dec. 7](https://nwu.org/deadline-to-file-claim-against-lofficiel-is-dec-7/) - Have you freelanced for L’Officiel? Were you, like dozens of other freelancers, not paid what you are owed? You may be eligible for double damages! Last July, following advocacy by FSP-NWU and our coalition partners, the City of New York announced that they settled a lawsuit brought against L’Officiel USA, the American subsidiary of a
- [L'Officiel to Pay $275,000 to 41 Freelance Workers!](https://nwu.org/lofficiel-to-pay-275000-to-41-freelance-workers/) - For Immediate Release Contact: Larry Goldbetter: lgoldbetter@nwu.org 212-254-0275 French Fashion Media Company L’Officiel Settles With New York City July 11th, 2023 NEW YORK—The City of New York City announced today that they have settled a lawsuit against L ’Officiel USA, the American subsidiary of the French-owned global media company that operates several print and digital
- [The State of Our Union](https://nwu.org/the-state-of-our-union/) - State of the Union: NWU is doing well, with many weaknesses and limited capacity. As of this writing we have just over 1,000 current members, which fluctuates up to 1200. We are holding our own, numbers wise, but we are growing stronger internally, which is the key, and the prerequisite for growing. Today, the union
- [NWU Releases Platform and Principles for Policy on Generative AI](https://nwu.org/nwu-releases-platform-and-principles-for-policy-on-generative-ai/) - After many months spent organizing, strategizing, and working collectively towards a draft both ambitious in scope and reflective of our members’ wide-ranging experiences and perspectives, the NWU Generative AI Working Group has at last ratified our Platform and Principles for Policy on Generative AI. (The final vote was 95.8% in favor, 4.2% opposed. No abstentions.)
- [IFJ ExCom Meets – NWU Sends $10,000 to the Safety Fund for Palestinian Journalists](https://nwu.org/ifj-excom-meets-nwu-sends-10000-to-the-safety-fund-for-palestinian-journalists/) - The IFJ Executive Committee met via zoom on November 28-29. What dominated the meeting, as has much of our work and thinking, is the current war in Gaza and the collective punishment being imposed on the more than 2.5 million workers and families living there for the criminal attack by Hamas on October 7. IFJ
- [Literary Translators are Organizing with NWU](https://nwu.org/literary-translators-are-organizing-with-nwu/) - Literary translators are excited to be taking their first steps toward forming a division in the National Writers Union! Advocacy for better contractual terms and working conditions by literary translators, who are all freelance workers, has been ongoing for years, even decades, mostly through professional organizations, and some advances have been made. We have a
- [NY Governor Hochul Signs “Freelance Isn’t Free” into Law](https://nwu.org/ny-governor-hochul-signs-freelance-isnt-free-into-law/) - Albany, NY – Yesterday, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Freelance Isn’t Free Act (S5026) into law. The bill will protect contract and freelance workers by ensuring we receive appropriate contracts for our work, are paid within 30 days of the work being completed. As a result of negotiations between the legislature and Governor Hochul, we
- [NWU RESONATES with Audio Freelancers](https://nwu.org/nwu-resonates-with-audio-freelancers/) - In early November, member-organizers Olivia Aylmer, Jordan Mays, Alexis Gunderson, and Rider Alsop spread the word about organizing in audio while tabling at the second-annual RESONATE Podcast Festival in Richmond, Virginia. Hundreds of audio workers, from industry newcomers to seasoned producers, convened at the Institute for Contemporary Art to build community, share knowledge, and celebrate the audio craft. In a year
- [Imparcialidad Periodística en el Conflicto Palestino-Israelí](https://nwu.org/imparcialidad-periodistica-en-el-conflicto-palestino-israeli/) - Desde los injustificables ataques de Hamás contra civiles israelíes, el ejército israelí ha matado a más de mil cuatrocientas personas en Gaza, donde además ha cortado los alimentos, el agua y la electricidad a más de dos millones de personas. En el momento de escribir este artículo, se está efectuando una limpieza étnica masiva. Israel
- [Writers and "Generative AI"](https://nwu.org/writers-and-generative-ai/) - How will "generative artificial intelligence" affect writers and other media workers? To ask the question in this way almost seems to imply that we are passive objects of forces unleashed by venture capitalists and Internet platforms. But as a union, we don't accept a role of passive victimhood. Our goal is to use the power
- [Statement from the Leadership of the National Writers Union on the War in Gaza](https://nwu.org/statement-from-the-leadership-of-the-national-writers-union-on-the-war-in-gaza/) - Since Hamas’s unconscionable attack on Israeli civilians, the Israeli military has killed more than fourteen hundred people in Gaza and cut off food, water, and electricity to more than two million people. As of this writing, in a massive ethnic cleansing, Israel is forcibly displacing more than a million people as it prepares a ground
- [Creators call for action on AI copyright exceptions](https://nwu.org/creators-call-for-action-on-ai-copyright-exceptions/) - An exceptionally diverse coalition of creative workers including the National Writers Union (NWU) and other writers, illustrators, photographers, graphic artists, digital media workers, journalists, novelists, playwrights, composers, and songwriters today issued a joint call for action to redress the damage being done by copying of our creative work, without our permission and without compensation, to
- [NWU Celebrates Illinois’ Governor Pritzker Signing the Freelance Worker Protection Act, Setting a Nationwide Standard for  Protections for Freelancers](https://nwu.org/nwu-celebrates-illinois-governor-pritzker-signing-the-freelance-worker-protection-act-setting-a-nationwide-standard-for-protections-for-freelancers/) - Springfield, IL — On Friday, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzer signed the Freelance Worker Protection Act (HB1122) into law. The National Writers Union (NWU) celebrates Illinois setting a nationwide standard as it becomes the first state to enact legislation protecting freelance workers. Under FWPA, sponsored by Representative Will Guzzardi (D-Chicago) and Senator Cristina Pacione-Zayas (D-Chicago), freelancers
- [AI Grief](https://nwu.org/ai-grief/) - An AI detector program called Originality.ai has brought my writing career to a heartbreaking standstill. For an undisclosed reason, all of my fully human writing flags a 60-95% probability of AI authoring. My client trusted this score over me, a tenured writer with proof of authorship. When I reached out to Originality.ai, their only proposed
- [Al Weinrub - RIP](https://nwu.org/al-weinrub-rip/) - Al Weinrub, a life-long political activist and former 1st VP of NWU, passed away on August 30, 2023. He was surrounded by love and song, and held by loved ones with whom he dreamt and fought for a better world. His service is scheduled for Saturday, September 23 and will be livestreamed. Please write to
- [Solidarity this Labor Day, and Every Day!](https://nwu.org/solidarity-this-labor-day-and-every-day/)
- [Poetry Under the Oaks](https://nwu.org/poetry-under-the-oaks/) - The Twelfth Annual New York City Poetry Festival was held on Governors Island from Saturday July 29th through Sunday, July 30th. Hosted by The Poetry Society of New York, Governors Island was home of the Indigenous Lenape people. Picturesque gardens, art showcases, themed dance events, workshops, and crafts venues are open at minimal costs (some
- [NWU Stands with WGA/SAG-AFTRA!](https://nwu.org/nwu-stands-with-wga-sag-aftra/) - The National Writers Union stands in solidarity with the workers of SAG-AFTRA and the WGA. Central to the strike is the industry's use of AI, for which SAG-AFTRA is demanding “informed consent and fair compensation". As a union of multidisciplinary writers and media workers, we’re acutely aware of the way creative labor is devalued and
- [NWU Stands with WGA!!!](https://nwu.org/nwu-stands-with-wga/) - All About the Writers Strike: What Does the WGA Want and Why Are They Fighting So Hard for it? (explainer by NWU Freelance Solidarity Project member Eric Thurm)
- [NWU Urges IL Gov. Pritzker to Sign the Freelance Worker Protection Act](https://nwu.org/nwu-urges-il-gov-pritzker-to-sign-the-freelance-worker-protection-act/) - The National Writers Union today called on Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker to sign a proposed new law designed to protect freelance writers, graphic artists, photographers, online content providers, website designers and numerous other contract workers from being cheated out of all or part of their pay. The president of the Writers Union, Larry Goldbetter, urged
- [NWU Testifies at Hearing on Generative AI](https://nwu.org/nwu-testifies-at-hearing-on-generative-ai/) - The NWU was invited to testify at the first of a series of listening sessions on the implications of generative artificial intelligence on April 19, 2023. This wass the first step in a lengthy public consultation process by the U.S. Copyright Office, which is hosting these events. The April 19 session focused on "literary works,"
- [Last Chance to Save Assange and Safeguard Press Freedom](https://nwu.org/last-chance-to-save-assange-and-safeguard-press-freedom/) - (Statement by Dominique Pradalié, President of the International Federation of Journalists, for worldwide actions on July 2, 2023, in support of freedom for jailed journalist Julian Assange.) For the past decade the pursuit of Julian Assange has consumed me with fear – both for Wikileaks founder himself and for all the other journalists who would
- [Palestinian Journalists Syndicate Congress Held in Ramallah](https://nwu.org/palestinian-journalists-syndicate-congress-held-in-ramallah/) - Ramallah, Palestine May 25 – “They attack us because we are witnesses…We will never give up.” That’s how PJS President and IFJ Vice President, Nasser Abu Bakr opened the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) Congress. The hybrid mass event was attended by about 2,000 delegates, half of them attending online from Gaza. Members of the IFJ
- [IFJ ExCom Meets in Athens](https://nwu.org/ifj-excom-meets-in-athens/) - The IFJ ExCom was held in Athens on April 20-22. The ExCom, elected at the last Congress, includes representatives from Peru, Colombia, Panama, Angola, Cameroon, Somalia, Libya, Tunisia, Oman, India, Palestine, France, Germany, UK, Spain, Australia, Canada and the US. Maybe the most pressing issue on the agenda is the developing split within the federation,
- [NWU Represents at Community Media Advocacy Day](https://nwu.org/nwu-represents-at-community-media-advocacy-day/) - Albany, NY May 16 - I participated in the press conference that took place on the occasion of the Community Media Advocacy Day in Albany, NY. Below are my remarks on, "The importance of local journalism and community media.'' Journalism is the Fourth pillar of democracy and plays a critical role in a civil society.
- [NWU and IFJ raise our voices for jailed journalists at UN World Press Freedom Day](https://nwu.org/nwu-and-ifj-raise-our-voices-for-jailed-journalists-at-un-world-press-freedom-day/) - NWU members Despina Afentouli (photo above) and Edward Hasbrouck, along with members of other affiliates of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), represented the NWU and IFJ at an all-day symposium held in the General Assembly chamber at United Nations headquarters in New York on World Press Freedom Day, May 2, 2023. We distributed a
- [Free Mumia!](https://nwu.org/free-mumia/) - On March 9, a delegation visited Mumia at SCI Mahanoy Prison in Pennsylvania, made up of Jacky Hortaut of the French Collective for the Liberation of Mumia, Patrick Kamenka, representative of the French SNJ-CGT National Union of Journalists, and NWU President Larry Goldbetter representing the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). The visit began with a message of
- [Announcing NWU National, Chapter and Delegate Elections  ](https://nwu.org/announcing-nwu-national-chapter-and-delegate-elections/) - It’s time for NWU elections. Later this month you will receive a call for nominations that will include a description of each office and instructions on how to self-nominate for the position of your choice. All contested elections will be conducted electronically under the direction and supervision of E-Ballot. They will send out the ballots
- [Driving Uber](https://nwu.org/driving-uber/) - Since the beginning of the year, I’ve supplemented my freelance writing income as an Uber driver. Though I vowed in May 2004 never to drive a taxi after the minor accident for which I was well-compensated thanks to the whole team of Nehora Law Firm who get me the justice I deserved. At times using
- [Federal Judge Rules Internet Archive Infringes Authors' and Publishers' Copyrights](https://nwu.org/federal-judge-rules-internet-archive-infringes-authors-and-publishers-copyright/) - Vindicating the NWU's position, a federal District Court judge in New York City has ruled that the Internet Archive infringed authors' and publishers' copyrights when it made and distributed unauthorized digital copies of printed books. This decision is almost certain to be appealed to the Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, but it's a
- [NWU and allies urge easier, cheaper copyright registration for online work](https://nwu.org/nwu-and-allies-urge-easier-cheaper-copyright-registration-for-online-work/) - The NWU and National Press Photographers Association filed written comments yesterday with the US Copyright Office to create a new procedure to register multiple written works first distributed online. The intent is that the collection of works can be registered for a single fee and with a single application. This proposalwas made in response to a petition initiated by the
- [Writing History Daily](https://nwu.org/writing-history-daily/) - (NWU is proud to showcase this piece from NWU member Mumia Abu-Jamal in love and solidarity. We are excited to announce that this is the first of what will become a regular column for Mumia in the NWU newsletter. The struggle goes on, under any and all conditions.) Many years ago, while working in public radio,
- [How writers monetize words: The marketplaces for writing in digital formats](https://nwu.org/how-writers-monetize-words-the-marketplaces-for-writing-in-digital-formats/) - The Internet is often depicted as a threat to traditional print publishing and traditional print publishers -- which it is. But the Internet has also created many new digital publishing and income opportunities for tech-savvy, innovative, and entrepreneurial writers. This includes ways to make money from business models and types of writing that would be
- [Freelance Isn't Free Passes in L.A.](https://nwu.org/freelance-isnt-free-passes-in-l-a/) - The Los Angeles City Council has passed a city-wide version of Freelance Isn't Free, which will enact some much-needed basic protections for freelancers in the city. The city's iteration of the law is comparatively limited, applying only to freelancers who live in the city of Los Angeles proper. However, we are confident that the LA Freelance Isn't Free
- [Freelance Isn't Free Comes to Los Angeles](https://nwu.org/freelance-isnt-free-comes-to-los-angeles/) - For Immediate Release- February 24, 2023 Contact: Jake Flynn, 213.473.7003, cell- 310.663.3770 **PRESS RELEASE** ‘FREELANCE ISN’T FREE ACT’ ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL, ESTABLISHES NEW PROTECTIONS FOR FREELANCE WORKERS With over 300,000 freelancers in LA, Blumenfield’s law established new, vital protections, supporting the City’s economy and job prospects. Los Angeles, CA – Today, the LA City
- [Freelance Still Isn’t Free](https://nwu.org/freelance-still-isnt-free/) - Senator Gounardes, Assemblymember Bronson Re-Introduce Legislation to Protect Rights & Wages of Freelancers Statewide ‘Freelance Isn’t Free’ would extend protections to independent workers statewide; was passed by the NYS legislature last session, but vetoed by the Governor Albany, NY – Today, State Senator Andrew Gounardes and Assemblymember Harry Bronson reintroduced their Freelance Isn’t Free bill
- [Join the Poetry Corner](https://nwu.org/join-the-poetry-corner/) - The debut of a NWU Poet’s Corner might be overdue, but as you well know nothing happens before it’s time. Audience participation to poetry performed jointly with both NWU and The Rebel Poets during last year’s NYC Poetry Festival segued into the idea of The Poet’s Corner. In fact, Ms. Faiz has secured our attendance
- [Lobby Day in Albany](https://nwu.org/lobby-day-in-albany-2/) - Four NWU-FSP members joined the Fund Excluded Workers Coalition on a lobby day trip to Albany in late January. As part of the coalition, we are advocating for New York to enact the Unemployment Bridge Program, a permanent $500 million fund that will provide the equivalent of unemployment insurance to workers excluded from traditional unemployment,
- [Lobby Day in Albany](https://nwu.org/lobby-day-in-albany/) - Four NWU-FSP members joined the Fund Excluded Workers Coalition on a lobby day trip to Albany in late January. As part of the coalition, we are advocating for New York to enact the Unemployment Bridge Program, a permanent $500 million fund that will provide the equivalent of unemployment insurance to workers excluded from traditional unemployment,
- [Inter-Union Town Hall on Artificial Intelligence](https://nwu.org/inter-union-town-hall-on-artificial-intelligence/) - Dozens of members of NWU, WGAE, NewsGuild and NABET got together on Zoom in early February for a virtual town hall about AI in the newsroom. NewsGuild President Jon Schleuss opened the call by giving a brief overview of how ChatGPT works, followed by a quick demonstration of what that AI chatbot might spit out
- [FSP Elects Co-Chairs](https://nwu.org/digital-media-division-elections/) - The Freelance Solidarity Project — NWU's Digital Media Division — elected its first two co-chairs for 2023, with Olivia Schwob serving as Administrative Coordinator and Abigail Higgins serving as Member Organizer. The co-chairs, along with a new Steering Committee structure, are part of an effort to make the Freelance Solidarity Project’s ambitious organizing more sustainable
- [How Many More Must Die?](https://nwu.org/how-many-more-must-die/) - On January 7, 2023, a video was obtained by the Memphis, Tennessee Police Department of five African American police officers, now fired, for the horrendous violent arrest and murder of Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop. Mr. Nichols, a 29-year-old African American father, skateboard enthusiast, FedEx employee, and a “nearly perfect son,” as his mother,
- [Some Notes on the Earthquake in Turkey](https://nwu.org/some-notes-on-the-earthquake-in-turkey/) - 1. There were two waves; one of them is 7.8, the next one 7.5. It hit 10 provinces. 2. Thousands of buildings collapsed. The body county passed 11,000 today. And these are the numbers coming from hospital morgues. Thousands of people are still missing. 3. Earthquake is natural, the consequences are very political and socio-economic.
- [Ramón V Pebenito, ¡Presente!](https://nwu.org/ramon-v-pebenito-presente/) - Our comrade, Ramón V Pebenito, passed away by 1 a.m. on Friday, December 30th. He lost his long-time battle with cancer. We are deeply saddened with his loss. He has been active in community organizing in several fields, namely housing and food justices, and working diligently within black and brown communities. In a short amount
- [What's In a Signature Line?](https://nwu.org/whats-in-a-signature-line/) - WHAT'S IN A SIGNATURE LINE? by Barbara Beckwith First, for those who don’t know: a signature line is text that automatically appears at the bottom of every email you send or respond to. John McDaid uses different “sig lines” in four contexts. He uses one for personal emails that end with just his name and
- [NYS Governor Hochul Vetos Freelance Isn't Free](https://nwu.org/nys-governor-hochul-vetos-freelance-isnt-free/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Release for: December 23, 2022 Contact: Meredith Tannor, 646-226-0946, mtannor@freelancersunion.org (NWU) Eric Thurm: (914) 275-1122 eric.d.thurm@gmail.com Rafael Espinal, Executive Director of the Freelancers Union and Larry Goldbetter, President of the National Writers Union Respond to Unfortunate News of Governor Kathy Hochul Vetoing the NYS Freelance Isn’t Free Law, Which Would Have
- [We’re Freelancers, but We’re Striking in Solidarity with New York Times Employees](https://nwu.org/were-freelancers-but-were-striking-in-solidarity-with-new-york-times-employees/) - This story first appeared in The Nation on December 8, 2022 The resurgence of American labor organizing has relied on solidarity beyond the bargaining unit—and that’s what we’re offering. By Bryce Covert, Jillian Steinhauer and Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein Today, more than 1,100 unionized newsroom employees at The New York Times will walk out, refusing to work for an entire day. For the past
- [Highlights of the Recent IFJ Executive Committee Meeting](https://nwu.org/highlights-of-the-recent-ifj-executive-committee-meeting/) - The IFJ Executive Committee met on November 28-29. The IFJ has about 160 affiliate unions in 148 countries, representing around 600,000 journalists. Here are some of the highlights from that meeting. Three Unions Join the IFJ: The Tehran Journalists Association (TJA), the Afghan Independent Journalists Union (AIJU), and the National Syndicate of Journalists of Comoriens
- [International News Outlets Call on the DoJ to Drop the Charges Against Julian Assange](https://nwu.org/international-news-outlets-call-on-the-doj-to-drop-the-charges-against-julian-assange/) - “Holding governments accountable is part of the core mission of a free press in a democracy.” So said, The New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde, Der Spiegel and El Pais in a joint letter on November 28, calling on the US Department of Justice to drop the charges and stop the extradition of Julian
- [FSP Strategy Summit: The Sequel](https://nwu.org/fsp-strategy-summit-the-sequel/) - Freelance Solidarity Project (FSP) members reconvened on December 4 to build upon our early October summit takeaways, delve deeper into 2023 priorities, and collectively envision the kind of life we want for freelancers and precarious workers everywhere. We welcomed both New York City-based members in person and virtually from around the country, and were once
- [Here's a Legislative Update](https://nwu.org/heres-a-legislative-update/) - As we prepare to head into 2023, NWU is well-positioned to lead efforts to pass several laws improving working conditions for writers, freelancers, and other precarious workers. The Illinois version of Freelance Isn't Free has sponsors in both houses of the state legislature. In Columbus, we have a member of the city council working
- [NWU Boston Chapter at the Boston Book Festival](https://nwu.org/nwu-boston-chapter-at-the-boston-book-festival/) - On Saturday, October 29, the Boston Chapter of NWU had a booth at the Boston Book Festival in Copley Square. The festival has taken place since 2008. The attendance is typically between 25,000 to 30,000 people. It was a beautiful fall day in Boston, and the city was filled with book lovers of all ages,
- [NWU stands up for writers at IFRRO annual meeting](https://nwu.org/nwu-stands-up-for-writers-at-ifrro-annual-meeting/) - The NWU's Edward Hasbrouck represented both the NWU and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), of which the NWU is an affiliate, at the annual meeting of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations (IFRRO) held from October 24-27, 2022, in Brussels, Belgium. Participation in IFRRO has been an important part of the NWU's work
- [NY City Councilmembers Introduce Freelance Protection Package](https://nwu.org/ny-city-councilmembers-introduce-freelance-protection-package/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Release For 11/22/2022 Contact: Eric Thurm ethurm@nwu.org (914) 275-1122 New York, NY — Today the National Writers Union (NWU) announces our support for the bill package supporting freelance workers introduced by New York City Councilmembers Chi Ossé and Keith Powers. Since it was enacted in 2017, New York City’s Freelance Isn’t
- [Unconventional Formats](https://nwu.org/unconventional-formats/) - UNCONVENTIONAL FORMATS by Barbara Beckwith I’ve always been fascinated by novelists who dare to eschew usual first or third person, or other narrative conventions, and still create a satisfying story. Julie Otsuka’s The Buddha in the Attic, concerning Japanese “picture brides” brought to the U.S. in the early 1900s, is told from the “we” point of view. Remarkably,
- [NWU meets with Europeans on plans for "out-of-commerce" works](https://nwu.org/nwu-meets-with-europeans-on-plans-for-out-of-commerce-works/) - Representatives of the NWU, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) participated in a workshop on implementation of the provisions of the EU copyright directive for "out-of-commerce" works hosted by IFRRO in Brussels on February 23, 2020. IFRRO and IFJ were the only global organizations represented at the workshop, and
- [We Won! Freelance Isn't Free Passes in NYS!](https://nwu.org/we-won-freelance-isnt-free-passes-in-nys/) - On Friday, June 3, the “Freelance Isn’t Free” bill sponsored by Senator Andrew Gounardes and Assemblymember Harry Bronson passed both the Senate and the Assembly. The bill will move to the Governor’s desk, where it will await her signature to be signed into New York State law. Thousands of freelancers—both those living in New York,
- [Freelance Isn't Free Slowly Moves Forward](https://nwu.org/freelance-isnt-free-slowly-moves-forward/) - After the New York state legislature passed Freelance Isn't Free in June, elected officials nationwide—and NWU's legislative work—took a summer break. Now, heading into fall and 2023, we have several legislative campaigns going across the country, and plenty of opportunities to get involved. In New York, we're still waiting for Governor Kathy Hochul to sign
- [The Struggle for University City Homes](https://nwu.org/the-struggle-for-university-city-homes/) - The Struggle for University City Homes by Irving C Jones Recently, I visited University City Townhomes in West Philadelphia/University City, Philadelphia. I noticed a great array of tables and tents, with tee-shirts, buttons and flyers, most of which had to do with protesting the eviction of the tenants of the public housing project known as
- [Legislative Update](https://nwu.org/legislative-update/) - After the New York state legislature passed Freelance Isn't Free in June, elected officials nationwide—and NWU's legislative work—took a summer break. Now, heading into fall and 2023, we have several legislative campaigns going across the country, and plenty of opportunities to get involved. In New York, we're still waiting for Governor Kathy Hochul to sign
- [Joint Statement in Response to Fight for the Future’s Letter Falsely Claiming that the Lawsuit Against Internet Archive’s Open Library Harms Public Libraries](https://nwu.org/joint-statement-in-response-to-fight-for-the-futures-letter-falsely-claiming-that-the-lawsuit-against-internet-archives-open-library-harms-public-libraries/) - The following organizations are deeply troubled by Fight for the Future’s letter “In Solidarity with Libraries” that a number of authors have signed. While there are principles stated in the letter with which we agree, it is highly misleading both regarding the lawsuits that publishers have filed against the Internet Archive’s Open Library and in
- [FSP Looks to the Future at Strategy Summit](https://nwu.org/fsp-looks-to-the-future-at-strategy-summit/) - New York, October 3 – Four years after Freelance Solidarity Project’s 2018 founding, members met on Sunday for an energizing summit to discuss our progress, outline 2023 strategic goals, and shape our union’s future direction. The half-day hybrid meeting, facilitated by organizer Megan McRobert, welcomed New York City-based members in person at the new NWU
- [The Nation and the National Writers Union Reach an Agreement](https://nwu.org/the-nation-and-the-national-writers-union-reach-an-agreement/) - This article first appeared in The Nation (September 6, 2022) The challenges freelance journalists face are no secret: payments delayed for months (sometimes failing to arrive at all), editors ghosting, while long and often uncompensated hours and isolation are all part of the job. Freelancers also pay for their own work expenses and health care
- [Authors Object to the Internet Archive's Book Piracy](https://nwu.org/authors-object-to-the-internet-archives-book-piracy/) - Reaffirming our longstanding objections to the Internet Archive's distribution of unauthorized digital copies of books in which our work has been published, the NWU has joined almost two dozen national and international organizations of writers, photographers, and visual artists in a friend of the court brief in opposition to the Internet Archive's book-scanning and so-called
- [We Need a Law to Support Local Journalism](https://nwu.org/we-need-a-law-to-support-local-journalism/) - Northwestern University's Medill Institute recently released, "The State of Local News 2022: Expanding News Deserts, Growing Gaps, Emerging Models." This report out of the institute's Local News Initiative of has inspired a series of editorials on the crisis of local journalism in newspapers across the country. These include Katrina vanden Heuvel's column in the Washington Post "Save
- [Media Workers Plan "Freelance Isn't Free" Campaign for IL](https://nwu.org/media-workers-plan-freelance-isnt-free-campaign-for-il/) - Chicago, IL - July 21: Today, about 20 freelance media workers gathered for a happy hour to learn more about the Freelance Isn't Free law. This was the first in-person event hosted in Chicago by the Freelance Solidarity Project (FSP), the Digital Media division of NWU. Writers, editors, critics, fact-checkers, data reporters and production assistants
- [El Sindicato Nacional de Escritores condena la corrupción periodística del director de la televisora española La Sexta por influir en las elecciones presidenciales de España usando “fake news”](https://nwu.org/el-sindicato-nacional-de-escritores-condena-la-corrupcion-periodistica-del-director-de-la-televisora-espanola-la-sexta-por-influir-en-las-elecciones-presidenciales-de-espana-usando-fake-news/) - El Sindicato Nacional de Escritores (NWU) de EEUU condena tajantemente la manipulación informativa y la praxis antiprofesional y antidemocrática de Antonio García Ferreras, director de la cadena televisiva española La Sexta, tras la difusión en 2016 de informaciones falsas sobre el entonces candidato a la presidencia por el partido Unidas Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, semanas previas
- [We stand in solidarity with Kurdish journalists in the face of recent attacks from Erdogan regime](https://nwu.org/we-stand-in-solidarity-with-kurdish-journalists-in-the-face-of-recent-attacks-from-erdogan-regime/) - The National Writers Union condemns the recent arrests of 16 journalists by Turkish authorities. We are closely watching the situation as the Erdoğan government is attacking journalists, academics, political organizers and all the social opposition to keep its power. We are particularly aware that the Kurdish people face constant oppression, mass arrest, closure of their
- [PJS: The US Report Legalizes the Killing of Palestinian Journalists and Justifies Israeli Crimes Against Journalists](https://nwu.org/pjs-the-us-report-legalizes-the-killing-of-palestinian-journalists-and-justifies-israeli-crimes-against-journalists/) - Ramallah, July 4th, 2022 The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) condemns the report issued by the American investigation committee, describing it very dangerous and eliminates international protection of Palestinian journalists and workers in the Palestinian territories. The PJS considers the “American experts’ report”, regarding the examination of the Israeli bullet that killed the martyr journalist Shireen
- [NWU Statement on Abortion Rights](https://nwu.org/nwu-statement-on-abortion-rights/) - The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which has guaranteed the constitutional right to abortion for the past 50 years, is a brazen attack on the right to bodily autonomy. Making one's own decisions about medical care is a fundamental human right, and eliminating access to abortion will have a devastating impact on
- [Freelance Isn't Free is Coming to LA!](https://nwu.org/freelance-isnt-free-is-coming-to-la/) - Los Angeles, June 28 - Yesterday the City Council Committee on Economic Development and Jobs voted unanimously to have the City Attorney draft an ordinance to make Freelance Isn't Free the law in LA. The new law will take effect on July 1, 2023, giving the City time to fund staff and enforcement mechanisms, and will coincide with
- [The Capitol Riot](https://nwu.org/the-capitol-riot/) - After the Presidential election last November, we ran a piece, "The War Is Not Over." On January 6, a racist mob, urged on by Trump & Co., attacked the US Capitol building and assaulted media workers covering the riot. Journalists outside the Capitol were threatened and surrounded, equipment destroyed and stolen. “Murder the media” was
- [Sue Davis's Abortion-Themed Novel Still Resonates](https://nwu.org/sue-daviss-abortion-themed-novel-still-resonates/) - With the Supreme Court’s expected overturn of Roe v, Wade, nuanced perspectives on abortion are rare. So it’s a good time to revisit Susan Elizabeth Davis’s Love Means Second Chances. Her novel empathetically conveys the real-life impacts of reproductive choice on a mother, daughter and grandmother, whose different feelings about abortion threaten to tear them apart. “Set in the 1990s, this book
- [Report from the 2022 Congress of the International Federation of Journalists](https://nwu.org/report-from-the-2022-congress-of-the-international-federation-of-journalists/) - June 6, 2022 - Omanis are known for their easeful hospitality, and so it was that, in late May, a group of us journalists, having arrived via Doha, were received with a platter of tea and dates at the Muscat airport. In a waiting room reserved for delegates of the 31st congress of the International Federation
- [NWU joins Creators Conference, May 11, 2022](https://nwu.org/nwu-joins-creators-conference-may-11-2022/) - The NWU and allied organizations representing people who earn our living as creators of copyrighted works will take part in a free, online conference on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, "Creators and Their Advocates on How Writers, Photographers, Illustrators, Designers, Dramatists, Songwriters, and Composers Are Being Taken Advantage of -- and What We Can Do About
- [NWU Joins International Press Organizations Charging Israel with War Crimes](https://nwu.org/nwu-joins-international-press-organizations-charging-israel-with-war-crimes/) - On May 27, the national officers, chapter chairs and delegates of the National Writers Union completed voting unanimously to join the case filed by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) with the International Criminal Court (ICC) charging Israel with war crimes for targeting journalists. We call all US press
- [We Need Federal Funding for Distance Learning, During the Pandemic -- and After](https://nwu.org/we-need-federal-funding-for-distance-learning-during-the-pandemic-and-after/) - The COVID-19 pandemic has created a huge increase in demand for digital copying and distribution of written (and visual) materials for distance learning at all levels. This includes everything from current news articles to textbook content to literature and non-fiction books. Writers are, of course, eager to make our works more widely available -- and
- [Toby Emmer - Presente!](https://nwu.org/toby-emmer-presente/) - Relatively few knew that Toby’s first name was Evelyn. Fewer still knew that some called her Havela. Although anti-religious to the core, she was proud of her Jewish heritage, including the grandfather who carried a bullet from a Bund mission. One of her prized possessions was the yellow star that came down to her from
- [Survey Shows that 62% of NY Freelancers Experience Non-Payment - Need Freelance Isn't Free Law Statewide](https://nwu.org/survey-shows-that-62-of-ny-freelancers-experience-non-payment-need-freelance-isnt-free-law-statewide/) - For Immediate Release Sixty-Two Percent of NY Freelance Workers Report Never Being Paid for Work Performed Says New Survey Survey also found that nearly 40 percent of freelancers have had difficulty paying rent or other bills due to nonpayment for services rendered New York (May 11, 2022): A survey by the Authors Guild, Freelancers Union,
- [New York May Day 2022: Workers took the lead](https://nwu.org/new-york-may-day-2022-workers-took-the-lead/) - New York City has always been called a union town. This year, May Day was owned by workers and the oppressed than in previous years. As we talked with attendees to May Day events, they have two main talking points; the inter-imperialist war in Ukraine and the working class organizing wave in the USA. Anger
- [Support Builds for NYS “Freelance Isn’t Free” Bill](https://nwu.org/support-builds-for-nys-freelance-isnt-free-bill/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tyler Adams, 917-597-4736, tyler@senatorgounardes.nyc To view the livestream of the press conference, click here Additional photos and videos available on request Support Builds for “Freelance Isn’t Free” Bill to Protect Freelancers Against Wage Theft Statewide One-Third of Americans Are Freelance or Contract Workers; S8369/A9368 Would Ensure Freelancers Receive Contracts, Payment Senator
- [Join "On the Front Lines": Freelancers in the Ukraine War Zone](https://nwu.org/join-on-the-front-lines-freelancers-in-the-ukraine-war-zone/) - "Local journalists" and "fixers" are often undervalued & ill-supported in spite of their vital contributions to conflict journalism. At @FSP_NWUwe're hosting a panel Wed. 4/20 at 1pm EDT to hear from Ukrainian freelancers about the challenges they're facing & the support they need
- [Pay the 200 Former Black News Channel (BNC) Media Workers!](https://nwu.org/pay-the-200-former-black-news-channel-bnc-media-workers/) - The National Writers Union stands in solidarity with the 200+ former Black News Channel (BNC) workers who were impacted by the company’s abrupt closure. On March 24, 2022, employees learned that the paychecks they were expecting would be delayed. On what should have been payday, March 25, 2022, BNC ceased operations two years after its
- [5 Points on BBC Strike in Turkey: How did journalists win?](https://nwu.org/5-points-on-bbc-strike-in-turkey-how-did-journalists-win/) - Author: İlyas Coşkun, Occupational Rights Officer at Journalists' Union of Turkey (TGS) We had 15 days that were educational for everyone. We tested the strength of our unity with the cold weather. BBC employees on strike, Journalists' Union of Turkey, those whose hearts and words are with us, visiting colleagues, everyone who objects to low
- [Invasion of Ukraine Threatens Wider War - Demands International Solidarity](https://nwu.org/invasion-of-ukraine-threatens-wider-war-demands-international-solidarity/) - The world today is a very dangerous place. The Russian invasion of Ukraine marks a new threat level of a possible world war. It is a pre-World War I moment, with NATO troops massed in Poland and eastern Europe and more U.S. forces on alert, and more than 200,000 Russian troops on the move in
- [IFJ Calls on Unesco to Protect Journalists in Ukraine](https://nwu.org/ifj-calls-on-unesco-to-protect-journalists-in-ukraine/) - 27 February 2022 Since the outbreak of Russia's armed conflict against Ukraine, the International Federation of Journalists has been in constant contact with its Ukrainian affiliates, NUJU and IMTUU, and has echoed warnings against journalists being seduced by disinformation. The IFJ and its affiliates around the world call on Unesco to do everything possible to
- [State Senator Andrew Gounardes, Assemblymember Harry Bronson Introduce ‘Freelance Isn’t Free’ Bill to Protect Freelancers Against Wage Theft Statewide ](https://nwu.org/state-senator-andrew-gounardes-assemblymember-harry-bronson-introduce-freelance-isnt-free-bill-to-protect-freelancers-against-wage-theft-statewide/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tyler Adams, 917-597-4736, tyler@senatorgounardes.nyc To view the livestream of the press conference, click here Additional photos and videos available on request State Senator Andrew Gounardes, Assemblymember Harry Bronson Introduce ‘Freelance Isn’t Free’ Bill to Protect Freelancers Against Wage Theft Statewide One-Third of Americans Are Freelance or Contract Workers; S8369 Would Ensure
- [Behind the Scenes with Playwright David Trujillo](https://nwu.org/david-trujillo-talks-about-his-new-play/) - NWU Member David Trujillo is on the eve of debuting his latest play, Legacy of a Garage Band. Here he talks about the story, themes and preparation to open his show in Long Beach, CA, mid-February. The deeper and more complex themes of my new play have to do with the opioid crisis and mental
- [Antitrust, Copyright, and Media Workers' Rights](https://nwu.org/antitrust-copyright-and-media-workers-rights/) - The NWU recently submitted comments to separate inquires from the U.S. Copyright Office and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Our response highlights the need for a wholistic approach to the economic conditions and rights of workers who are not “employees.” A proposition like this needs to recognize the intersectionality of copyright, labor, and antitrust law
- [Freelance Isn’t Free Is Coming to New York State](https://nwu.org/freelance-isnt-free-coming-to-new-york-state/) - The National Writers’ Union and the Freelance Solidarity Project (NWU's Digital Media Division), are working to get a statewide version of the Freelance Isn’t Free Act passed in the New York State legislature this year. The bill, which is being co-sponsored by New York State Senator Andrew Gounardes (Democrat - District 22, in Brooklyn) and
- [An Open Letter to the IOC on the Winter Olympic Games in China](https://nwu.org/an-open-letter-to-ioc-on-the-winter-olympic-games-in-china/) - President Thomas Bach
- [FSP and WGAE Host Joint Event](https://nwu.org/fsp-and-wgae-host-joint-event/) - Recently the Freelance Solidarity Project (FSP) hosted an organizer training facilitated by FSP member and former WGAE staff organizer Megan McRobert. We went through some basics of organizing—from labor history to how to have effective one-on-ones and the elements of a strong union campaign. To practice some of these new skills, we had breakout rooms
- [National Writers Union (NWU) Recruitment Is Not Seasonal!](https://nwu.org/national-writers-union-nwu-recruitment-is-not-seasonal/) - Membership campaigns require inspiring creatives with relational concerns and creating avenues for possible solutions. Reasons to join provide ways to decipher, analyze and share others experience, insight and motivation. Engagement ultimately depends upon the energy you are willing to extend towards a cause, an idea, and shared interests. The NWU website delineates our mission and
- [New York City Sues French Fashion Media Company L'Officiel USA for Failing to Pay NYC Freelancers](https://nwu.org/new-york-city-sues-french-fashion-media-company-lofficiel-usa-for-failing-to-pay-nyc-freelancers/) - December 1, 2021 NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today that the City ’s Law Department and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) have filed a lawsuit against L ’Officiel USA, the American subsidiary of the French-owned global media company that operates several print and digital magazines about fashion, beauty, music, film, literature,
- [The 2021 NWU Delegate Assembly](https://nwu.org/the-2021-nwu-delegate-assembly/) - The 2021 NWU Delegate Assembly (DA) was held online, October 21-23. It was our first DA since leaving the UAW, and coming out of the COVID lockdown. Despite the tremendous hardships faced by freelancers (and all workers) during the pandemic, including loss of work and little if any aid coming from the CARES Act, our
- [DA Resolutions Opposing Police Unions and Welcoming All Media Workers](https://nwu.org/da-resolutions-opposing-police-unions-and-welcoming-all-media-workers/) - The 2021 Delegate Assembly passed the following resolutions. RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE PRESENCE OF POLICE IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT WHEREAS the institution of American policing allows officers to engage in violence, terrorism, and racism with impunity, and WHEREAS the police serve primarily to uphold the interests of capital, property owners, and racial hierarchies, and WHEREAS the
- [Rittenhouse Acquitted – Toni Morrison Banned](https://nwu.org/rittenhouse-acquitted-toni-morrison-banned/) - On November 19, a Wisconsin jury found 18-year-old racist vigilante Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all charges involving the murder of two unarmed protesters and the wounding of a third. Rittenhouse illegally crossed state lines with an AR-15 rifle he was too young to possess, to “protect” an empty used car lot that he had
- [Meet the FSP 2022 Organizing Committee](https://nwu.org/meet-the-fsp-2022-organizing-committee/) - Starting in December 2021, the Freelance Solidarity Project (the Digital Media Division of NWU) has a new organizing committee. Congratulations to the eight members who were elected by the membership! The committee is listed below and will hold their positions for a one-year term. They will work on making FSP an even stronger, more inclusive,
- [Afghan Women Need Your Help](https://nwu.org/afghan-women-need-your-help/) - On November 17, the Women's Committee and International Committee of NWU held an online screening of Afghan Women: A History of Struggle. As the Taliban took control of Afghanistan last summer, more than 140 media outlets closed or were forcibly turned over to Taliban control. Many staff have fled. The director of the Afghanistan media and information center was
- [Freelancers Back First Union in Gaming History ](https://nwu.org/freelancers-back-first-union-in-gaming-history/) - In mid-October, workers at Paizo Inc. announced their intention to form a union. After resisting for little more than a week, the Redmond, Washington-based company relented. The union at Paizo is being touted as the first in the gaming industry. Paizo publishes the very popular fantasy game Pathfinder, along with role-playing game (RPG) magazines and
- [NWU Support Striking Warrior Met Coal Miners](https://nwu.org/nwu-support-striking-warrior-met-coal-miners/) - New York, November 4: NWU NY members marched together with striking Alabama miners to support them in their struggle against the BlackRock company. Hundreds of workers were present at 5th Ave & 52nd St. The miners were inspired by the support of New York workers. Workers who talked to our members emphasized the importance of
- [New York Chapter Report to the 2021 Delegate Assembly](https://nwu.org/new-york-chapter-report-to-the-2021-delegate-assembly/) - Current Number of Members: 358 Local Labor Movement Observations Although one can see that people are exhausted due to the pandemic, economic uncertainties and constant feelings of insecurity about their futures, whoever spoke during our recent membership meetings gave very concrete examples for action. The George Floyd protests electrified working class people to act for
- [Boston - New England Chapter Report to the 2021 Delegate Assembly](https://nwu.org/boston-new-england-chapter-report-to-the-2021-delegate-assembly/) - The Chapter offers Writers’ Meet-ups monthly and since covid – continues on a Zoom platform. It is a popular forum for writers to connect, talk about projects and share events around Greater Boston. A Steering Committee member welcomes and moderates these meetings; Barbara Beckwith, welcomed members prior to Covid for many years. Most recently, an
- [SoCal Chapter Report to the 2021 Delegate Assembly](https://nwu.org/socal-chapter-report-to-the-2021-delegate-assembly/) - Our chapter has grown; even if slowly. After NWU elections in spring of 2021 we took on the challenge to build a working group/activist type. We needed a type of buy in so that people felt they were a bigger part of the union than just a member. Because at the national level we only
- [Book Division meets at 2021 Delegate Assembly](https://nwu.org/book-division-meets-at-2021-delegate-assembly/) - The NWU Book Division, including Delegates and other NWU members interested in issues related to books, e-books, and audiobooks, met online on October 22, 2021, as part of the 2021 triennial NWU Delegate Assembly ("DA"). This was an important opportunity to assess what we've done, what we are doing, and what remains to be done
- [NWU Supports Librarians' Objections to Publishers' E-Book Licensing Terms](https://nwu.org/nwu-supports-librarians-objections-to-publishers-e-book-licensing-terms/) - The National Writers Union today strongly endorsed the objections to major book publishers' treatment of e-book licensing terms made public last week in an open letter from the American Library Association. "Readers need to know that the unfair demands of publishers, not writers, are the obstacle to library availability and lending of e-books," announced NWU
- [Internet Archive removes controls on "lending" of bootleg e-books](https://nwu.org/internet-archive-removes-controls-on-lending-of-bootleg-e-books/) - Using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse, the Internet Archive has -- without permission or payment -- removed all limits on how many people can simultaneously "borrow" digital copies of some of its bootleg e-book editions scanned from printed books. Included in this co-called National Digital Library are bootleg e-book editions of 1.4 million books,
- [FSP is Electing its 2021-2022 Organizing Committee](https://nwu.org/fsp-is-electing-its-2021-2022-organizing-committee/) - The Freelance Solidarity Project is now electing its 2021-2022 organizing committee. All members of FSP can vote for up to eight candidates who will, over the next twelve months, be responsible for: communication between chairs and members, guiding conversations and facilitating open discussions, and managing key areas of the project, such as strategy, research, and
- [California's Freelance Isn't Free Bill](https://nwu.org/californias-freelance-isnt-free-bill/) - At a September 12, 2021, meeting of the SoCal NWU chapter, Jeff Jacobberger, who is the Legislative Director from the office of Bob Blumenfield, the L.A. City Council Member for the 3rd district. He talked about the Freelance Isn’t Free Motion introduced in the L.A.City Council in early 2021; in August of this year it
- [Washington, DC Chapter News](https://nwu.org/washington-dc-chapter-news/) - The Washington, DC, area chapter of the NWU has been hosting twice-monthly Zoom meetings since early in the quarantine. In our September meetings, we have discussed the specifics of our AFL-CIO affiliation, along with an ongoing Virtual Help Desk feature on using GoogleDrive and GoogleDocs. And, as always, the publications and activism of our Chapter
- [After the Lockdown, It Was Great to Meet in Person](https://nwu.org/after-the-lockdown-it-was-great-to-meet-in-person/) - The NY Chapter of NWU met virtually on October 1, to discuss the upcoming Delegates Assembly and what moves the union should make now. We took the time to discuss a number of issues, including keeping members better informed about the many things the union is doing. It was also suggested
- [October is Delegate Assembly Month](https://nwu.org/october-is-delegate-assembly-month/) - The 2021 Delegate Assembly will take place October 21-23, on Zoom. All members are invited to attend the assembly and any or all the activities surrounding it. You can register here. Here is a partial list of what we have planned so far: Standing Committee meetings will take place before the DA, on separate nights
- [Five Unions Press Biden to Aid  Afghan Journalists](https://nwu.org/five-unions-press-biden-to-aid-afghan-journalists/) - August 23, 2021 Dear President Biden, Our unions represent thousands of journalists in the United States and many who are currently working for U.S.-based employers overseas. We have watched the rapid deterioration of the situation inside Afghanistan with great concern for everyone involved. Journalists from Afghanistan and many countries are being directly targeted by
- [Haiti is a Failed State - Give to Haitian Earthquake Relief](https://nwu.org/haiti-is-a-failed-state-give-to-haitian-earthquake-relief/) - You can add Haiti to the growing list of failed states in the modern capitalist world. With nearly 2,000 confirmed dead so far, many more wounded, at least 60,000 homes destroyed, there is no functioning government in Haiti. Even before this latest disaster, 60% of Haitians lived in poverty, 25% in extreme poverty. There are
- [NWU and IFJ say, "Give to Protect Afghan Media Workers!"](https://nwu.org/nwu-and-ifj-say-give-to-protect-afghan-media-workers/) - As the Taliban takes control of Afghanistan, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates, including NWU, are calling on governments and the international community to provide immediate support and protection to Afghan media workers and their families who are under threat. "We are losing everything, I am worried for every single member of
- [NWU Establishes BLM Committee](https://nwu.org/nwu-establishes-blm-committee/) - The Executive Board unanimously voted on November 21, 2020, to create a Black Lives Matter Committee. Demetria Wambia and AJ Springer will co-chair. The committee will actively seek to increase diversity within the Union (including leadership positions) and within industries that have historically not employed or retained a significant amount of Black talent, such as book
- [Picketing Against Proposed School on Questionable Land](https://nwu.org/picketing-proposed-l-a-school-on-contaminated-land/) - In the city of Cudahy, California—in southeast L.A. County—members of the SoCal Chapter of the National Writers Union joined picketing parents, students, residents, teachers, union leaders and activists. The group stood on a public sidewalk near a large empty lot that is said to be contaminated land. The protestors are concerned that the site will
- [NWU Joins Coalition Demanding a Full Investigation into Fate of Jamal Khashoggi](https://nwu.org/nwu-joins-coalition-demanding-a-full-investigation-into-fate-of-jamal-khashoggi/) - Oct. 11, 2018 The Embassy of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 601 New Hampshire Ave., NW Washington, DC 20037 Dear Ambassador Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, We, the 30 undersigned journalism and free press organizations, representing thousands of journalists and their supporters, join the United States government and others in urging a full investigation
- [Our Brothers and Sisters in Puerto Rico Need Our Help - NOW!](https://nwu.org/our-brothers-and-sisters-in-puerto-rico-need-our-help-now/) - The workers, students, youth and elderly in Puerto Rico are facing horrific conditions resulting from hurricane Maria. Millions are homeless, without electricity, food or water. There is a serious shortage of fuel and barely any cell phone service. Much of the country is inaccessible because roads and bridges are impassable. Hospital generators are lacking the
- [Nuestros hermanos en Puerto Rico](https://nwu.org/nuestros-hermanos-de-puerto-rico/) - Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters Los trabajadores y estudiantes, jóvenes y ancianos en Puerto Rico se enfrentan a horribles condiciones como resultado del huracán María. Millones de personas están sin hogar, sin electricidad, comida o agua. Hay una grave escasez de combustible y apenas hay servicio de telefonía celular. Gran parte del país es incomunicado porque los
- [Journalists Are Not Police Informants!](https://nwu.org/journalists-are-not-police-informants/) - On July 24, a Seattle judge ruled that journalists from The Seattle Times and four cable news outlets must turn over previously unreleased photos and videos to the Seattle Police Department (SPD). The police are demanding 90 minutes’ worth of material gathered from a protest on May 30, following the racist police murders of George
- [NWU Testimony at the NY Senate Committee Hearing on the Dependent Worker Act](https://nwu.org/nwu-testimony-at-the-ny-senate-committee-hearing-on-the-dependent-worker-act/) - Thank you to Senator Savino and the Standing Committee on Internet and Technology for inviting me to testify today. My name is Larry Goldbetter and I am the President of the National Writers Union/Local 1981 of the United Auto Workers Union (UAW). We are a nation-wide amalgamated local of freelance writers, representing writers in all
- [We're Writing Our Way Forward](https://nwu.org/how-were-writing-our-way-forward/) - By Diane Ward I had the pleasure of attending the International Women’s Writer Guild (IWWG) from July 22- 24. Offerings included keynote speakers, agent and editor panels, pitch sessions, an open mic, workshops, breakout sessions and discussion groups. The conference was an oasis hosted by women for women. Participants were offered a diverse pallet of
- [Stop the Rejection. Self Publish!](https://nwu.org/stop-the-rejection-self-publish/) - The Boston Chapter’s recent workshop, Stop the Rejection - Self Publish, was a great success, drawing both members and non-members. Independent publishing allows you to be in full control of your writing and ensures that your book’s concept, content and cover are not altered by commercial interests. The pilot project allowed participants from around the
- [Unique James Baldwin Birthday Celebration](https://nwu.org/celebrate-james-baldwins-birthday/) - Celebrate the birthday of literary giant James Baldwin at the James Baldwin Outdoor Learning Center's Farmer’s Market with NWU member Betty Pierre. Enjoy crafts, music and stories, and purchase fresh produce and breads Saturday, August 7 at 100 W. Mosholu Pkwy S., Bronx, NY. Open mic sign ups start at noon. James Baldwin, whose actual
- [Tucson Podcast Features Authors and Leaders ](https://nwu.org/tucson-podcast-features-authors-and-leaders/) - In addition to our monthly reading and open mic, the Tucson chapter of the National Writers Union now presents the weekly broadcast, "Words and Work," at 11:30 a.m. MST Sundays on Downtown Radio (99.1 FM), and streaming at downtownradio.org. NWU member Ted Prezelski serves as host. The show explores issues around unions and writing. Guests
- [NWU Covid Rebels 21 Perform at NYC Poetry Fest](https://nwu.org/nwus-covid-rebels-21-perform-at-nyc-poetry-fest/) - The National Writers Union's Covid Rebels 21 made their debut in late July at the New York City Poetry Festival (NYCPF) on Governor’s Island. Betty Pierre, Judy C. Andrews, Ernest Woodley and Mike McQuillan performed on the Algonquin Stage, showcasing works reflective of the group’s forthcoming anthology. “The NWU was at the first NYCPF [a decade
- [October Panel on Organizing Journalists](https://nwu.org/organizing-journalists-challenges-victories/) - SAVE THE DATE: Tuesday, October 19, 2021 The Metro NY Labor Communications Council will host a panel discussion on recent efforts to organize journalists in labor unions and/or non-traditional advocacy groups. These campaigns pose challenges and opportunities for those on staff as well as freelancers. Join Metro NY Labor and union leaders for an informative
- [The 2021 Delegate Assembly - A Change Is Gonna Come!](https://nwu.org/the-2021-delegate-assembly-a-change-is-gonna-come/) - The 2021 NWU Delegate Assembly will take place online, September 23-25. All members are invited to attend all or part of the DA. It could be a watershed event as everything is on the table. We are not bound by the constitution of an international union, and we can propose and discuss changes that better
- [NWU-FSP WILL NOT CROSS CONDE NAST PICKET LINES](https://nwu.org/nwu-fsp-will-not-cross-conde-nast-picket-lines/) - After 2.5 years (!!) of bargaining, unionized workers at The New Yorker still do not have a fair contract — and they're on the verge of a strike, if that's what it will take to get what they deserve. You can learn more about their demands and what their picket line will look like in
- [A Year of Living Dangerously](https://nwu.org/a-year-of-living-dangerously/) - In many ways, the past year has been a test for all of us and for our union. May 25 marked the one-year anniversary of the police killing of George Floyd and the anti-racist uprising that followed. The past year also featured the US Presidential election and the fascist storming of the US Capitol. It
- [My Friend, Ursula](https://nwu.org/my-lifelong-friend-ursula/) - Ursula Le Guin and I first met in 1966 at a party at her house in Portland, Oregon. She was writing The Wizard of Earthsea, and I was cranking out fashion copy for a department store. We were both married to academic historians. She had three children and I, at the time, had none. When I
- [Journalists Say No to SB 98 Amendment Requiring Police Permission to Cover Protests](https://nwu.org/journalists-say-no-to-sb-98-amendment-requiring-police-permission-to-cover-protests/) - We, the undersigned organizations, which collectively represent thousands of California journalists, strongly oppose a recent amendment made to SB 98, a bill originally intended to protect journalists covering protests, demonstrations and civil unrest. This amendment may actually restrict existing press freedoms rather than expand them, turning this bill on its head and into something that
- [LABOR COALITION OPPOSES UBER AND LYFT'S PHONY "RIGHT TO BARGAIN" BILL](https://nwu.org/statement-on-behalf-of-direct-coalition/) - May 25th, 2021 Memo to NYS Legislature The DIRECT Coalition, composed of labor unions, policy and legal experts, immigrant and worker advocates strongly oppose the "Right to Bargain Act” for app-based drivers and delivery workers being pushed by Uber and Lyft in Albany. We urge you to vote against this bill if presented in the
- [BOOM! Studios Begins Work with #DisneyMustPay Task Force](https://nwu.org/boom-studios-begins-work-with-disneymustpay-task-force/) - For Immediate Release May 25, 2021 For More Information Kevin Lampe Kurth Lampe Worldwide (312) 617-7280 kevin@kurthlampe.com TaskForce@WritersMustBePaid.org BOOM! Studios Begins Work with #DisneyMustPay Task Force LOS ANGELES (May 25) – The #DisneyMustPay Joint Task Force is pleased to announce that BOOM! Studios have begun to work with them to achieve the Task Force’s goals
- [#DisneyMustPay Joint Task Force Announced by Major Writers Associations](https://nwu.org/disneymustpay-joint-task-force-announced-by-major-writers-associations/) - For Immediate Release April 28, 2021 For More Information
- [How The PRO Act Helps Freelancers: A Legal Analysis](https://nwu.org/how-the-pro-act-helps-freelancers-a-legal-analysis/) - In March, the National Writers Union and the Freelance Solidarity Project released a statement of support for the PRO Act, which has also been endorsed by the Author’s Guild, the Freelancers Union, the Dramatist Guild, and a host of other freelance writer and creator organizations. These organizations reject the false claim that the PRO Act’s
- [Freelancers Support the PRO Act - Not Misinformation](https://nwu.org/freelancers-support-the-pro-act-not-misinformation/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Larry Goldbetter, lgoldbetter@nwu.org Freelance Organizations Support The PRO Act, Condemn Misinformation MONDAY, APRIL 26 - The National Writers Union and the Freelance Solidarity Project reiterate our support for the PRO Act, which has also been endorsed by the Authors Guild, the Freelancers Union, the Dramatists Guild, and a host of other freelance writer and creator organizations. We urge
- [George Floyd and Moving Heaven and Earth](https://nwu.org/george-floyd-and-moving-heaven-and-earth/) - Let’s face it. It took millions of people taking to the streets for a solid year, thousands of arrests and literally moving heaven and earth to get the conviction of one racist cop who murdered George Floyd on camera, for the whole world to see. This is hardly balancing the “scales of justice.” In fact,
- [NWU Enters Service Agreement with the Graphic Communications Conference](https://nwu.org/nwu-enters-service-agreement-with-the-graphic-communications-conference/) - On Saturday, April 10, the NWU Executive Board and Delegates voted by a 2-1 margin to accept a service agreement with the Graphic Communications Conference (GCC) of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters(IBT). The service agreement is not an affiliation, but calls for NWU to have access to legal, organizing and legislative assistance, strategic research, training
- [The National Writers Union and the Freelance Solidarity Project Support the PRO Act](https://nwu.org/the-national-writers-union-and-the-freelance-solidarity-project-support-the-pro-act/) - WE SUPPORT THE PRO ACT The Protecting the Right to Organize Act—or the PRO Act—would be transformative for workers. It would help grow and strengthen unions in the United States by addressing some of the core weaknesses of our current labor laws. For starters, it would: Make it easier to form a union Expand the
- [Music and Entertainment Community Statement on Final Passage of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021](https://nwu.org/music-and-entertainment-community-statement-on-final-passage-of-the-american-rescue-plan-act-of-2021/) - Washington, D.C. (March 10, 2021) Today representatives of the American music and entertainment community issued the following statement on the passage of the COVID-19 relief and economic stimulus bill. “The American Rescue Plan provides absolutely essential economic relief for workers in the American creative community who continue to face an uncertain path back to work
- [International NWU Solidarity at the Istanbul Municipal Workers' Picket Line](https://nwu.org/international-nwu-solidarity-at-the-istanbul-municipal-workers-picket-line/) - Istanbul, TURKEY - On February 15, 2,300 Kadıköy municipal workers went on strike against the low wages offered by the borough administration after a long five-month collective bargaining process. As a journalist and member of NWU, I was there on February 17, when hundreds of the striking workers gathered to demonstrate in front of the
- [NWU Comments on Draft of "Digital Copyright Act of 2021"](https://nwu.org/nwu-comments-on-draft-of-digital-copyright-act-of-2021/) - The NWU has submitted comments regarding changes to the U.S. Copyright Act to Senators Patrick Leahy and Thom Tillis, who are the chair and ranking minority member respectively of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property. Our response addresses Tillis' discussion draft of the proposed Digital Copyright Act of 2021. As we noted last year,
- [Mumia has COVID-19 - Free Him Now!](https://nwu.org/mumia-has-covid-19-free-him-now/)
- [Orphan Works and Extended Collective Licensing (ECL)](https://nwu.org/orphan-works-and-ecl/) - July 22, 2015 -- What's happening with "orphan works"? What is "Extended Collective Licensing" (ECL)? Why should NWU members and other writers care? These issues are complicated, but important for working writers. Many NWU members are only beginning to understand what is meant by so-called "orphan works", and most writers have never heard of "Extended
- [Journalism is a Public Good - Especially Now!](https://nwu.org/journalism-is-a-public-good-especially-now/) - Journalism is a public good. Journalism is essential for democracy. In the midst of a global pandemic the need for quality, independent information is vital. And yet, across the world, journalists’ jobs are being axed, media are closing down and information is being censored, restricted or used simply as a commodity to be bought and
- [NWU Joins the Call to Block Further Monopolization of Book Publishing](https://nwu.org/nwu-joins-the-call-to-block-further-monopolization-of-book-publishing/) - The National Writers Union, Authors Guild, Sisters in Crime and several others organizations representing book authors—along with a leading anti-monopoly think tank—teamed up to send a joint letter to the Biden Administration. Together we urged the US Department of Justice's Anti-Trust Division to block a proposal by the German conglomerate Bertelsmann to buy Simon &
- [Defector Announces Principles for Freelancers](https://nwu.org/defector-announces-principles-for-freelancers/) - The Freelance Solidarity Project is excited to present a unilateral announcement with Defector’s editorial collective, which outlines a set of shared principles for freelance digital media workers. The complete document can be reviewed on Defector’s website. The document makes transparent the standards that will create an equitable, professional relationship between all kinds of digital media
- [Annual Boston Book Party Celebrated Virtually](https://nwu.org/annual-boston-book-party-celebrated-virtually/) - The Boston Chapter celebrated members with books published in the last 12 months via a Zoom gathering on Sunday, January 31, giving members all around New England an opportunity to participate virtually. We may not have been able to socialize in person, or enjoy the usually delicious food, but we were able to hear from
- [An Abundance of Racism](https://nwu.org/an-abundance-of-racism/) - In the wake of the Trump-inspired attack on the Capitol on January 6, there’s much talk about passing domestic anti-terrorism laws and expanding those already on the books. People are being added to no-fly lists and the Capitol remains on lockdown with thousands of troops deployed there until March. We are reminded of the government
- [Resolution in Solidarity with SutNotimex (Notimex News Agency Workers Union)](https://nwu.org/resolution-in-solidarity-with-sutnotimex-notimex-news-agency-workers-union/) - The following resolution was passed unanimously at the NWU Executive Board meeting on January 30, 2021. The National Writers Union is a labor organization dedicated to protect and enhance the labor rights of journalists, freelancers, and other media workers. As members of the International Federation of Journalists, we are involved and support the struggles of
- [Some NWU Legislative Priorities for 2021](https://nwu.org/some-nwu-legislative-priorities-for-2021/) - Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation (MEUC) NWU has been part of a large coalition of mixed earners, those who have both 1099 and W-2 income. As many as one million workers with mixed incomes received artificially low unemployment benefits or none at all, in the first stimulus package. Arts and entertainment workers have been disproportionately impacted. This coalition was
- [Double Life](https://nwu.org/double-life/) - I am an academic and an NWU member. That gives you a clue to the double professional life I live. As an academic, I published a book on work, stress, and health. With my colleague Renzo Bianchi, I have been involved in research on job-related depression and burnout. Recently Renzo and I developed the Occupational
- [What's Ahead in 2021 from the Copyright Office and Congress?](https://nwu.org/whats-ahead-in-2021-from-the-copyright-office-and-congress/) - Writers can expect further gains in U.S. Copyright Office procedures in 2021, but we may have a fight ahead in Congress to block yet another attempt to effectively revoke copyright protection for so-called "orphan works," including those central to some NWU members' and other writers' livelihoods. In 2020, the U.S. Copyright Office finalized new regulations
- [Reportback: Writers' Day Camp, October 24, 2020](https://nwu.org/reportback-writers-day-camp-october-24-2020/) - REPORTBACK: WRITERS' DAY CAMP WITH CHARLES COE October 24, 2020 by Shannon O'Connor by Shannon O'Connor Charles Coe has been doing his Writers' Day Camp for a while, but I had never gone until October of this year. I went because lately I have been trying to stretch my writing muscles in different
- [The Intercept Announces Principles for Freelancers](https://nwu.org/the-intercept-announces-principles-for-freelancers/) - Over the past year, members of The Freelance Solidarity Project (NWU) and The Intercept have been collaborating to create a set of shared principles for freelance digital media workers. Today, we are proud to present our unilateral announcement of those principles. The complete document can be reviewed on The Intercept’s website. They are designed to
- [NWU Fights Racist Attacks on NYC Homeless](https://nwu.org/nwu-fights-racist-attacks-on-nyc-homeless/) - New York – November 29: Today about 80 community residents and residents of the temporary homeless shelter at the Lucerne Hotel protested Mayor de Blasio’s plan to move the men to another hotel in the Wall St. financial district. We demanded that the 5,500 homeless people currently in unsafe congregate shelters be placed in the
- [NWU Hosts "Beyond the Bars" Reading](https://nwu.org/nwu-hosts-beyond-the-bars-reading/) - JOIN US! Register Here: bit.ly/freedom-wings-words
- [NY Chapter's Tim Sheard Guest at DC Chapter Meeting](https://nwu.org/ny-chapters-tim-sheard-guest-at-dc-chapter-meeting/) - NY Chapter co-chair Tim Sheard was the special guest at our virtual NWU Chapter meeting held via Zoom on Sunday, Nov. 15. A retired nurse, author, and publisher at Hard Ball Press, Sheard gave the Washington, DC Chapter a sneak peek of his new book, A Pandemic Nurse's Diary, about true stories of essential hospital workers during
- [The War Is Not Over](https://nwu.org/the-war-is-not-over/) - (Report to the NWU Executive Board - November 21, 2020) When PA went to Biden on November 7, there was dancing in the streets. In NYC, we went out for dinner with friends to a little tapas place on 95th St., and every guest received a glass of champagne as they were seated at an
- [Introducing The 2020-2021 Freelance Solidarity Project Organizing Committee](https://nwu.org/introducing-the-2020-2021-freelance-solidarity-project-organizing-committee/) - Starting October 23rd, 2020, the Freelance Solidarity Project has a new organizing committee. Congratulations to the ten members who were elected by the membership! The committee is listed below, and will hold their positions for a one-year term. If you are not yet a member of the Freelance Solidarity Project and would like more information
- [U.S. Copyright Office Ends Push for ECL for Mass Digitization](https://nwu.org/u-s-copyright-office-ends-push-for-ecl-for-mass-digitization/) - In a victory for the National Writers Union and allied writers, the U.S. Copyright Office has closed out its two-year-old study of "Extended Collective Licensing" (ECL) as a legal framework for mass digitization by deciding not to recommend that Congress enact any such law. The Copyright Office says in its report to Congress that it is making
- [NWU 3-Year Term on IFRRO Board Ends](https://nwu.org/nwu-three-year-term-on-ifrro-ends/) - The election of new members of the Board of Directors of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations (IFRRO) at IFRRO's World Congress in Edinburgh, Scotland, earlier this months marked the conclusion of my three-year term, to which I was nominated by the NWU and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), as the sole member
- [NWU Opposes UK Scheme for "Extended Collective Licensing" for Digital Rights](https://nwu.org/nwu-opposes-uk-scheme-for-extended-collective-licensing-for-digital-rights/) - Feb. 5, 2018 -- This week the NWU responded to a public consultation by the U.K. Intellectual Property Office (IPO) -- the British counterpart of the U.S. Copyright Office -- to oppose an application by the U.K. Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) for authorization to operate an extended collective licensing (ECL) on behalf of all writers
- [NWU Priorities for the Copyright Office](https://nwu.org/nwu-priorities-for-the-copyright-office/) - In response to invitations from the Librarian of Congress and the House Judiciary Committee, the NWU has filed recommendations for the selection of the next Register of Copyright (the official who serves under the Librarian of Congress as the head of the Copyright Office) and for Congress and the Copyright Office in reforming U.S. copyright
- [Lawmakers Endorse Copyright Small Claims Court](https://nwu.org/lawmakers-support-less-pricey-copyright-court/) - Currently the only way to obtain damages for copyright infringement is a full-fledged lawsuit in Federal court, which can cost tens of thousands of dollars at best, and more often hundreds of thousands in a worst-case scenario. Hence there's a reason for the phrase: "Make a Federal case out of it." That’s why key members
- [The Freelance Solidarity Project Announces Candidates For 2020-2021 Organizing Committee](https://nwu.org/the-freelance-solidarity-project-announces-candidates-for-2020-2021-organizing-committee/) - The Freelance Solidarity Project is now electing the 2020-2021 organizing committee. All members of FSP can vote for up to ten candidates who will, over the next twelve months, be responsible for: communication between chairs and members, guiding conversations and facilitating open discussions, and managing key areas of the project, such as strategy, research, and
- [Graduated Payment Campaign](https://nwu.org/graduated-payment-campaign/) - In light of the COVID-19 pandemic's effect on our livelihoods, the Freelance Solidarity Project is calling on all print and digital publications to adopt a graduated payment schedule and rapid-reimbursement policy for freelance work in progress since January 1, 2020. If a submission was assigned, filed, edited, or otherwise considered "in progress" this calendar year,
- [BEYOND THE BARS](https://nwu.org/beyond-the-bars/) - The NWUSO (Workers Write) sponsors a series of ongoing writing classes for a range of groups to amplify unheard voices. A year ago NWUSO--—the non-profit arm of the National Writers Union (NWU)—began an ongoing writing workshop with Beyond the Bars. It's an 11-year-old program started by Cheryl Wilkerson and Kathy Boudin at the Columbia School of Social Work, and
- [Comedy Play Excerpt: Adventures of Jorge and Monte ](https://nwu.org/comedy-play-excerpt-adventures-of-jorge-and-monte/) - Below is an excerpt from my comedy, The Adventures of Jorge and Monte. The particular excerpt is relevant for the upcoming election. A little satire is always good. (c. 2020) Jorge and Monte are close, working-class friends living in a modest neighborhood. Together their adventures show a lighter side of Latino life. It has a
- [Pass the Amended HEROES Act for Mixed Earner Pandemic Unemployment Assistance](https://nwu.org/pass-the-amended-heroes-act-for-mixed-earner-pandemic-unemployment-assistance/) - Last July, NWU joined a coalition of 19 groups to lobby Congress for Mixed Earner Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. Under the leadership of SAG-AFTRA, the coalition has grown to 97 organizations. This week, new legislation was introduced updating the HEROES Act and including for the first time, benefits for those who derive their income from a
- [Saying Goodbye to Susan: Writer, Editor, Activist, Comrade](https://nwu.org/saying-goodbye-to-susan-writer-editor-activist-comrade/) - Susan E. Davis, a beloved National Writers Union (NWU) leader who championed a better world, died peacefully in her sleep on September 26. A month earlier she’d suffered a massive stroke in her Manhattan home. She gave generously to her NWU sisters and brothers by serving in a multitude of roles for upwards of two
- [Free Julian Assange!](https://nwu.org/free-julian-assange/) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition hearing is currently taking place in London. He has been behind bars in a British prison in the east of London since April 2019, and was initially held in solitary confinement. Assange is a member of the IFJ Australian affiliate MEAA and holds an IFJ press card. He is being charged
- [The Freelance Solidarity Project Calls for COVID-19 Graduated Payment Schedules](https://nwu.org/the-freelance-solidarity-project-calls-for-covid-19-graduated-payment-schedules/) - In light of the COVID-19 pandemic's effect on our livelihoods, the Freelance Solidarity Project is calling on all print and digital publications to adopt a graduated payment schedule and rapid reimbursement policy for freelance work in progress since January 1, 2020. If a submission was assigned, filed, edited, or otherwise considered "in progress" this calendar
- [Cincinnati Police Attempt to Silence Freelance Journalist](https://nwu.org/cincinnati-police-attempt-to-silence-freelance-journalist/) - A Cincinnati police officer is suing four defendants for libel. One is NWU member Julie Niesen. They are being sued for calling out Officer Ryan Olthaus on social media for flashing the OK sign at a black woman attending a City Council hearing during the BLM protests. That hand-sign has been adopted by the white supremacist
- [Staten Island Goddamn!](https://nwu.org/staten-island-goddamn/) - Staten Island, a plantation Paddyrollers at every station They ordered the Freedman show a pass Or he’d join his ancestors under the grass Freedman raised his hands to show no threat Hisses and rattles, he’s trapped in the net Staten Island Goddamn! A blue boa’s grasp A grunt, a gasp A beast choke A strangled
- [Book Review:                         The Talking Drum](https://nwu.org/the-talking-drum/) - Originally posted at BarbaraBeckwith.net Lisa Braxton’s debut novel, The Talking Drum (INNANA, a Canadian feminist press, 2020), is remarkably timely. Set in fictional “Bellport, Massachusetts,” in the 1970s, it dovetails with Boston’s Black residents’ current struggle to keep Boston’s Nubian Square alive and flourishing, as well as the gentrification of the South End long ago,
- [Erased](https://nwu.org/erased/) - Every day, I get glimpses of the erasure of Americans of color. My May 8 New York Times arts section (“For a Great Escape, Try a 1940s Musical”) describes the era when white movie stars like Fred Astaire and Shirley Temple danced in blackface to tap and jazz, trained by African American dancers, allowed to appear in
- [Celebrating Frederick Douglass Day](https://nwu.org/celebrating-frederick-douglass-day/) - This year on Friday July 3, 2020 we presented Frederick Douglass Day — An Alternative Fourth of July Celebration via Zoom, gathering Frederick Douglass speech readers, Lissa Tyler Renaud, Kim McMillon, and Robert Cuffy— from NYC to Oakland. We also featured "live" music over Zoom from saxophonist Richard Howell in the SF Bay Area, and bassist Hilliard Greene in NYC. We first presented our
- [Lessons from the Amazon Tax Victory in Seattle](https://nwu.org/lessons-from-the-amazon-tax-victory-in-seattle/) - (Reprinted from Labor Notes) Pressed by a relentless working class movement, the Seattle City Council on July 6 adopted a first-time-ever tax on Amazon and other big businesses that will bring in at least $214 million a year to fund affordable housing, Green New Deal projects, and union jobs. The win was a stunning turn
- [Trump's Shock Troops Out of Portland!](https://nwu.org/trumps-shock-troops-out-of-portland/) - Triggered by the excessive use of force and killings of unarmed Black Americans by police, demonstrations have taken place in Portland for over 50 successive days, with demonstrators demanding the defunding and reimaging of policing. Recently, the demands have grown to include the removal of federal militarized police sent to the city by President Trump
- [NWU Wins Cheaper, Easier Copyright Registration for Online Writing](https://nwu.org/nwu-wins-cheaper-easier-copyright-registration-for-online-writing/) - In response to a proposal initiated by the NWU almost four years ago, and later endorsed by nine other national organizations of writers, the U.S. Copyright Office today issued new regulations that will allow a writer to register copyright in up to 50 short-form works published on one or more websites or online platforms within
- [FILIPINO HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES BRACE FOR MORE REPRESSION WITH NEW ANTI-TERRORISM ACT](https://nwu.org/filipino-human-rights-advocates-brace-for-more-repression-with-dutertes-anti-terrorism-act-of-2020/) - New York – Hours after the signing of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 on July 3, 2020 by Philippine President Duterte, human rights activists pressed the tab saying that they will contest the law before the Supreme Court. They alleged that the ATA was meant to repress the growing dissent against poverty, corruption and the
- [NWU Joins 19 Organizations in Supporting the Mixed Earner Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Act of 2020](https://nwu.org/support-the-mixed-earner-pandemic-unemployment-assistance-act-of-2020/) - Tell congressional leadership that you want to fix the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program so that Mixed Income Earners in your state can pay their rent and feed their families The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program was intended to protect independent contractors and other self-employed American workers who lost work through no fault of their own. However,
- [Erased](https://nwu.org/erasure/) - Every day, I get glimpses of the erasure of Americans of color. My May 8 New York Times arts section (“For a Great Escape, Try a 1940s Musical”) describes the era when White movie stars like Fred Astaire and Shirley Temple danced in blackface to tap and jazz, trained by African-American dancers, who were allowed to appear
- [NWU-Tucson Faces Dual Crises of Covid and Racist Police Brutality](https://nwu.org/nwu-tucson-faces-dual-crises-of-covid-and-racist-police-brutality/) - As the coronavirus rampaged across Arizona, setting new infection records almost daily, the Tucson Police Department revealed that its officers had contributed to a young Latino man’s death by pinning him to ground until he died. The three officers involved in the death resigned on June 19 after being informed they would be fired. But by
- [Copyright Office Proposes Cheaper, Easier Copyright Registration in Response to NWU Petition](https://nwu.org/us-copyright-office-proposes-more-favorable-rules-in-response-to-nwu-petition/) - In response to a petition by a coalition of writers' organizations, the US Copyright Office today proposed to create a new category and procedure for "group registration" of copyright in multiple "short online literary works." Co-signers of the petition for rulemaking which led to today's action included: National Writers Union (NWU) American Society of Journalists
- [Juneteenth 2020: Notes from the Field](https://nwu.org/juneteenth-2020-notes-from-the-field/) - We all have a stake and so much to gain in the rooting out of white supremacy. This is a moment for holy uprising. We have all been the beneficiaries of Black women’s brilliance and grace, whether we know it or not. —Women’s March webinar Understanding and Transforming White Womanhood June 10, 2020 Trent Willis,
- [NWU's Lorraine Currelley Named Bronx Beat Poet Laureate](https://nwu.org/nwus-lorraine-currelley-named-bronx-beat-poet-laureate/) - On May 20, the National Beat Poetry Foundation, Inc. named Lorraine Currelley the 2020-2022 Bronx Beat Poet Laureate. The foundation selects international poet laureates, recognizing them for their public role in continuing the movement begun by the Beat Generation authors of the 1940s and '50s. Currelley's activism in her historic home borough continues year round as she organizes free
- [Updates on Non-Payment Grievances](https://nwu.org/updates-on-non-payment-grievances/) - Consumers Digest: On June 2, a judge finally granted our Motion for Default Judgment after Consumers Digest failed to obtain new counsel to Appear on its behalf. This case has dragged on for almost two years as deadbeat publisher Randy Weber seeks to avoid paying our 17 freelancers the $65,000 he owes them. Another hearing
- [2 Poems By Zigi Lowenberg](https://nwu.org/2-poems-by-zigi-lowenberg/) - Hamsa (Eye of Fatima): Sheltered in Place My Kurdish comrade, journalist all of twenty-five with the soulful eyes of fifty We meet again in a grid, half a dozen video boxes and I see you from my treelined reflected window, afternoon sparkles the roofs of Oakland I see your window grow dark in Brooklyn as
- [Traitors Against Democracy](https://nwu.org/traitors-against-democracy/) - Los Angeles-In the past several years there has been a renewed interest in what has been called the glorification of the “lost cause” of the confederacy. This interest continues today, as protestors take to the streets and on the grounds of local government offices to protest the coronavirus government policies. Some of these demonstrators are
- [Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Trump, Covid, Poverty and Racist Terror](https://nwu.org/the-four-horsemen-trump-covid-poverty-and-racist-terror/) - The cold-blooded racist murders of Ahmaud Arbery while jogging near Brunswick, GA, Breonna Taylor while asleep in her bed in Louisville, KY, and George Floyd while in police custody and handcuffed in Minneapolis, MN, have set off a firestorm across the US and around the world. The fearless unity of people across race, age, gender,
- [DC/VA/MD NWU Chapter](https://nwu.org/dc-va-md-nwu-chapter/) - Our chapter has been meeting via zoom every Sunday in response to the urgent and fast-moving events of the pandemic. Each week we have been inviting a member to share their work. We were delighted by Paul-Newall Reaves' presentation on long poetry, and an excerpt from author Charlotte Malerich's soon-to-be-released fantasy novel. We also enjoyed
- [Publishers Sue the Internet Archive for Scanning Books](https://nwu.org/publishers-sue-the-internet-archive-for-scanning-books/) - On June 1, four major US commercial publishers sued the Internet Archive for "willful mass infringement" of copyrights by scanning books and distributing copies on the OpenLibrary.org and Archive.org websites, without any permission from, or payment to, the publishers or authors of the works included in those books. The lawsuit was filed in Federal court
- [As Constables, NWU Members Try to Keep People in their AZ Homes](https://nwu.org/nwu-members-serve-as-az-constables-keeping-people-in-their-homes/) - Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Arizona had issues with evictions. In Pima County, where Tucson is located, 15,000 families were threatened with eviction between 2015 and 2018, according to the Arizona Daily Star. That per capita rate for eviction puts Pima in the top 25 counties in the nation for displacing people from their homes, according
- [Strike Against Racist Police Terror](https://nwu.org/strike-against-racist-police-terror/) - Three more unarmed black men have been shot and killed by the police. They include a teenager with a BB gun in Columbus, OH; a young man with his hands in the air returning from class in Tulsa, OK; and a man sitting in his car, reading a book in Charlotte, NC. The police who
- [Report from the NWU Executive Board and Delegates Meeting on Separating from the UAW](https://nwu.org/report-from-the-nwu-executive-board-and-delegates-meeting-on-separating-from-the-uaw/) - On May 19, the UAW and NWU issued a joint statement announcing that NWU was leaving the International UAW and that “we have decided to work together to find a better institutional fit for NWU and its freelance writers, given the unique nature of [our] work…and the status of [our] members as independent contractors not covered under
- [IFJ North America Region Meets](https://nwu.org/ifj-north-america-region-meets/) - IFJ’s North American Region met on May 13, to discuss and coordinate our response to the Covid/financial crisis facing our members and our industry. The meeting included the participation of Unifor (Canada), NWU (US), TNG-CWA (US), NUJ (UK and Ireland), and the Deputy General Secretary of IFJ. To underline the gravity of the situation, the
- [NWU y UAW: La misma lucha, 2 caminos distintos](https://nwu.org/nwu-y-uaw-la-misma-lucha-2-caminos-distintos/) - (Este anuncio se envía simultáneamente a los miembros de NWU y a todas las Sindicatos asociados de la Región 9A de UAW). El 30 de abril de 2020, el presidente del Sindicato Nacional de Escritores UAW Local 1981 (NWU), Larry Goldbetter, en nombre del consejo Ejecutivo de la NWU y sus miembros, solicitó al consejo
- [UAW and NWU: One Movement, Two Paths](https://nwu.org/uaw-and-nwu-one-movement-two-paths/) - (This announcement is simultaneously going out to the NWU membership and all UAW Region 9A Local Unions.) On April 30, 2020, UAW Local 1981 National Writers Union (NWU) President Larry Goldbetter, on behalf of the NWU Executive Board and its members, asked the UAW International Executive Board to vote on their request to disaffiliate from the
- [Letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi](https://nwu.org/letter-to-house-speaker-nancy-pelosi/) - On May 13, NWU and a dozen member organizations of the Authors Coalition of America signed on to a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, initiated by the Freelancers Union, concerning continued and improved support for freelancers during the current Covid/financial crisis. May 13, 2020 Letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Re: Fair inclusion of
- [Coronavirus Relief for Writers](https://nwu.org/coronavirus-relief-for-writers/) - Every working person has been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak. As freelance writers and authors, we’ve seen gigs fall through, projects put on hold, and book tours canceled as the world does all it can to stop the spread. If we fall ill, we have no employee benefits to help us cover that lost
- [D.C. Chapter Meets Via Zoom](https://nwu.org/d-c-chapter-meets-via-zoom/) - The DC chapter met today via Zoom, and we agreed that during this crisis we will meet on a weekly basis every Sunay. The participants raised important issues: Cheryl Binkley made the observation that everything is inverted now: things that previously could not be done must be done, and things that previously had to be done are
- ["It Could Be The End"](https://nwu.org/it-could-be-the-end/) - Since 2004, before anyone knew of Covid-19, more than 2,000 mostly weekly newspapers have been lost to mergers or shutdowns in cities across the U.S. Already struggling, the industry saw a wave of consolidation and further contraction at the end of 2019. The McClaskey Group, the #2 newspaper group in the U.S. declared bankruptcy months
- [CARES Act Pandemic Unemployment Assistance for Freelancers](https://nwu.org/cares-act-pandemic-unemployment-assistance-for-freelancers/) - The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) is an act that makes independent contractors/self-employed individuals eligible for up to 39 weeks of unemployment benefits under some circumstances, through December 31, 2020. The PUA program will be in effect as of January 27, 2020, and workers will be eligible for retroactive benefits. Eligibility for Benefits
- [NWU and APA call for changes to copyright registration rules](https://nwu.org/nwu-and-apa-call-for-changes-to-copyright-registration-rules/) - The NWU and American Photographic Artists (APA) called on the Copyright Office and Congress in March 2020 to reform requirements for copyrighting works published or made available online. Though intended for writers' and visual artists' to protect their works without excessive "formalities," the US Copyright Act is still requiring authors to register each of their works,
- [IFJ, NWU, and SFWA comment on European Union proposals for "out-of-commerce works"](https://nwu.org/ifj-nwu-and-sfwa-comment-on-european-union-proposals-for-out-of-commerce-works/) - For more than six years, the European Union has been engaged in major omnibus copyright "reform" legislation -- and the NWU has taken a leading role in engaging with EU lawmakers and regulators to try to make sure that the interests of US and other non-EU authors are taken into account in this process. An
- [IFJ International Solidarity in the Face of the Covid-19 Pandemic](https://nwu.org/ifj-international-solidarity-in-the-face-of-the-covid-19-pandemic/) - The following exchange took place between leaders of the International Federation of Journalists on Thursday, March 19, 2020 as the Covid-19 was wreaking havoc on Italy and Spain and beginning its escalated attack in North America. The international solidarity expressed here speaks for itself and offers some comfort and optimism in the face of this
- [NWU Lobbies for Paid Sick Days, and Against Wage Theft and Misclassification](https://nwu.org/nwu-lobbies-for-paid-sick-days-and-against-wage-theft-and-misclassification/) - Six members of the National Writers Union joined approximately 150 members of various UAW locals from Regions 9 and 9A at the New York State Community Action Program (CAP) Council’s 2020 Political Education/Lobbying Conference in Albany, New York, March 1 - 4. Inspiring, instructive speeches were offered by the New York State chairman of the
- [ANONYMOUS THREATS PUT WORKING JOURNALISTS’ LIVES ON THE LINE](https://nwu.org/anonymous-threats-put-working-journalists-lives-on-the-line/) - Hardworking African journalists are facing threatening phone calls, cyberattacks, and other forms of intimidation as they attempt to report on government dysfunction and the actions of security forces tracking terror groups. According to Reporters Without Borders, journalists around the world are seeing increased fear and violence, and sub-Saharan Africa has not avoided the latest decline
- [NWU-NY Co-Chair Raymond Nat Turner Day in Berkeley, CA](https://nwu.org/raymond-nat-turner-day-in-berkeley-ca/) - Tuesday February 25 was proclaimed "Raymond Nat Turner Day" in Berkeley. Never in my wildest imagination had I dreamed of having a day in my honor. Had I bothered dreaming, the Peoples' Republic of Berkeley—which has paid holidays commemorating Malcolm X and Indigenous Peoples Day as well as MLK—would certainly have been the setting. The
- [NWU Attends International Conference on Social Media in Qatar](https://nwu.org/nwu-attends-international-conference-on-social-media-in-qatar/) - The Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign have reportedly compiled an average of 3,000 data points on every voter in America. They have spent years experimenting with ways to tweak their messages based not just on gender and geography, but on whether you own a gun or play golf.
- [Not Just About Race: American Dirt has Class Issue](https://nwu.org/not-just-about-race-american-dirt-has-class-issue/) - The novel American Dirt chronicles a middle-class Mexican woman and her son on a harrowing journey to the US as they flee cartel violence. Jeanine Cummins’ book is at the center of a train wreck in publishing for its obvious race problems and less visible class issues. The publisher, Macmillian, insisted on positioning the work
- [Close the Camps!](https://nwu.org/close-the-camps/) - New York, NY February 16 - NWU members joined around 500 activists in a march organized by Close the Camps to the New York Time Square headquarters of Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters, a media conglomerate has lucrative contracts with the government to provide immigrant-tracking data that directly empowers U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- [The Freelance Solidarity Project Announces Special Election Candidates For Organizing Committee](https://nwu.org/the-freelance-solidarity-project-announces-special-election-candidates-for-organizing-committee/) - The Freelance Solidarity Project is hosting a special election this month to fill two vacancies on our Organizing Committee. One person will help Emma Whitford with Communications, and the other will work on Events with Michael Baginski. Co-chairs are responsible for communication between chairs and members, guiding discussions in general meetings, and managing important areas
- [Lo que los escritores deben saber de la ley AB5](https://nwu.org/lo-que-los-escritores-deben-saber-de-la-ley-ab5/) - El pasado 22 de enero, el Sindicato Nacional de Escritores NWU y el Writers Guild realizaron un panel sobre "Lo que los escritores deben saber sobre AB5 y leyes similares para terminar con la errónea clasificación de trabajadores". Los oradores fueron la Directora Ejecutiva del Writers Guild, Mary Rasenberger, el abogado de la Unidad de
- [27th Annual UAW Civil and Human Rights Dinner](https://nwu.org/27th-annual-uaw-civil-and-human-rights-dinner/) - On January 24, UAW Region 9A held it's 27th Annual Civil and Human Rights Dinner in honor of the MLK Holiday. NWU was represented by Ekim Kilic, Julia Witter, Yusef Salaam, Larry Goldbetter and keynote speaker, Lydia Edwards. Edwards received the Benny-Thorntin Labor-Civil Rights Award. Other award winners included the late Hector Figueroa, former president
- [DO YOUR HOMEWORK](https://nwu.org/do-your-homework/) - Would you take a job offer from a company you've never heard of without checking up on it? Would you accept a marriage proposal without knowing anything about your intended partner's family? But a lot of authors take the first book contract they're offered, even though they've never heard of the publisher. Then, when the
- [Getting Writers Read and Fed!](https://nwu.org/getting-writers-read-and-fed/) - The NWU is Back at the San Francisco Writers Conference February, 13-16, 2020. The National Writers Union Northern California Chapter will be at the conference for a 4th year, and is presenting the one-hour panel, Getting Read and Getting Fed! This panel includes NWU Members Cedric O’Bannon, Edward Hasbrouck, Brigid O’Farrell, and September Williams. This event takes place
- [NWU Open Mic Ends 2019 with KA-BOOM!](https://nwu.org/nwu-open-mic-ends-2019-with-ka-boom/) - The NWU Open Mic at the Manhattan-based Muhlenberg New York Public Library ended 2019 with a resounding KA-BOOM! Over 30 writers, poets, rappers, singers, and instrumentalists enjoyed hot coffee, creamy pastries, and warm camaraderie. The NWU has continuously run this monthly open mic at the NYPL since 2013. As NY Steering Committee member and national trustee, I currently
- [What Writers Should Know About AB5](https://nwu.org/what-writers-should-know-about-ab5/) - On January 22, NWU and the Authors Guild held a panel on “What Writers Should Know About AB5 and Similar Laws to End Misclassification.” The speakers were Authors Guild Executive Director Mary Rasenberger, Staff Attorney of the Employment Unit of the Legal Aid Society, Richard Blum, and NWU President Larry Goldbetter. You can see the
- [NWU Representing Unpaid Freelancers and Romance Writers](https://nwu.org/nwu-representing-unpaid-freelancers-and-romance-writers/) - We have two new non-payment grievances to start the New Year. NWU member Daisy Alioto has helped us organize a group grievance of six freelancers at L’Officiel Magazine who are owed about $18,000. We have had one meeting with the freelancers and as we go to press, we have a meeting scheduled with officers from
- [Response to our appeal and FAQ from proponents of "Controlled Digital Lending"](https://nwu.org/response-to-our-appeal-and-faq-from-proponents-of-controlled-digital-lending/) - There's been no direct response from the Internet Archive in the month since the NWU and dozens of other organizations launched our campaign against so-called Controlled Digital Lending (CDL). Unauthorized scanning and distribution of digital copies of printed books continues, unchecked. The defenders of CDL have, however, posted their own new FAQ which is obviously
- [SoCal Member's Play Runs Jan 24, 25, 26](https://nwu.org/socal-members-play-runs-jan-24-25-26/) - NWU Southen California members Ismael Parra and David Trujillo bringing back to Los Angeles the play "Many May Not Return." David Trujillo Southern California National Writers Union member is premiering his original play "Many May Not Return" at the Long Beach Playhouse January 24, 25 & 26. The NWU Southern California Chapter is planning a
- [NWU denounces “Controlled Digital Lending”](https://nwu.org/nwu-denounces-cdl/) - National Writers Union calls for dialogue with libraries on Internet Archive book scanning Today the National Writers Union (UAW Local 1981, AFL-CIO) joins authors and contributors to books from around the world to denounce the scanning and distribution of complete copies of hundreds of thousands of books by the Internet Archive and its library “partners”
- [Translation Panel - May 1, 2019](https://nwu.org/translation-panel-may-1-2019/) - REPORTBACK: TRANSLATION PANEL MAY 1, BROOKLINE BOOKSMITH The translation panel co-sponsored by the NWU Boston chapter and the Brookline Booksmith Transnational Series featured three literary translators - J. Kates, Danielle Legros-George, and Emma Ramadan, on a panel discussing the art and work of literary translation and their recent work. The panel was moderated by Martha
- [No Cal is Lit](https://nwu.org/no-cal-is-lit/) - During the past 4 years the National Writers Union Northern California Chapter has, supported our members and NWU in a variety of ways. We have made presentations, exhibited, and sold books at some of the most visible and prestigious book events in California, including readings and appearances at the San Francisco Writers Conference, San Francisco
- [Report from the National Executive Board - December 7, 2019](https://nwu.org/report-from-the-national-executive-board-december-7-2019/) - The NWU National Executive Board met on Saturday, December 7 via web conference. We were glad to welcome to new At Large members to the Board, Sandra Campbell (TX) and Susan Smith (NC) plus a revived Twin Cities chapter (Rob Orr) and a new chapter in Pittsburgh (Stephen Fisher). Financial Secretary/Treasurer Mitzi Timan reported that
- [NWU Holiday Happy Hour](https://nwu.org/nwy-holiday-happy-hour/) - New York, December 6 - This evening more than 50 members turned out to the NWU Holiday Happy Hour at Faces & Names. The event was organized by NY members Demetria Irwin and Michael Baginski (FSP). It was a great generational mix of book authors, journalists, digital media workers, bloggers and more, reflecting a year of
- [Poem: In Langston's Home](https://nwu.org/poem-in-langstons-home/) - In Langston’s home Harlem You do as Langston Did Love the Jazz, the Blues, Words, acts, pages and stages In Langston’s home Harlem You do as Langston Did Love the People, their Problems, pains and triumphs In Langston’s home Harlem You do as Langston Did You wake asking, “What has Harlem become This morning?” Each
- [Freelance Solidarity Project Update](https://nwu.org/freelance-solidarity-project-update/) - This fall, the Freelance Solidarity Project elected its first ever organizing committee, made up of 12 members who will spend the next year helping digital media freelancers organize and fight for better working conditions. Last Friday, the committee hosted its first happy hour, welcoming members and non-members alike to the midtown bar Faces and Names
- [The Future of Journalism?](https://nwu.org/the-future-of-journalism/) - “I’ve Seen the Future, Brother. It is Murder!” – Leonard Cohen On November 29 and 30, the National Press Council of Morocco invited members of the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Journalists to participate in a series of panels on the Future of Journalism. The following comments were made by NWU President Larry
- [SoCal Member Meet Up](https://nwu.org/socal-member-meet-up/) - For our last meeting of the decade, Dec. 1, SoCal NWU featured presentations by members James Smith and Dan McCrory, who recently published books. SoCal chair Ismael Parra welcomed a hardy crowd of a dozen members to the CWA #9003 in Burbank, CA, Dan’s former union hall. Ismael invited everyone to enjoy a scrumptious lunch, introduced
- [#DearBetsy and Voters: Protect our Girls with Title IX.](https://nwu.org/dearbetsy-and-voters-protect-our-girls-with-title-ix/) - Advocacy groups: KnowYourIX, End Rape on Campus, SurvJustice and @FemMajority, among others will act today at a live rally in Arlington, VA and online through social media to help bring attention to the changes to our students’ Title IX rights that the US Secretary of Education, Betsy Devos, is attempting to limit. And, once
- [Chasing Mercury and Companion Book Published](https://nwu.org/chasing-mercury-and-companion-book-published/) - Chasing Mercury by September Williams is a romantic suspense saga about "love in the time of mercury poisoning.” The main characters are a Black epileptic ballerina and a Powwow dancer/whistleblower journalist. Their families are intertwined through their commitments to human and environmental rights. This novel story supports the United Nations’ Minamata Convention on Mercury, which
- [NWU 2015 Highlights](https://nwu.org/nwu-2015/) - NWU 2015 Highlights January 12-13: Talks in NYC with Zhejiang Provincial Writers Association, People’s Republic of China; March 8-10: NWU delegates attend UAW New York State Lobby Conference in Albany, NY; March 24-26: Our delegates participate in UAW Collective Bargaining Convention in Detroit, MI; May 1-3: NWU president attends PFUJ Conference in Karachi,Pakistan as part
- [International Solidarity, International Advocacy](https://nwu.org/international-solidarity-international-advocacy/) - In addition to our international connections through the UAW, the NWU is affiliated with three international organizations specifically related to our work as writers. In November, I traveled to Europe to meet with them, representing the NWU at meetings of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the International Authors Forum (IAF), and the International Federation
- [Andrea B. Eagan, NWU's 1st President](https://nwu.org/remembering-nancy-d-smith-nwus-founder/) - For those of us involved since the early 80s, Andrea Boroff Eagan looms large as the founding mother of the National Writers Union. “If Andrea Eagan hadn’t initiated the organizing of the National Writers Union, I don’t think there would be one yet,” says Barbara Raskin, novelist and first president of the organizing committee for
- [SoCal Chapter Chair Plays Benefit Concert](https://nwu.org/socal-chapter-chair-plays-benefit-concert/) - Writer, musician, activist and NWU chapter head, Ismael Parra held a concert fundraiser with the theme "The Struggle for Peace and Planet" on November 23 at an art studio in Los Angeles The concert was a fundraiser for the play Many May Not Return written by NWU member David Trujillo. The play will run January
- [Nautilus: Pay the Writers $180,000!](https://nwu.org/nautilus-pay-the-writers-180000/) - For Immediate Release Contact: Larry Goldbetter, President 212-254-0279 lgoldbetter@nwu.org We are a group of freelance writers and editors represented by the National Writers Union who would like to express our concern about the terms of the sale of NautilusThink to NautilusNext. The filing that has been submitted to the court states that NautilusThink still owes
- [‘ONE DAY LONGER, ONE DAY STRONGER’](https://nwu.org/one-day-longer-one-day-stronger/) - Unions Continue Strike Against ASARCO As their strike at several Arizona and Texas copper mining company’s sites drags on, 1,800 workers at ASARCO have adopted the slogan “One day longer, one day stronger,” and waking the picket line since October 13, they’ve had plenty of time to become fortified. They held a rally and press
- [House of Representatives Passes Copyright Small Claims Bill](https://nwu.org/house-of-representatives-passes-copyright-small-claims-bill/) - On October 22, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the "Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019" (CASE Act), H.R. 2426, by a vote of 410 to 6: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2426 The NWU along with many creators' groups and the member organizations of the Authors Coalition of America endorsed the CASE Act. The NWU submitted detailed
- [The Freelance Solidarity Project Announces Candidates For Organizing Committee](https://nwu.org/the-freelance-solidarity-project-announces-candidates-for-organizing-committee/) - The Freelance Solidarity Project will be electing their first organizing committee this month. All members of FSP can vote for two co-chairs in each role. They'll be responsible for communication between chairs and members, guiding conversations and facilitating open discussions, while also managing key areas of the project, such as strategy, research, and events, among
- [NWU Solidarity at GM Picket Line](https://nwu.org/nwu-at-the-general-motors-picket-line/) - Last Saturday, we hit the road, which stretched out into Appalachia, determined to visit striking GM workers at the Philadelphia Parts Distribution Center. A Turkish friend, Çağatay Öncü, asked to come along. We were nervous because our car has had mechanical problems. We didn’t want to get stranded on the way and miss out on
- [Solitude to Solidarity at Oregon AFL-CIO Convention](https://nwu.org/from-solitude-to-solidarity-at-oregon-afl-cio-convention/) - “National Writers Union? We don’t have that.” As a first-time Delegate to the 2019 Oregon AFL-CIO Convention, I arrived not even knowing my Oregon NWU siblings and the registrant hadn’t heard of my union. By the time I left, I felt connected to my union chapter and the Oregon labor movement. “What did you think
- [Freelance Solidarity Project Organizes with NWU](https://nwu.org/the-freelance-solidarity-project-is-organizing-with-nwu/) - In the spring of 2018, a group of volunteers began discussing how freelancers could benefit from the gains of collective bargaining. As thousands of workers have unionized with the Writers Guild of America, East and the NewsGuild-CWA, the question of how we could stand in solidarity with staff workers while advocating for our own rights
- [Writer Alert: American Geosciences Institute](https://nwu.org/american-geosciences-institute-september-16-2019/) - The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) – an organization based in Alexandria, VA – has failed to pay six writers a total of $7,907.20 for work commissioned by AGI and delivered to AGI for publication in EARTH Magazine. AGI ceased publication of EARTH Magazine with the April 2019 edition and has since refused to pay these writers for the work AGI assigned
- [Why We're Backing AB-5](https://nwu.org/ab-5-freelancers-and-misclassification-of-employees/) - NWU supports the passage of Assembly Bill-5 (Worker Status: Employees and Independent Contractors). AB-5 is legislation in California designed to end employee misclassification and to bring the protection of state and federal labor law to the millions of workers who are currently deprived of it. AB-5 will require multi-billion dollar corporations to respect those labor
- [Writing and Healing Event with Yusef Salaam](https://nwu.org/writing-healing-circle-event-with-yusef-in-october/) - The Yusef Salaam Writing & Healing Circle will premiere at Sister’s Bookstore and Cultural Center, 1942 Amsterdam Avenue, 156th St. We will write and read our works. There will be discussions about feelings reflected in each narrative: poetry, essay, letters, etc. Our goal is to engage, explore, and empower. To discover the restorative essence of
- [The Freelance Solidarity Project Is Electing An Organizing Committee—Sign Up To Run Today!](https://nwu.org/the-freelance-solidarity-project-is-electing-an-organizing-committee-sign-up-to-run-today/) - Over one hundred members of the Freelance Solidarity Project have joined NWU in the past few weeks. In order to represent them and all the members who are still signing up, FSP is electing an organizing committee. The organizing committee will have fourteen co-chairs, each with their own crucial role. They’ll run meetings, head up
- [NWU Supports GM Strikers! Shut It Down!](https://nwu.org/nwu-supports-gm-strikers-shut-it-down/) - The nation-wide strike against General Motors by 50,000 of our UAW sisters and brothers is now in its third day, with 12 strikers arrested on the picket line in Spring Hill, Tennessee. GM made about $8 billion in profits globally last year, and about $4 billion in profit in the US under the contract that just
- [Writer Alert: American Geosciences Institute](https://nwu.org/writer-alert-american-geosciences-institute/) - The American Geosciences Institute (AGI), an organization based in Alexandria, Va., has failed to pay six writers a total of $7,907.20 for work commissioned by AGI and delivered to AGI for publication in EARTH Magazine. AGI ceased publication of EARTH Magazine with the April 2019 edition and has since refused to pay these writers for the work
- [Labor Parade Brings International Solidarity to Trump's Doorstep](https://nwu.org/labor-parade-brings-international-solidarity-to-trumps-doorstep/) - Members of the UAW, including a contingent from NWU, brought the message of international solidarity to the NYC Labor Parade. Our banners read, “No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist USA!” and “Solidarity Has No Borders, No Ban – No Wall!” As we marched up 5th Ave., we stopped at Trump Tower and held a rally
- [So Cal Labor Day Rally for Bernie](https://nwu.org/so-cal-labor-day-rally-for-bernie/) - Thousands of union workers and community folk marched in the streets and had a picnic celebration at Banning park in Wilmington, a city at the port of Los Angeles. They were out to celebrate Labor Day. Labor, the moving force of all societies, was truly out on this sunny day as union members from all
- [Minnesota Nurses hold Informational Picket](https://nwu.org/minnesota-nurses-hold-informational-picket/) - “I keep a close watch on this heart of mine I keep my eyes wide open all the time I keep the ends out for the tie that binds Because you're mine, I walk the line” --Johnny Cash. Hundreds of nurses organized an informational picket the week of August 19, calling for fair wages and
- [Greetings to the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) on Your 5th General Assembly](https://nwu.org/greetings-to-the-national-union-of-somali-journalists-nusoj-on-your-5th-general-assembly/) - Sisters and Brothers; The National Writers Union salutes you on your fifth General Assembly. You, more than most, are on the front lines of defending journalism and a free press under some of the most vicious attacks and violations of union rights. Your union has stood up to killings, arrests and intimidation of journalists and
- [Frederick Douglass' Alternative to the 4th of July](https://nwu.org/frederick-douglass-alternative-to-the-4th-of-july/) - On Wednesday July 3rd a standing room only crowd packed NWU’s meeting hall for UpSurge!NYC’s Second Annual Alternative 4th of July Celebration. Raymond Nat Turner, Artistic Director/ Founder of the JazzPoetry Ensemble, UpSurge!NYC opened the evening by pointing out the hypocrisy of celebrating July 4 as a national day of independence and political freedom in
- [Our Future to Write and Own](https://nwu.org/ours-to-write-in-and-to-own/) - My favorite old union song has always been “Solidarity Forever.” It never fails to inspire and remind me of the power that working people have when they come together to rewrite the rules of our broken economy. This lyric, from Ralph Chaplin’s original, I find particularly moving: All the world that's owned by idle drones
- [A Novel Discussion in D.C.](https://nwu.org/10959-2/) - NWU members and authors Bill Fletcher Jr. and Tim Sheard enjoyed a provocative discussion July 16 about storytelling and social justice at the Busboys & Poets Takoma bookshop in the Washington D.C. area. Moderator Kurt Stand asked Fletcher, who is the author of The Man Who Fell From the Sky, and Sheard, who wrote One Foot in
- [Stop Racist Attacks on Immigrant Families](https://nwu.org/stop-racist-attacks-on-immigrant-families/) - The National Writers Union strongly condemns the anti-immigrant policies and actions of the United States government that separates families and kidnaps children. One of the most prominent ways of getting into the States is by applying for ESTA via E Visum Service, which most of the oppressed have, but still continue to be oppressed. It
- [Successful Launch of the Legal Action Fund](https://nwu.org/successful-launch-of-the-legal-action-fund/) - On June 20, the NWU and our nonprofit, the National Writers United Service Organization (NWUSO), launched our Legal Action Fund at the offices of the Levy Ratner labor law firm. The reception raised more than $13,000, which will be used to take group non-payment grievances to court as needed. The event was hosted by former
- [Journalist Manuel Duran Freed from ICE Detention](https://nwu.org/breaking-journalist-manuel-duran-freed-from-ice-detention/) - Journalist Manuel Duran Freed from ICE Detention After a multi-year legal battle, Duran’s release is a victory for freedom of the press After 465 days in detention, journalist Manuel Duran was released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention today. Duran, who was most recently held at the Etowah County Detention Center, will now
- [Minnesota Gets Tough on Wage Theft](https://nwu.org/minnesota-gets-tough-on-wage-theft/) - It is frightening to imagine showing up for work, shift after shift, for a paycheck that may or may not materialize until days or weeks after it has been promised. How difficult it must be to repeat that promise to a daycare provider while dropping off a child on the way to work, standing in
- [EBONY Blues](https://nwu.org/ebony-what-would-mlk-say/) - I am saddened by the situation with the unpaid Ebony and Jet writers, who are now being represented by the National Writers Union. I take it personally that these iconic publications have allowed this situation to drag on so long. They need to show greater respect for the house that John Johnson built, and which
- [Why I Joined NWU After Retirement](https://nwu.org/why-i-joined-nwu-after-retirement/) - I’m a union member. It’s hard for me to describe how empowering those words feel after a 35-year career without the safety net of union membership. But as a writer, let me see if I can tell you my story in 550 words or less. When I took a $13,000/year job as a reporter in
- [Jailed Journalist Manuel Duran’s Case Ordered Reopened](https://nwu.org/jailed-journalist-manuel-durans-case-ordered-reopened/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 2019 Contact: Jeff Migliozzi jeff.migliozzi@splcenter.org / (334) 303-1261 GADSDEN, Ala. – The Board of Immigration Appeals has ordered jailed journalist Manuel Duran’s case reopened, paving the way for an asylum claim and possible release after over 15 months in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). “I am
- [International Solidarity: NWU at the IFJ 30th World Congress](https://nwu.org/international-solidarity-nwu-at-the-ifj-30th-world-congress/) - As the sun set over the capital of Tunisia, some 300 journalists from around the world - all members of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) - marched down the Rue des Etats Unis and cried out: “Solidarite.” In their hands they held paper flags emblazoned with the faces of slain journalists – comrades who
- [Conference Seeks to Bolster Global Worker Rights](https://nwu.org/conference-seeks-to-bolster-global-worker-rights/) - The International Labor Organization (ILO) renewed a Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work on June 21 in Geneva, Switzerland. The event coincided with the 100th anniversary of the Conference, where the organization adopted a new international Convention against violence and harassment at work, while vowing to hold governments accountable for violations. Sharan Burrow, general
- [Freelance Isn't Free Becomes Law in NYC!](https://nwu.org/freelance-isnt-free-becomes-law-in-nyc/) - On October 27, the NY City Council passed the landmark Freelance Isn’t Free bill into law. With a vote of 51-0, the City Council made New York City the first in the U.S. to make non-payment to freelancers and independent contract workers a crime. NWU is a cosponsor of the bill and well aware of
- [Result of a Failing Gig Economy](https://nwu.org/result-of-a-failing-gig-economy/) - my current job is as momentary as a twitter post submitted last night, this is the gig economy full time, nope lifestyle inflation: has me migrating for work like a traveling salesman, but the financial crisis is paying me in snake oil from georgia to boston, when my fight is to stay in new york:
- [Reception for the NWUSO Legal Action Fund](https://nwu.org/recption-for-the-nwuso-legal-action-fund/) - In 2018, the National Writers Union collected more than $200,000 for almost 150 unpaid freelancers by waging Group Non-Payment Grievances. Most of these were settled directly and with the assistance of the UAW Legal Department , some had to go to court. All of the unpaid freelancers were paid 100% of what they were owed.
- [Socialist Author and Historian Visits SoCal NWU](https://nwu.org/socialist-author-and-historian-visits-socal-nwu/) - Victor Grossman, a New York “red diaper baby” of the 1930s and resident of East Berlin since the 1950s, recently made a 10-week transcontinental tour with his new memoir and meditation on left politics, A Socialist Defector: From Harvard to Karl-Marx-Allee (Monthly Review Press). It is a richly told story unfolding in rare, personal detail.
- [Bronx Book Fair 2019](https://nwu.org/bronx-book-fair-2019/) - The recent Bronx Book Fair 2019 at the Bronx Library Center was jam-packed with excitement. The energy sizzled as an array of booksellers, writers, and patrons engaged each other regarding their adoration for stories. Presented by Poets Network & Exchange, the theme was Our Children, Ourselves: Sustaining a Healthy, Creative, Educationally & Literary Rich Community.
- [SoCal's Ismael Parra Takes Play to Chicago](https://nwu.org/socal-member-ismael-parra-chicago-bound-to-perform/) - "Many May Not Return," an anti-war play, will open late June in Chicago at the Prop Theater. Ismael Parra, NWU Southern California chair and music coordinator for the production, and director David Reyes discussed the fun and challenges of taking your show on the road. David: How is the play coming along in Chicago? Ismael: Good, advance
- [The Latest Lenny Moss Mystery](https://nwu.org/tim-sheards-latest-lenny-moss-mystery/) - Climate change has brought a new, aggressive Zika virus to Philadelphia, making pregnant women fearful they will become infected, and overloading the hospital with a crush of frightened patients. Pregnant nurses at James Madison Hospital beg to be relieved from caring for patients with the virus, but Mother Burgess, the Director of Nursing, refuses. The
- [Mentoring the Next Generation of Writers](https://nwu.org/mentoring-the-next-generation-of-writers/) - In May, NY Chapter co-chair Timothy Sheard met with four aspiring writers, each with their own unique challenges and goals. Over two hours we discuss each writer's opportunities and options, from finding an agent to self-publishing. One writer, having not heard back from a publisher who expressed interest in her book, is now going to
- [Frederick Douglass Alternative 4th of July Celebration ](https://nwu.org/frederick-douglass-alternative-4th-of-july-celebration/) - “An ensemble that earns its exclamation point with dynamic performances that capture the soul, humor and off-the-cuff inventiveness of a cascading saxophone solo.” --Contra Costa Times
- [A Greener Way to Write](https://nwu.org/a-greener-way-to-write/) - I'd like to suggest that the NWU kick off a campaign for the membership to adopt a gentler writing lifestyle to help heal the planet. Please post in next newsletter: How can writers adopt a gentler writing lifestyle? Since the New York chapter is hosting a panel discussion in November on "Writing to Save the
- [Copyright Office brushes off our call for "moral rights" legislation](https://nwu.org/copyright-office-brushes-off-our-call-for-moral-rights-legislation/) - Rejecting recommendations from the National Writers Union (NWU) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the US Copyright Office has ended a two-year policy study by concluding that no significant new legislation is called for to protect authors' moral rights to attribution (bylines or credit as authors) and to the integrity of our works. The
- [The Coolest Person at the Writers Conference](https://nwu.org/the-coolest-person-at-the-writers-conference/) - At the Association of Writers and Writing Programs in Portland, OR, the final week of March, I did the usual: attend workshops and hit the parties. But it was the unusual that resonated: A chat with writer Jennifer F. Steil at the Authors Guild gathering. She told me about serving as a newspaper editor in
- [La policía "Confisca una sala de redacción"  intentando revelar las fuentes confidenciales](https://nwu.org/la-policia-confisca-una-sala-de-redaccion-intentando-revelar-las-fuentes-confidenciales/) - El viernes 10 de mayo, diez oficiales de policía de San Francisco y dos agentes del FBI allanaron la casa del periodista y videógrafo Bryan Carmody. Aparecieron con mazos y arietes, armas de fuego y una orden de registro en busca de propiedad "robada o malversada". En realidad, ellos no venían buscaban un informe policial
- [Reception for the NWUSO Legal Action Fund](https://nwu.org/reception-for-the-nwuso-legal-action-fund/) - In 2018, the National Writers Union collected more than $200,000 for almost 150 unpaid freelancers by waging Group Non-Payment Grievances. Most of these were settled directly by the union. And some, with the assistance of the UAW Legal Department, had to go to court. All of the unpaid freelancers were paid 100% of what they
- [Police "Confiscate a Newsroom" to Try to Reveal a Confidential Source](https://nwu.org/police-confiscate-a-newsroom-to-try-to-reveal-a-confidential-source/) - On Friday, May 10, ten San Francisco police officers and two FBI agents raided the home of freelance journalist and videographer Bryan Carmody. They showed up with sledge hammers and battering rams with guns drawn, and a search warrant looking for “stolen or embezzled” property. In reality, they were not so much looking for a
- [RIP Rachel Burd - Union Leader, Social Justice Warrior](https://nwu.org/rip-rachel-burd-union-leader-social-justice-warrior/) - As former officers we want to join with our NWU sisters and brothers to express condolences on the passing of Rachel Burd. We all worked with with Rachel on the NWU executive board in years past and her death has shocked us. Rachel's commitment to the union, and to the labor movement in general and
- [World Press Freedom Day 2019 - Support the IFJ Convention on the Safety and Protection of Media Workers](https://nwu.org/world-press-freedom-day-2019-support-the-ifj-convention-on-the-safety-and-protection-of-media-workers/) - Lyra had worked at the Belfast Telegraph, was a member of the National Union of Journalists UK and Ireland and was a freelancer and novelist. She was killed after a gunman, apparently with the New IRA, fired shots towards the police. She was standing nearby, reporting live from the scene.
- [Yusef Salaam on Writing While Black](https://nwu.org/yusef-salaam-on-writing-while-black/) - In commemoration of African American History Month, NWU’s New York chapter presented “Writing While Black” on February 13th at NWU headquarters in midtown Manhattan. Veteran journalist Herb Boyd, who is also an Amsterdam News columnist, led journalists Bill Fletcher, Jr. and Yusef Salaam, along with poets Eartha Watts-Hicks, JP Howard, and Raymond Nat Turner (co-chair of NWU's
- [Can Women in Media Challenge Stereotypes and Misrepresentation Online?](https://nwu.org/can-women-in-media-challenge-stereotypes-and-misrepresentation-online/) - “We are afraid of judgment, family, society…" She said, “Women now ask us to tell their stories. We’re framing women as strong because we are strong.”
- [Arizona Labor Packs a Punch](https://nwu.org/arizona-labor-packs-a-punch/) - In the run up to the 2018 election, an office in the back of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Hall in Tucson served as cramped headquarters for a new kind of labor campaign. A hand-made poster on the wall compare the two most recent Arizona District 2 Congressional members’ lifetime legislative scores showed why
- [Amazon Selling Plagiarized Books](https://nwu.org/amazon-selling-plagiarized-books/) - On March 20, Book Division Co-Chair Aleah Barley, joined Authors Guild Executive Director Mary Rasenberger and a number of Authors Coalition member organizations on a conference call to explore ways to stop plagiarism on Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) and Kindle Unlimited (KU) platforms. The call was in preparation for a possible letter writing campaign
- [One Year After Arrest, Memphis Journalist Manuel Duran Still Jailed by ICE, Showing the Injustice of U.S. Immigration System](https://nwu.org/one-year-after-arrest-memphis-journalist-manuel-duran-still-jailed-by-ice-showing-the-injustice-of-u-s-immigration-system/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 3, 2019 Contact: Jeff Migliozzi jeff.migliozzi@splcenter.org / (334) 303-1261 Duran Continues Fight with Habeas Filing Memphis, Tenn. – On April 3 of last year, journalist Manuel Duran was arrested while covering a Memphis protest focused on local law enforcement’s practice of detaining suspected immigrants and handing them over to U.S. Immigration and
- [IFJ at UNCSW63: Journalism and Media Workers at Risk](https://nwu.org/journalism-and-media-workers-at-risk/) - An IFJ survey of 400 women journalists in 50 countries found that “almost one in two women journalists have suffered sexual harassment, psychological abuse, online trolling and others forms of gender-based violence while working.”
- [Follow Ongoing Events at the UN Commission on the Status of Women](https://nwu.org/follow-ongoing-events-at-the-un-commission-on-the-status-of-women/) - Journalists face daily threats of being attacked, imprisoned, threatened and harassed for doing their job. A survey of over 400 women journalists in 50 countries by the International Federation of Journalists showed that “almost one in two women journalists have suffered sexual harassment, psychological abuse, online trolling and others forms of gender-based violence while working.”
- [President's April 2019 Report](https://nwu.org/presidents-april-2019-report/) - Non-Payment Grievances In our first major non-payment grievance of 2019, payments are going out to six freelancers at Out Magazine/Pride Media worth about $9,500. Overall, 30 freelancers will be collecting more than $40,000 for work that was contracted, produced and published by Out Magazine/Pride Media. Some of the invoices are more than a year old.
- [George Lakey on the Plus Side of a Polarized Society](https://nwu.org/george-lakey-on-the-plus-side-of-a-polarized-society/) - NWU member George Lakey spoke recently about how the Scandinavian countries went from a deeply polarized region in the 1920s and 30s, with Nazis and Bolsheviks fighting each other, to the most economically equal region with the highest productivity and most generous benefits in the world. Lakey, a recently retired professor at Swarthmore (PA) College,
- [March for Mercy: The Story of Mr. Sidney Hingerty in His 'Walk for Justice'](https://nwu.org/march-for-mercy-the-story-of-mr-sidney-hingerty-in-his-walk-for-justice/) - A 1600 mile walk across the European coast. Spreading awareness about child trafficking by presenting testimonies and petitions, to the House of Lords, in four countries. Sid Hingerty is believed to be the only person on Earth to walk to all four British Parliaments. We created this story and we completed the 1600-mile journey. Now,
- [OUT MAGAZINE: PAY THE FREELANCERS !](https://nwu.org/out-magazine-pay-the-freelancers/) - Feb. 26, 2018 — NEW YORK CITY — The National Writers Union is now representing 25 freelance contributors to Out magazine, who are owed more than $40,000 for work that was contracted, produced and published. This campaign — which is also taking place on social media with the hashtag #OutOwes — is going public today, and we expect
- [Are Websites Stealing Your Work?](https://nwu.org/are-websites-stealing-your-work/) - We keep hearing from people who see their articles or book chapters reprinted in blogs, or offered for sale on various websites, without their knowledge or consent. One member recently demanded payment from such a blog, and got it. But if that fails, you can have the work removed by invoking the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
- [NAUTILUS STORIES PUBLISHED, BUT NOT PAID FOR  ](https://nwu.org/nautilus-stories-published-but-not-paid-for/) - Here some of our stories that Nautilus contracted for and published, but has yet to pay for more than a year later for many of us. Topics include selfishness, depression, rats, and impossible math. Also apropos, "Trust" is the theme of Nautilus's December issue. Lorraine Boissoneault, Chicago, Illinois, NWU (@boissolm, www.lboissoneault.com) “Archaeologists are Planning
- [Boston Chapter's Book Party](https://nwu.org/boston-chapters-book-party/) - Our annual book party this year, managed to narrowly skirt a snowstorm, celebrating 12 authors, five of whom read from their books - historical novel about Germany's first recognized female physician, retired MBTA chief's novel set in Boston's subway tunnels and the homeless who live in them, a young author's fantasy of a girl escaping 'the
- [They Went to the Mexican Border to Help](https://nwu.org/they-went-to-the-wall-in-mexico-to-help/) - My husband, Jose Rosa, and I responded to an outreach call from the New Sanctuary Coalition (NSC), and went to the Mexican/US border in late January. NSC has invited our union members to stand in solidarity with those who've been traveling in recent months in a caravan from Central America. Four NWU members have taken up that
- [Member Joe Berry Included in Anthology](https://nwu.org/member-joe-berry-included-in-anthology/) - This book is the only thing published so far that illuminates the "other side” of the famous split that tore Students of a Democratic Society (SDS) apart in the summer of 1969. Rather than focusing on those who soon became the Weathermen, and were never more than a tiny percentage of the 100,000 who considered
- [Nor Cal NWU Benefits From Local Conferences](https://nwu.org/nor-cal-members-benefit-from-local-conferences/) - NWU's NorCal members will gather February 14-17 to staff an information table at the San Francisco Writer Conference (SFWC), a celebration of craft, commerce and community. More than 700 writers attending from around the country will have opportunities to meet publishers, editors, reviewers, and media experts in multiple genres. These include fiction, non-fiction and children’s books.
- [NWU Attends Union Conference in Las Vegas](https://nwu.org/nwu-attends-union-conference-in-las-vegas/) - As members of UAW Local 1981, we’re well aware that our union is composed of more than just autoworkers. This fact was brought into sharp relief in January at the UAW’s 2019 TOP, Competitive Shop/IPS, and Gaming Departments Conference in Las Vegas. The event brought together locals representing just about every industry outside of the
- [Bridging NWU and NABJ](https://nwu.org/bridging-nwu-and-nabj/) - Since joining the writer’s union, I developed a great understanding of how important and empowering it is to have a team of people supporting you. But beyond that. NWU has proven to be an invaluable tool for me as a creative, especially with access to trained NWU experts who look over my literary contracts and
- [Yusef Salaam to Present Book in Harlem](https://nwu.org/yusef-salaam-to-present-book-in-harlem/) - From 3-4 p.m. on February 16, Sisters Uptown Bookstorein Harlem welcomes the NWU’s Yusef Salaam, the author of a new children’s book Elijah Muhammad: Builder of a Nation. The interactive event will feature Salaam reading from his new work, with children and parents sharing their ideas, as well. A retired junior high school teacher, Salaam tells
- [Free Marzieh Hashemi!](https://nwu.org/free-marzieh-hashemi/) - Marzieh Hashemi was released from custody on Wednesday, January 23, after being held for 10 days. She was not arrested or charged with a crime. In a statement the family said, “Marzieh and her family will not allow this to be swept under the carpet...Just as America is aware of the harassment of the Black community
- [Audiobooks: Stories Meant To Be Heard](https://nwu.org/audio-books-stories-meant-to-be-heard/) - What was it our elementary school teachers used to tell us when we chit-chatted in class instead of paying attention? It's the same advice that marriage therapists may have given us when our relationships hit the rocks: "God gave you two ears so you could listen for twice as long as you speak." The explosion
- [NWU and NASW form Partnership](https://nwu.org/nwu-and-nasw-form-partnership/) - NEW YORK, NY (December 20, 2018) - The National Writers Union (UAW Local 1981) is proud to announce our new partnership with the National Association of Science Writers. The 2,000-member NASW is the largest organization of science writers in the world. The partnership will officially take effect on January 1, 2019. NASW consists of freelancers and
- [An Open Letter from Freelancers at Nautilus Magazine](https://nwu.org/an-open-letter-from-freelancers-at-nautilus-magazine/) - December 13, 2017 Dear Readers, Funders and Board Members of Nautilus Magazine, As of December 13, we are writers and editors awaiting payment from Nautilus magazine for a collective debt totalling $50,000. Some of us have been waiting to be paid for more than a year. Our numbers span many time zones, from
- [NASW-NWU Partnership Established](https://nwu.org/nasw-nwu-partnership-established/) - NWU and the National Association of Science Writers (NASW) have agreed to a partnership that will bring NASW members into NWU and extend NWU Grievance and Contract services to a limited number of NASW members. The agreement has been approved by the national leadership of both organizations. Under the experimental plan, NASW members can join
- [Film Chronicles Uncomfortable Labor History](https://nwu.org/film-chronicles-uncomfortable-labor-history/) - In 1993, the movie Tombstone played theaters with the tagline, “Every town has a story, Tombstone has a legend.” Only a half hour drive from Tombstone, Ariz., is Bisbee, a town whose story also needed to be told. In fact, the tale had been suppressed for decades. Now, Bisbee '17 will go a long way to address that. Directed
- [New Sanctuary Coalition](https://nwu.org/new-sanctuary-coalition/) - NWU is building a labor delegation to the New Sanctuary Coalition effort to bring thousands of people to the US/Mexico border to greet the Central American refugee exodus. The NSC Call to Organized Labor is here. Please join the hundreds of union activists who have signed on. NSC is a faith-based group, providing sanctuary and
- [Manuel Duran Wins Temporary Stay of Deportation](https://nwu.org/manuel-duran-wins-temporary-stay-of-deportation/) - Last August, the NWU Delegate Assembly passed a resolution in support of journalist Manuel Duran Ortega, a Salvadoran immigrant seeking asylum in the US. Duran Ortega was a TV reporter in El Salvador who became a respected journalist in Memphis, TN, writing for the Spanish-language publication Memphis Noticias. While wearing a press badge and reporting at
- [Finally, Ebony Pays!!!](https://nwu.org/finally-ebony-pays/) - We're glad to announce that the final 4th quarter payment of the Ebony settlement is complete. The last $18,323 is en route to 16 writers. It was due Dec. 28, but Michael Gibson, president of the ownershp group CVG and CEO of Ebony Media, decided to get this done after being sued in court and slammed
- [Warning: Don’t enter JM Northern Media's book festivals!](https://nwu.org/warning-dont-enter-jm-northern-medias-book-festivals/) - There are many ways to promote your writing. Entering book contests is one, especially if the entry fee seems a relatively modest $50. Winning the grand prize is even sweeter, as one of our members did last year. To claim the top prize in the 2017 Great Northwest Book Festival (GNBF), all she had to
- [A SEAT AT THE JOURNAL-ISMS TABLE](https://nwu.org/a-seat-at-the-journal-isms-table/) - On Saturday, December 1, NWU President Larry Goldbetter and executive committee member A.J. Springer were recognized for their work in getting Ebony freelancers paid at Richard Prince’s 9th Annual Journal-isms Roundtable Holiday Party at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Journal-isms covers all aspects of Black media and is a leading voice for diversity in publishing. Prince was
- [Conference: Keys To Writing Success](https://nwu.org/conference-keys-to-writing-success/) - The recent National Writers Union 8th Annual conference was a rousing success. Held at NWU headquarters in midtown Manhattan, the event brought to mind the African proverb, “Doing one’s best drives away regret.” The theme was “The Writer’s Key to Success,” and NWU Conference Organizing Committee members, Chapter ’87, labored to create a seminar where
- [16 Days Against Gender-Based Violence](https://nwu.org/16-days-of-action/) - Almost two-thirds of women journalists have been subjected to online abuse, according to a new IFJ survey. Respondents reported various forms of harassment, including death or rape threats, insults, the devaluation of their work, sexist comments, being the recipient of obscene images, cyberbullying, cyberstalking, and account impersonation. Among those who suffered online harassment, the survey suggests,
- [President’s December 2108 Column](https://nwu.org/presidents-december-2108-column/) - New Sanctuary Coalition I'm working on building a labor delegation to the New Sanctuary Coalition effort to bring thousands of people to the US/Mexico border to greet the Central American refugee exodus. The NSC Call to Organized Labor is here. Please sign on and share widely. So far about 100 union activists and unions have
- [Here's How to Dodge the Cashier Check Scam](https://nwu.org/heres-how-to-dodge-the-cashier-check-scam/) - A short email arrived in my inbox, inquiring whether I still translate documents from German into English. I replied that I did, but didn’t pay much attention to the sender’s name, email address or the subject line: “Translator Needed ASAP.” Their reply came almost immediately: They thanked me for my quick response, and asked how
- [RIP Rashod Ollison](https://nwu.org/rip-rashod-ollison/) - The National Writers Union is sad to announce the death of one of our members, Rashod Ollison. Ollison, 41, was an award-winning entertainment writer and music critic whose most recent post was at The Virginian Pilot, where he covered pop music and culture. He has also been a staff critic and feature writer for the
- [Ebony Media and CVG Fail to Pay Freelancers](https://nwu.org/ebony-media-and-cvg-fail-to-pay-freelancers/) - New York (October 16, 2018) – Ebony Media Organization (EMO) and its parent Clear View Group (CVG) have failed to honor the terms of a February agreement with the National Writers Union (NWU/UAW) and 44 freelancer writers for about $80,000 for unpaid work that was contracted and published. The union filed a case in Cook County
- [October 2018 President's Report](https://nwu.org/october-2018-presidents-report/) - If there was any doubt as to who is telling the truth, all you have to do is watch the testimony of Judge Brett Kavanaugh and the Republican Senators’ Day of Rage against Dr. Christine Blaisey Ford. White, male patriarchy was on full display, not unlike a visit to the Ape House at the zoo,
- [Grievance Officers and Contract Advisors Needed](https://nwu.org/grievance-officers-and-contract-advisors-needed/) - The NWU’s Grievance and Contract Committee is in search of several members who are interested in volunteering their time to be trained and to serve as Grievance Officers (GOs) and Contract Advisors (CAs). Why Volunteer? Grievance Officers assist fellow NWU members in fighting to resolve disputes with publishers that may arise from lack of pay,
- [The Mansion of the Kavanaughs](https://nwu.org/the-mansion-of-the-kavanaughs/) - Dear Ms. Ellis: I was forwarded your recent article As Kavanaugh Allegations Widen, Elite-College Alumni Recall Harassment From Decades Past Students, By Lindsay Ellis September 27, 2018 As a 1965 graduate of Radcliffe (which was in the process of becoming Harvard), I am being urged by family and husband to write something about all this. You may
- [NWU NY CHAPTER ANNUAL PICNIC A SUCCESS!](https://nwu.org/nwu-ny-chapter-annual-picnic-a-success/) - Twenty-five New York and Connecticut writers gathered on a hot and muggy Sunday afternoon in Riverside Park to celebrate the writing life and to share our food, our hopes and our dreams. The threat of rain held off as the multi-racial, multi-generational group of writers discussed their current projects and received advice and encouragement. Co-chair
- [8th NWU Writers Conference Is Oct. 13](https://nwu.org/nwu-eighth-annual-conference/) - Save the Date – Saturday, October 13. Kick your career into higher gear with a day of lectures and workshops focusing on copyright protection, contract advice, branding techniques, low cost social media marketing opportunities, and much more. THEME: New York City is the Writer’s Key to Success – Unlock NYC’s great free and inexpensive resources for writers. CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION:
- [Copyright registration should be easier, less costly](https://nwu.org/copyright-registration-should-be-easier-not-more-expensive/) - In January 2017, the NWU and three other national organizations of writers petitioned the U.S. Copyright Office to establish "group registration" procedures that would allow a writer to register multiple stories, articles, blog posts, Web pages, or other short-form works with a single form and a single fee. Since then, our petition has been endorsed
- [DC Member Bill Fletcher Jr. Launches Novel](https://nwu.org/dc-member-bill-fletcher-jr-launches-novel/) - Join award-winning journalist and lifelong social justice advocate Bill Fletcher, Jr. for the launch of his new crime novel The Man Who Fell From the Sky 5 pm Sunday, November 18 at Busboys & Poets in Washington, D.C. The book's publisher, Hard Ball Press, is run by NY co-chair Timothy Sheard. In The Man Who Fell, David Gomes
- [2018 DA Recap](https://nwu.org/2018-da-recap/) - 2018 Delegate Assembly Moves the Union Forward The 2018 Delegate Assembly, held in New York City, August 10-12, opened with a public event on Friday night highlighted by keynote speaker Julia Salazar. She is running for NY State Senate against a long-time Democratic incumbent, and is part of the progressive movement that produced the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- [NWU Backs Study Hall Writers](https://nwu.org/nwu-backs-study-hall-writers/) - The following letter was signed by 115 members of the Study Hall collective. NWU supports their struggle. info@studyhall.xyz // studyhall.xyz September 5, 2018 When The Outline launched in late 2016, they promised to be “a new kind of publication” that would, against many odds, find ways to thrive in a near-apocalyptic media landscape. Yesterday, they
- [An Open Letter to the New York Times](https://nwu.org/an-open-letter-to-the-new-york-times/) - To the Editor: The Times seems to regard the removal of reporters' bylines from your home page and mobile app ("Where Did the Bylines Go?", August 22), as purely business decisions. But bylines aren't just a good idea -- they are required by international law. Article 6(bis) of the Berne Convention, ratified by the U.S. in 1988, recognizes
- [NWU Women’s Committee Report to the Delegate Assembly, August 2018](https://nwu.org/nwu-womens-committee-report-to-the-delegate-assembly-august-2018/) - The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) reports that at least 1 in every 2 journalists have suffered sexual harassment, psychological abuse, online trolling and other forms of human rights abuses. IFJ Gender Counsel director Mindy Ran writes that “we mourn the loss of six of our sisters in 2015, from France, the Philippines, Somalia, South Sudan and
- [President’s Report to the 2018 Delegate Assembly](https://nwu.org/presidents-report-to-the-2018-delegate-assembly/) - Membership As of this writing, we have 1038 members, more or less where we have been for some time. One interesting aspect of our union, which accepts everyone who applies, that we hundreds of new members join every year, and when things don’t work out for whatever reason, hundreds leave as well. There is tremendous
- [NY Chapter Annual Picnic a Success](https://nwu.org/the-nwu-ny-chapter-annual-outing-a-huge-success/) - Twenty-five New York and Connecticut writers gathered on a hot and muggy Sunday afternoon in Riverside Park to celebrate the writing life and to share our food, our hopes and our dreams.
- [RESOLUTION TO END WORLDWIDE DISCRIMINATION AND ABUSE AGAINST WOMEN JOURNALISTS](https://nwu.org/resolution-to-end-worldwide-discrimination-and-abuse-against-women-journalists/) - RESOLUTION: Passed Unanimously NWU Delegate Assembly, August 12, 2018 Global Call for Action to End Worldwide Discrimination and Abuse Against Women Journalists WHEREAS, gender-based violence is one of the most prevalent and tolerated human rights violations in the world; WHEREAS, the AFL-CIO is part of the International Confederation of Trades Unions Campaign to Stop Gender-Based
- [Book Division Report to the 2018 DA](https://nwu.org/book-division-report-to-the-2018-delegate-assembly/) - Following are some highlights of actions taken by the NWU Book Division since the 2015 NWU Delegate Assembly. These include work on issues specific to writers of books, including to ebooks. These also include policy advocacy related to legislation, regulations, and litigation on copyright and other issues that affect writers of work in other formats as well as
- [Grievance and Contract Report to 2018 DA](https://nwu.org/grievance-and-contract-division-report-to-the-2018-delegate-assembly/) - A fond farewell to Amy Rose We are sad to report that Amy Rose, our National Grievance Officer since 2005, has resigned. We will miss her dedication, competence, leadership, and wisdom; and we wish her the best in future ventures. Amy was not only an effective grievance officer herself, but also an outstanding mentor to
- [Do Writers Have "Moral Rights"?](https://nwu.org/do-writers-have-moral-rights/) - The idea that writers have "moral" rights with respect to our written work may seem strange to those who think of copyright in purely propertarian terms. They might wonder: What does morality have to do with property ownership? But our writing is more than intellectual property, and our rights to our work are more than
- [Report to the NWU Delegate Assembly on International Activities, 2015-2018](https://nwu.org/report-to-the-nwu-delegate-assembly-on-international-activities-2015-2018/) - The market for writing is global, as is the need for solidarity of working writers. Writers from around the world compete for jobs and freelance assignments with publishers around the world. We market and distribute our writing to, and earn revenues from, readers around the world, indirectly (through publishers and licensing agreements) and directly (as self-publishers, especially in
- [2nd VP Report to the 2018 Delegate Assembly](https://nwu.org/2nd-vp-report-to-the-2018-delegate-assembly/) - Living on the other side of the country from NWU headquarters, I have sometimes felt out of the loop with regard to NYC cultural activities, events, in-house meetings and opportunities. So as the editor of newsletter and website, I enjoy the opportunity to reach out to members around the country and get them to contribute
- [RESOLUTION ON FINANCIAL EDUCATION AND AVID SERVICES AND RETIREMENT RESOURCES](https://nwu.org/resolution-on-financial-education-and-avid-services-and-retirement-resources/) - WHEREAS, half of all working Americans (55 Million) don’t have access to an employer sponsored retirement savings plan; WHEREAS, 80% of those with employee retirement savings do save, though inadequately for retirement, only 8 % of people whose employers offer no retirement savings do in fact save; WHEREAS, 1 in 3 American’s retiring from full
- [RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE POOR PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN](https://nwu.org/resolution-in-support-of-the-poor-peoples-campaign/) - WHEREAS the desperate needs of the poor in the U.S. have gone unsatisfied. WHEREAS the cost of housing, food,clothing and other basic essentials have continued to rise. WHEREAS government cutbacks by the Trump administration has further humiliated and exacerbated the living conditions of the poor. WHEREAS the current administration continues it policy of wasteful military
- [Resolution Opposing the Separation of Immigrant Families Crossing into the US](https://nwu.org/resolution-opposing-the-separation-of-immigrant-families-crossing-into-the-us/) - A RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S POLICY TO SEPARATE CHILDREN FROM THEIR PARENTS AS IT MAXIMIZES PROSECUTION OF ALL UNDOCUMENTED BORDER CROSSERS, INCLUDING ASYLUM SEEKERS WHEREAS, the Trump administration’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced in early May a new “zero tolerance” policy in which they
- [RESOLUTION CALLING FOR FREEDOM FOR MANUEL DURAN](https://nwu.org/resolution-calling-for-freedom-for-manuel-duran/) - WHEREAS the National Writers Union is an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life and supporting writers and freedom of expression AND WHEREAS the National Writers Union needs to raise awareness regarding the current immigration state of affairs and attacks against immigrants by the current administration, AND WHEREAS the National Writers Union represents immigrant
- [Solidarity Greetings from  NATIONAL UNION JOURNALISTS (NUJ)](https://nwu.org/solidarity-greetings-from-national-union-journalists-nuj/) - NU.I NATIONAL UNION of JOURNALISTS 23rd July 2018 Fraternal greeting from the Irish Executive Council of the National Union of Journalists, UK & Ireland. On behalf of members of the NUJ in the Republic and Northern Ireland may I extend best wishes as you gather for your Delegate Assembly in New York. You meet at a
- [International Greetings from NUSOJ](https://nwu.org/international-greetings-from-nusoj/) - MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY FROM THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF NATIONAL UNION OF SOMALI JOURNALISTS (NUSOJ) MR. OMAR FARUK OSMAN TO THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY OF NATIONAL WRITERS UNIONS (NWU) IN NEW YORK CITY, USA, ON AUGUST 10-12, 2018 On behalf of the Executive Committee of the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) and the entire journalism fraternity
- [Delegate Assembly 2018 Gains Momentum!](https://nwu.org/da-2018-gaining-momentum/) - NWU Delegate Assembly - August 10-12, 2018 UAW Region 9A NYC HQ 256 W. 38 St. 12th floor (between 7th and 8th Aves.) The 2018 Delegate Assembly, August 10-12, is happening at a pivotal point. It’s a period of chaos and uncertainty that affects our union, our industry, and all working people. So far, this
- [NWU Virginia Chapter Members Running for Office](https://nwu.org/nwu-virginia-chapter-members-running-for-office/) - Two members of the Virginia/DC/MD chapter are running for office in Northern Virginia, raising the visibility of our union, and promoting the labor movement’s values and ideals. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (in the photo with chapter chair Ginny Diamond) was one of the winners of the Democratic primary election for Alexandria City Council, and will be on
- [Beyond Ebonyowes](https://nwu.org/beyond-ebonyowes/) - The unfortunate circumstances around EBONYOWES are no secret: Loss of income. Possibly fractured relationships with editors, and second-guessing by some about our decision to take legal action against a beloved American institution. However, the experience forced me out of my comfort zone. After I stopped writing for EBONY, I began to pitch larger publications and
- [Get to Know Us](https://nwu.org/get-to-know-us/) - More than 40 people joined the NWU to get grievance assistance or contract advice during the first six months of 2018. And roughly half of all members who request service—not counting group grievances—are new members. If you’re one of them, welcome to the National Writers Union! If you joined to pursue a grievance, you may
- [Free Manuel Duran Ortega Now!](https://nwu.org/free-manuel-duran-ortega-now/) - Manuel Duran Ortega is a well-known and respected journalist in Memphis, TN, who once helmed a TV station in El Salvador. After his life was threatened there more than a decade ago, he came to the US as an undocumented immigrant. Duran was arrested by Memphis police April 3, while covering a local immigration rights protest, which
- [A Spear in Our Side: When Police Charge Victims](https://nwu.org/a-spear-in-my-side/) - After DeAndre Harris was brutally beaten by white nationalists in Charlottesville, VA, last summer, police charged the 20-year-old black man with assaulting the nationalists. Eventually he was acquitted, but this has become a pattern: Law enforcement underreporting hate crimes in America, while tacitly colluding with perpetuators by charging the victims. The impact is that those who would
- [#LibertadaManuelDuran](https://nwu.org/libertadamanuelduran/) - Manuel Durán Ortega es un periodista conocido y respetado en Memphis, TN. Ex gerente de una cadena de televisión en El Salvador, llegó a los EE. UU. hace más de una década como inmigrante indocumentado después de que su vida se vio amenazada. Durán fue arrestado el 3 de abril mientras cubría una protesta local
- [Free Manuel Duran](https://nwu.org/free-manuel-duran/) - Manuel Duran Ortega is a well-known and respected journalist in Memphis, TN. A former TV station manager in El Salvador, he came to the US more than a decade ago as an undocumented immigrant after his life was threatened. Duran was arrested by Memphis police on April 3, while covering a local immigration rights protest
- [NWU Celebrates Frederick Douglass](https://nwu.org/nwu-celebrates-frederick-douglass/) - An Alternative 4th of July Celebration Commemorating Frederick Douglass was truly a community-building event! The event organized by Raymond Nat Turner (Co-Chair NY Chapter, NY Delegate) brought members of the music, literary and political communities together. NWU members Margaret Kimberly and Diane Ward were two of the four readers of Frederick Douglass' historic 1852 speech, "What Is The Fourth of July To The
- [Consumers Digest: Pay Your Writers What You Owe Them](https://nwu.org/consumers-digest-pay-your-writers-what-you-owe-them/) - The National Writers Union/UAW 1981 is representing 17 freelance contributors to Consumers Digest Magazine who are owed more than $63,000 for stories that were contracted, completed and published. Some writers have waited more than a year to be paid by a publication that presents itself as a champion of consumers and ethical business practices. On May
- [We've Been Here Before](https://nwu.org/weve-been-here-before/) - The events of the past few weeks have felt almost overwhelming. Whether its the mass kidnapping of more than 2,000 children as immigrant families were torn apart on the Southern border, SCOTUS upholding of the racist Muslim travel ban and the anti-union Janus decision, or Justice Kennedy creating another opening on the court for Trump,
- [Latina Freelancers Receive $43,000 to Cover Unpaid Invoices](https://nwu.org/nwu-pursues-grievances-with-latina-consumer-digest-uptown/) - We were building a mass grievance at Latina and Latina Kitchen. We had organized a group of 14 writers and photographers who were owed more than $45,000 by the publications' owner Solera Capital, LLC, a private equity firm in NYC. Latina’s website was down, and my emails to their officers bounced back. Still, we moved forward, planning to add a few more folks
- [Condena al ataque a las familias inmigrantes](https://nwu.org/8913-2/) - El sindicato Nacional de Escritores condena enérgicamente las políticas y acciones anti-inmigrante aplicadas por el gobierno de Estados Unidos que separa a las familias y “encarcela” a niños. Es indignante ver las imágines de los niños migrantes encerrados en jaulas, de escuchar las historias de miles de familias que han sido separadas en la
- [NWU at Labor Education Conference](https://nwu.org/nwu-members-present-at-labor-education-conference/) - NWU was front and center at the annual conference of the United Association for Labor Education in Seattle, WA, in April. Labor educators from unions and universities in the US and Canada were met each day by members at the NWU table just outside the main conference room stocked with membership flyers, members’ books, and
- [Help Us Design New NWU Swag](https://nwu.org/displaying-our-nwu-pride/) - The NWU delegates are coming to New York in August, but how will the throngs of writers know who these important people are without NWU T-shirts or caps or buttons? The same is true for all of our NWU members. How would you like to show your NWU pride? We're looking for input about what items
- [NWU in Spain for Gender Conference](https://nwu.org/journalists-gather-in-spain-for-gender-conference/) - Around the world, gender-based violence, pay inequity, and a lack of diversity in newsroom management are pressing matters. In late May, about 30 journalists gathered at a Gender Conference in Santander, Spain, to explore what must be done. Sponsored by the International Federation of Journalists, we met in the Magdalena Palace— originally built for Spanish
- [NWU at the Bronx Book Fair](https://nwu.org/nwu-at-the-bronx-book-fair/) - Bronx, NY May 5 – When I emerged out of a cab in front of the Bronx Library Center to attend the Bronx Book Fair with members of the National Writers Union, it stood out like the Pyramid of Khufu (Giza) in Africa, regarding its outstanding architecture and its dignified demeanor compared to the surrounding
- [President's Column](https://nwu.org/presidents-column/) - NWU Elections 2018 First, let me say “Thank You,” for your overwhelming show of support given to me and our national leadership in the recent election. I am really looking forward to what we can all achieve together as a union over the next three years, building on our recent successes. Let me also congratulate
- [Masacre en Gaza](https://nwu.org/masacre-en-gaza/) - Palestinian protesters near the fence between Gaza and Israel. Hosam Salem for The New York Times El lunes 14 de mayo, soldados israelíes mataron a 60 manifestantes palestinos en Gaza. Al menos 2.400 personas resultaron heridas, incluidos 13 periodistas. Según el Ministerio de Salud de Gaza, entre los muertos había ocho niños menores de 16 años,
- [Writers Ask U.S. Copyright Office for Copyright Registration Reform](https://nwu.org/writers-ask-u-s-copyright-office-for-copyright-registration-reform/) - Washington, DC, May 8, 2018 -- Representatives of the NWU, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), and the Authors Guild (AG) converged on Washington this week to call on the US Copyright Office to create a "group registration" procedure by which a writer could
- [David Hill Tells How to Pitch a Freelance Story](https://nwu.org/david-hill-tells-how-to-pitch-a-freelance-story/) - NWU First VP David Hill gave writers a powerful tutorial on working as a freelance journalist last night at the UAW conference rooms in NYC. He laid out in clear, concise language how he goes about pitching articles, how he builds long-term relationships with editors, many of whom move from publication to publication, and how
- [NWU Report to AREG Meeting 2 June 2017](https://nwu.org/nwu-report-to-areg-meeting-2-june-2017/) - (Book Division Co-Chair Edward Hasbrouck is in Helsinki, Finland, representing the NWU and the International Federation of Journalists on the Board of IFRRO. On Friday, June 2, he will meet with the Authors’ Rights Expert Group of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ). The following is his report to AREG.) The focus of discussion of
- [NWU Reaches Final Settlement Agreement with Ebony](https://nwu.org/for-immediate-release-nwu-reaches-final-settlement-agreement-with-ebony/) - CHICAGO, IL - The National Writers Union has reached a final settlement agreement with the Ebony Media Organization and CVG Group LLC (which acquired Ebony magazine in 2016), over the magazine’s failure to pay freelance writers, editors and designers for contracted and published work. This settlement covers 45 freelancers who are collectively owed $80,000 by
- [Checks Are in the Mail for May Day!](https://nwu.org/checks-are-in-the-mail-for-may-day/) - As of today, International Workers' Day, checks for approximately $9.5 million are in the mail to almost 2,500 freelance writers whose works were copied and distributed in electronic form by publishers of print periodicals who had neither paid for nor acquired digital rights to these articles. These payments today of millions of dollars to thousands
- [Application for ECL License in the UK withdrawn](https://nwu.org/application-for-ecl-license-in-the-uk-withdrawn/) - The UK Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) has withdrawn its application to the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) for a license to operate an Extended Collective Licensing (ECL) scheme that would have included all written works by US writers. The NWU had opposed this application as likely to interfere with the revenues of US writers from
- [Labor Activists Strategize in Chicago](https://nwu.org/labor-activists-strategize-in-chicago/) - Several NWU members, including Ismael Parra, David Trujillo, and Eliane Bernard, attended the largest Labor Notes conference ever April 6-8 in Chicago. About 2,500 people from 25 countries, including more than 200 international guests, participated. The Rev. William Barber of the Poor People’s Campaign greeted the massive crowd via a video by saying, “Help save
- [Schivone on Staying Relevant as a Writer](https://nwu.org/schivone-on-staying-relevant-as-a-writer/) - Gabe Schivone spoke on April 11 at the NY UAW conference rooms about his experience writing for a plethora of genres and platforms, from theatrical scripts to comic books, and nonfiction historical accounts to novels. His talk was hugely informative and covered his start as a journalist by interviewing Naom Chomsky, pitching articles, and
- [NWU to Partner with VLA NY](https://nwu.org/nwu-to-partner-with-vla/) - NWU is partnering with Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts NY. This is a new member benefit that our members will have access to in navigating the difficult world of building a freelance writing career. NWU became a non-profit institutional member of VLA and the first fruit of this new relationship is that VLA will represent
- [50 Years Since MLK's Assassination](https://nwu.org/remembering-a-king/) - This month we remember the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I had just turned 18, and was a student at Manhattan Community College. Students and thousands of others converged on Central Park for a mass rally while everyone was still in shock. Then, with hundreds of thousands of others
- [Remembering Carolyn Jacobson](https://nwu.org/8551-2/) - Carolyn Jacobson, who successfully pressed the AFL-CIO into action on behalf of women in and out of unions, died in March at the age of 67. A 15-year member of NWU's DC chapter, she lost a two-year battle to endometrial cancer on March 23. Ironically, greater attention to women’s health was one of the causes
- [President’s April Column](https://nwu.org/presidents-april-column/) - A Time to Organize The Nautilus and Ebony campaigns have led to more requests for non-payment grievances (NPGs) and opened up more possibilities for building our union. These are more than grievances for us, they are also organizing campaigns. Based on Nautilus, we are discussing some ideas with National Association of Science Writers (NASW) and
- [NWU at Los Angeles March for Our Lives](https://nwu.org/8532-2/) - So Cal members of the National Writers Union (NWU), along with an estimated 80,000 more, attended the youth-led March For Our Lives rally in downtown Los Angeles on March 23. In other areas of the country and around the world, millions of supporters turned out, including more than 800,000 at the march's ground zero in
- [Women in Media: 1 in 2 Report Violence at Work](https://nwu.org/women-in-media-1-in-2-experience-violence-at-work/) - New York, MARCH 15 - Nearly one in two women journalists have experienced sexual harassment, psychological abuse, online trolling and other forms of gender-based violence (GBV) while working—yet “up to three-quarters of media workplaces have no reporting or support mechanism,” says broadcast journalist Mindy Ran, citing results of a survey survey released this month by the International Federation of
- [Growing Coalition of Writers Renews Call for Reform of Copyright Registration](https://nwu.org/growing-coalition-of-writers-renews-call-for-reform-of-copyright-registration/) - Back in January of 2017, the National Writers Union was joined by three other national organizations of writers in a variety of genres, media, and formats --– the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), and Horror Writers Association (HWA) -- in a formal Petition for Rulemaking asking
- [End the War and Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen](https://nwu.org/end-the-war-and-humanitarian-crisis-in-yemen/) - New York, NY March 13 -- Tonight NWU joined with the Arab-American Association of NY (AAANY) and the Arab-American Family Support Center (AAFSC) for a panel on ending the war and humanitarian crisis in Yemen. The event was also sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace, Brooklyn Peace and the International Committee of the Professional Staff
- [So Cal Meets Up](https://nwu.org/so-cal-meets-up/) - The SoCal Chapter met Sat., Feb. 24 at the Workmen’s Circle in Los Angeles. Five members plus one prospective member attended—five women and one man. We began with a live video interview with NWU President Larry Goldbetter, who spoke about various non-payment grievances (NPGs) in progress. He spoke in particular of a forthcoming agreement with Ebony for $80,000 worth
- [NWU and Nautilus Settle $60,000 Non-Payment Grievance](https://nwu.org/nwu-and-nautilus-magazine-settle-60000-non-payment-grievance/) - New York City, January 31 – Today the NWU announced that we have a signed settlement with Nautilus magazine resolving a non-payment grievance with twenty Nautilus freelancers. In mid-December, the freelancers filed the grievance with NWU for help in seeking payment of over $60,000 owed to them for articles published in the National Magazine Award-winning
- [New Addendum To Book Contracts Guide](https://nwu.org/e-books-and-e-rights-updating-our-guide-to-book-contracts/) - Over the past few years, we've had increasing numbers of inquiries about the treatment of electronic books (e-books) within book contracts. While they were traditionally considered subsidiary rights that compensated authors at 50 percent of net sales, many publishers have begun to see them as a windfall, and have tried to get members to accept
- [NWU Boston Celebrates Its Authors](https://nwu.org/nwu-boston-celebrates-its-authors/) - Sunday afternoon, January 28th, the Dance Complex in Central Square, Cambridge, was the place to be for writers and friends of writers. That's where NWU Boston held our annual Book Party to celebrate members who've published books in the previous year. This year Amy Hoffman (The Off Season); Patrick Kennedy (Bricklayer Bill: The Untold Story of
- [Acuerdo entre el Sindicato NWU y Nautilus por $60,000 para escritores miembros del sindicato](https://nwu.org/acuerdo-entre-el-sindicato-nwu-y-nautilus-por-60000-para-escritores-miembros-del-sindicato/) - Ciudad de Nueva York, 31 de enero - Hoy, El Sindicato Nacional de Escritores NWU anunció que firmó un acuerdo con la revista Nautilus para resolver el reclamo por incumplimiento de pago con veinte escritores freelancers de Nautilus. Hace seis meses, los escritores presentaron la queja ante el Sindicato reclamando el pago de más de
- [President’s Column – Feb. Newsletter](https://nwu.org/presidents-column-feb-newsletter/) - Happy New Year and I hope you were all able to participate in the recent Women’s Marches. In NYC, the numbers were much larger than the stated 200,000, and thousands of people never got to actually join the march because the crowds were so big and due to NYPD crowd control. I was one, who
- [NWU Hosts Fil-Am Press Club Panel To End Mass Killings in the Philippines](https://nwu.org/nwu-hosts-fil-am-press-club-panel-to-end-mass-killings-in-the-philippines/) - New York City, 1/22 – Tonight the Fil-Am Press Club of New York (FAPCNY) kick started 2018 with a two-hour forum and discussion on “How do you protect human rights in the Philippines?” There are no easy or quick answers. Human Rights Watch Deputy Director for Asia Phelim Kine and Fr. Albert Alejo, SJ tackled
- [RIP Sister Ursula K. Le Guin](https://nwu.org/rip-sister-ursula-k-le-guin/) - It is with great sorrow and the deepest respect that we bid farewell to Sister Ursula K. Le Guin, a ground-breaking author, radical, feminist and revolutionary as well as a literary giant. What's more, she was one of us, a member of NWU. She was the author of more than 20 novels, a dozen books
- [Descansa en paz compañera Úrsula K. Le Guin](https://nwu.org/descansa-en-paz-companera-ursula-k-le-guin/) - Es con gran pesar y con el más profundo respeto que despedimos a la compañera Úrsula K. Le Guin, una autora innovadora, radical, feminista y revolucionaria, así como también una gigante de la literaria. Además, ella era un miembro activo del sindicato NWU. Fue autora de más de 20 novelas, una docena de libros de
- [IV CERTAMEN DE MICRORRELATOS HAY ESPERANZA (España)](https://nwu.org/iv-certamen-de-microrrelatos-hay-esperanza-espana/) - 01:04:2018 Género: Relato, poesía Premio: Diploma y publicación Abierto a: sin restricciones por nacionalidad o residencia Entidad convocante: Fundación Vencer el Cáncer País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 01:04:2018 BASES Si te gusta escribir, si quieres ser solidario, si quieres ver tus textos publicados en un libro… tienes muchos motivos
- [The "Black Fist" Affair: Russia's Failed COINTELPRO Operation Against the Black Community in America](https://nwu.org/the-black-fist-affair-russias-failed-cointelpro-operation-against-the-black-community-in-america/) - It all seemed so good and to fit in with what I have already been doing for years. So in early 2017, when I found out online that the "Black Fist Self-Defense Project" was holding classes in many locations in the Black community, it seemed logical that I should try to interview someone from
- [Nautilus and NWU Make Progress on Freelancer Payments](https://nwu.org/nautilus-and-nwu-making-progress-on-payments-to-freelancers/) - New York, NY December 22 - This week Nautilus founder and publisher John Steele met with NWU President Larry Goldbetter to discuss resolving the issue of non-payment to freelancers at the award winning science magazine. Both Steele and Goldbetter expressed optimism that this issue will be resolved. The union is representing 19 Nautilus contributors who
- [What a Year!](https://nwu.org/what-a-year-column/) - Last year at this time, most of us were depressed and/or in shock at the outcome of the presidential election. But on the day after the inauguration, the Women’s March, a worldwide protest, helped clear our heads and set us on a course to fight back. The anti-Muslim travel ban was met by thousands of
- [NWU Crashes Ebony Power 100 Bash - Pay the Writers!](https://nwu.org/nwu-crashes-ebony-power-100-bash-pay-the-writers/) - On December 1, NWU crashed the Ebony Power 100 Gala at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. The Gala is Ebony magazine’s annual award ceremony to honor the leading African-American figures in politics, culture and sports. NWU’s action was organized by SoCal acting chapter chair Ismael Parra and NWU VP Pamela K. Johnson. Members
- [NWU Joins Public Defenders and Community Organizations to Demand, "ICE Out of NY Courts!"](https://nwu.org/nwu-joins-public-defenders-and-community-organizations-to-demand-ice-out-of-ny-courts/) - (Brooklyn, NY) – On December 7, NWU joined with the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys – UAW Local 2325 (ALAA), and other unions, immigrant rights organizations, and community groups at a rally at Brooklyn Borough Hall to call on the Office of Court Administration (OCA) and Chief Judge Janet DiFiore to immediately prohibit Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- [NWU Endorses U.S. Copyright Reform Bills](https://nwu.org/nwu-endorses-u-s-copyright-reform-bills/) - The NWU has endorsed two bipartisan proposals introduced in the current Congress for reform of U.S. copyright law. Neither of these proposed laws would adequately address the fundamental problems for writers with current copyright law, but each of them would be a step in the right direction. One of these bills, H.R. 3495, would create
- [Ramsey's Latest Play Staged](https://nwu.org/ramseys-latest-play-performed/) - NWU member Calvin Ramsey staged a reading of his latest play Damaged Virtues, November 28 at Harlem's National Black Theater. Based on a true story about J. Marion Sims, a 19th-century physician, the drama explored the doctor's sadistic penchant for performing experimental gynecological surgery on enslaved women. Despite the pain and suffering he visited upon them,
- [Daily News Reporter Speaks at NWU Event](https://nwu.org/daily-news-reporter-speaks-at-nwu-event/) - One of few remaining labor reporters, Ginger Adams Otis, spoke in early November at the 1199 Union Hall in Hartford, CT. She covers worker and union issues for the Daily News’ "On the Job" beat, and her talk attracted a large, enthusiastic audience, which included members of UAW Local 6950/UCONN Graduate Employee Union. Adams’ most poignant
- [NWU Welcomes Guangzhou Cultural Delegation to NYC](https://nwu.org/nwu-welcomes-guangzhou-cultural-delegation-to-nyc/) - On November 17, NWU hosted six members from a Guangzhou Chinese Cultural Delegation in New York City. The delegation included Wu Dongsheng, Liu Shengqing and Li Xueli from the Guangzhou Federataion of Literary and Art Circles, Goa Heping from the Federation of Trade Unions of Guangzhou, Fang Tu, Dean of the Guangzhou Art Academy and
- [How High Must Prospective Employees Jump?](https://nwu.org/how-high-must-prospective-employees-jump/) - I wrote an article in 1998 about questionable “tests” employers were requesting of prospective employees. I was asked, under the guise of recruitment, to produce feature-length articles, conference proposals, health columns, and a 38-page editing “test;” all of it live work. Almost 20 years later, these exploitive practices are still occurring. Over the past year
- [French Law Favoring Publishers Repealed](https://nwu.org/french-law-favoring-publishers-repealed/) - The French government earlier this year repealed a terrible law giving the country's publishers the "right" to issue or license new editions of "out of print" books and pocket the revenues. The law, which was overturned last June, allowed print publishers to profit from these newly issued digital editions, regardless of the availability of previous versions of
- [Brothers of Another Union](https://nwu.org/brothers-of-another-union/) - Yusef Salaam, Co-Chairman of the NYC Steering Committee of the National Writers Union, and Andy Schwartz, Recording Vice President of the Associated Musicians of Greater New York, pose for a meet and greet photo at the November 2nd Jewish Labor Committee's 2017 Human Rights Award Dinner at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel. Dennis Williams,
- [DONATING BOOKS TO SCHOOL AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES HIT BY VIOLENT WEATHER AND FIRES](https://nwu.org/donating-books-to-school-and-public-libraries-hit-by-violent-weather-and-fires/) - If you're a member of the National Writers Union you probably love books as much as I do...and have probably done so all your life. Currently I'm concerned about US libraries and schools that have been struck by violent weather and fires...perhaps the National Writers Union could spear head a movement to donate books to
- [NWU Statement on the Firing of Maria Pallante](https://nwu.org/nwu-statement-on-the-firing-of-maria-pallante/) - On Friday, October 21, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden summarily removed Maria Pallante as Register of Copyright and Director of the U.S. Copyright Office, the position she had held since 2011. It was the first time the head of the Copyright Office had been removed in 119 years! Ms. Pallante was reassigned as an advisor
- [Rally to Support Writers Fired at DNAinfo and Gothamist](https://nwu.org/rally-to-support-writers-fired-at-dnainfo-and-gothamist/) - NEW YORK, NY (November 6, 2017) – “We come not to mourn, but to organize.” That's how Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) Executive Director, Lowell Peterson kicked off today's rally in support of DNAinfo and Gothamist writers who were fired after voting to join the union. Right-wing billionaire-owner Joe Ricketts announced that he was shutting down
- [Ebony Freelancers and NWU Get to Know Each Other](https://nwu.org/ebony-freelancers-and-nwu-get-to-know-each-other/) - On November 1, lawyers for NWU and the Ebony Media Organization finally met in a Cook County courtroom. At issue is the $80,000 owed to the 48 freelancers who are being represented by their union. The following night, about a dozen Ebony freelancers and some NWU reps met and got to know each other at
- [Workplace Safety in a Hotter Climate](https://nwu.org/workplace-safety-in-a-hotter-climate/) - Smoke from Canadian wildfires choked the air in Whatcom County on July 31, the day Honesto Silva Ibarra collapsed at a Bellingham clinic after working in the blueberry fields at Sarbanand Farms in Sumas. A week later, he died at Harborview Medical Center. In the middle of a heat wave, a supervisor allegedly ignored his
- [Learn Your Rights Under the Freelance Isn't Free Law](https://nwu.org/learn-your-rights-under-the-freelance-isnt-free-law/) - Did you know that under the new Freelance Isn't Free Law, a deadbeat client could be forced to pay double damages and legal costs for stiffing a freelance writer? NWU played a big role in helping to pass the law, making New York City the first in the country to make stiffing freelancers a
- [Writer Alert—UPTOWN Magazine—October 18 2017](https://nwu.org/writer-alert-uptown-magazine-october-18-2017/) - UPTOWN Magazine--a national publication with regional editions in Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. --has not been paying all of its freelance writers. Some writers remain unpaid since October, 2014. Together five writers, now represented by the National Writers Union, are owed $18,825 for work published by UPTOWN over the past three years. The NWU has tried repeatedly
- [Resolutions Passed at the NEB Meeting - September 16, 2017](https://nwu.org/resolutions-passed-at-the-neb-meeting-september-16-2017/) - For an E-Book Addendum to the Guide to Book Contracts Submitted by the Grievance and Contract Division Whereas, e-books today account for at least half the market for books sold in the U.S., and members need to have the latest information about them when negotiating contracts; Whereas, the section on e-books in The Guide to
- [Canada Lawsuit Could Affect You](https://nwu.org/canada-lawsuit-could-affect-you/) - Writers whose work might have been used by Canadian universities should be aware of a Monday, October 16, deadline. If you think you may be affected, that’s the date by which you would need to opt out if you’d prefer not to be included in a particular class of the suit. More background on the
- [NYC Chapter Resumes Monthly Series Oct. 11](https://nwu.org/nyc-chapter-resumes-monthly-series-oct-11/) - The NY Chapter has resumed its monthly speaker programs, where writers can learn about the business side of writing. We will cover topics such as social media platforms for marketing, identifying and expressing your brand, writing kick-ass query letters and getting an agent/editor, creating a winning press packet, writing in multiple genres on multiple platforms,
- [Empowering Women At Work](https://nwu.org/empowering-women-at-work/) - Inspired by last winter’s Women’s March, which mobilized millions, United Auto Workers (UAW) Vice President Cindy Estrada told over 300 sisters, and some brothers, that they would acquire tools to empower women within their locals during the 41st International United Auto Workers (UAW) Women’s Conference August 6-11 in Black Lake, Michigan.
- [NYC Labor Day Events](https://nwu.org/nyc-labor-day-events/) - THE PARADE On September 9, UAW locals in the New York area responded to the racist terror that took place in Charlottesville the previous month. While we didn’t expect to see any Nazis that day, we did march past Trump Tower, home to the #1 white supremacist in the country, behind a huge banner that
- [First Online NEB Meeting, Muslim Travel Ban](https://nwu.org/first-online-neb-meeting-muslim-travel-ban/) - NEB MEETING On September 16, we held our first-ever online National Executive Board meeting, with more than two dozen national officers, chapter and division chairs participating. Three resolutions passed, one on Fighting Islamophobia, another for an E-Book Addendum to the Guide on Book Contracts, and the third to support Separating the Copyrighting Office from the
- [NWU and UAW Respond to Charlottesville at Trump Tower](https://nwu.org/nwu-and-uaw-respond-to-charlottesville-at-trump-tower/) - New York, September 9 - The Labor Parade in NYC is always held the Saturday after Labor Day, and all of the UAW locals in the NY area took it as our opportunity to respond to the racist terror that took place in Charlottesville the month before. While we didn’t expect to see any Nazis
- [Women's Committee Report to the 2017 NEB Meeting](https://nwu.org/womens-committee-report-to-the-2017-neb-meeting/) - “Empowering Women in the Workplace” was the theme of this year’s 41st International United Auto Workers (UAW) Women’s Conference at the Walter and May Reuther Family Education Center in Black Lake, Michigan, August 6 -11. The three core workshops were collective bargaining, grievance handling, and sexual harassment. President Dennis Williams, Vice President Cindy Estrada, and
- [Book Division Report for 2017 National Executive Board Meeting](https://nwu.org/book-division-report-for-2017-national-executive-board-meeting/) - Following are some highlights of actions taken by the Book Division since the 2015 Delegate Assembly. These include work on issues specific to writers of books, including to e-books. These also include policy advocacy related to legislation, regulations, and litigation that affect writers of work in other formats as well as authors of books, but
- [President’s Report to the NEB Meeting – September 16, 2017](https://nwu.org/presidents-report-to-the-neb-meeting-september-16-2017/) - This report comes at a very opportune moment. Since Labor Day, we filed a case in Cook County, IL on behalf of 39 Ebony freelancers, signed a contract with The Nation magazine (see Dave Hill’s report) and had our annual in-person meeting with the Authors Coalition of America (good news and bad news). We’re playing
- [Experiencing the Public Good](https://nwu.org/experiencing-the-public-good/) - by John L. Hodge EXPERIENCING THE PUBLIC GOOD By John L. Hodge My wife and I gained some important insights about America by visiting the Netherlands. During our recent two-month stay there, we saw the workings of an important societal glue that is often missing here - the concept and practice of
- [Popular US-Based Chinese TV Station Denied Accreditation to Cover the 2017 United Nations General Assembly](https://nwu.org/popular-us-based-chinese-tv-station-denied-accreditation-to-cover-the-2017-united-nations-general-assembly/) - PRESS RELEASE UPDATED: SEP 21, 2017 13:49 EDT NEW YORK, September 21, 2017 (Newswire.com) - Veteran journalist Lixin Yang, who has worked with NTD Television Chinese for over 10 years, has been denied accreditation to cover the 2017 United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), after an unusually long wait. Being U.S.-based, NTD Chinese is the largest Chinese television
- [NWU Sues On Behalf of Ebony Freelancers](https://nwu.org/nwu-sues-on-behalf-of-ebony-freelancers/) - The National Writers Union/UAW Local 1981 filed a lawsuit against Ebony Media Operations and its parent company, Clear View Group, LLC., for violating the contracts of dozens of freelance writers collectively owed more than $70,000. The case was filed in Cook County, IL. The lawsuit names 37 unpaid writers, editors and other creatives Ebony failed
- [After Harvey, Who Will Protect Texas from Arkema?](https://nwu.org/hurricanes-floods-and-chemical-storage-facilities-dont-seem-to-mix-well-what-one-quick-epa-search-showed-that-a-company-refused-to-willingly-share-with-its-neighbors/) - TX doesn't release reports on dangerous chemicals located near residential neighborhoods. However, citizens can use the EPA's online database to learn about them.
- [Back at Work Tackling Cancer and Pollution in Concord, NH](https://nwu.org/start-of-a-new-season-in-concord/) - The last two days I’ve been back in Concord, NH, doing the work I was elected to do and sitting in my chair in the Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee. As the gold-leaf State House Dome came into view while driving into Concord the last few days, my thoughts turned to the gratitude,
- [Charlottesville - The Dogs Are Off The Leash!](https://nwu.org/charlottseville-the-dogs-are-off-the-leash/) - Events in Charlottesville, VA, August 11-12, starting with a tiki-torchlight parade of white supremacists and culminating in the murder of anti-racist para legal Heather Heyer, was a fascist Coming Out Party. The dogs are off the leash! Having faced little to no police presence, they are energized and aiming higher. According to the New York
- [NWU Brings the Ebony Fight to NABJ17!](https://nwu.org/nwu-brings-the-ebony-fight-to-nabj17/) - The National Writers Union was well represented at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Annual Convention and Career Fair held in New Orleans held August 9-13, 2017. NABJ President Sarah Glover and her Board very generously gave our group a great platform to discuss the ongoing campaign to get Ebony freelancers paid. Prior to
- [Philadelphia NWU Hosts Juneteenth Event](https://nwu.org/philadelphia-nwu-hosts-juneteenth-event/) - The Philadelphia Chapter NWU presented its first Juneteenth event on June 16 at the Paul Robeson House and Museum, where Dr. Gerald Horne spoke to an excited, packed house on the topic of ‘The United States Enslavement Effecting the Present: The Globalization Struggle.’ NWU members staffed the event, including Irving Jones, chair; John Mason, secretary;
- [NWU and Ebony Freelancers: "Pay the Writers!”   ](https://nwu.org/nwu-and-ebony-freelancers-pay-the-writers/) - Last April, unpaid freelancers for Ebony magazine started the Twitter hashtag #Ebonyowes. NWU joined in the online discussion and slowly started developing a campaign to get the writers compensated. As of today, we have about 40 new members at Ebony, who are owed more than $70,000, and still more writers are joining almost daily. Under pressure from the
- [NWU Attends 'Women, Genders, Sexualities' Conference](https://nwu.org/difficult-discussions-surrounding-the-academy/) - Hofstra University welcomed the 17th Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Genders, and Sexualities in Long Island, NY, June 1-4. This year’s theme for the “Big Berks” was Difficult Conversations, and NWU members Rose Imperato and Brigid O’Farrell engaged in the discussions. They joined more than 1,500 historians, writers, teachers, artists, performers, and activists
- [The National Writers Union to EBONY: “See You in Court!”](https://nwu.org/the-national-writers-union-to-ebony-see-you-in-court/) - NEW YORK, NY – The National Writers Union/UAW Local 1981 (NWU) is preparing to go to court after the EBONY Media Organization (EMO) and its parent company, the Clear View Group (CVG) failed to meet a self-imposed deadline to compensate as many as 50 freelance writers who are owed as much as $200,000. After mounting
- [Twelve Tips on Finding and Keeping a Mentor](https://nwu.org/twelve-tips-on-finding-and-keeping-a-mentor/) - Twelve Tips on Finding and Keeping a Mentor The dictionary defines a mentor as “a wise and loyal advisor.” For writers, it’s often a more experienced writer who volunteers to give you feedback on your writing and/or advice or your writing career. How do you find and keep one? Here are some tips from National
- [NWU Hosts Panel on Turkey as Trial Opens for 17 Journalists](https://nwu.org/nwu-hosts-panel-on-turkey-as-trial-opens-for-17-journalists/) - New York City, June 20 - Today NWU hosted a panel on the growing crises in Turkey and the Middle East. The panelsists included Sedat Bozkurt, a leading journalist at Fox Turkey, and Mucahit Bilici, a professor at John Jay College in NY and author of "Turkish Islam and the Kurdish Question." The panel was
- [Press Release on Ebony Media's Non-Payment to Freelancers](https://nwu.org/press-release-on-ebony-medias-non-payment-to-freelancers/) - The National Writers Union Continues To Press Ebony Media For Written Agreement On Compensating Unpaid Freelancers Statement to the media not enough, says union that represents freelance writers NEW YORK, NY - As the number of freelance writers owed by EBONY Media continues to rise, the National Writers Union is demanding a firmer commitment from
- [The Fort Point Gang May Day Memorial](https://nwu.org/the-fort-point-gang-may-day-memorial/) - We joined the Fort Point Gang’s annual May Day memorial celebration on May 4 to honor labor leaders, many of whom were members of the American Communist Party. We commemorated those brave souls who were harassed, arrested, and jailed for their thinking during the post-war, McCarthy era, which reminds us to be vigilant so that
- ["The First Casualty of War is the Truth!"](https://nwu.org/the-first-casualty-of-war-is-the-truth/) - On May 4, UNESCO and the UN Department of Public Information (DPI) commemorated World Press Freedom Day at UN Headquarters in New York. The theme was “Critical Minds for Critical Times: Media’s Role in Advancing Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies.” There were two high-level panels and the audience included the diplomatic community, NGOs and journalism
- [Good Housekeeping, Esquire, New Yorker Editors Featured in Webinar](https://nwu.org/good-housekeeping-esquire-new-yorker-editors-featured-in-webinar/) - One by one, faces pop up in a grid on a computer screen: Writers from New York, the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and a sprinkling from such far flung locales as Berlin, India and Zanzibar, join a mid-May webinar. My big hair and striped shirt fill up a box beamed in from Long Beach, CA.
- [Question The Publisher Before You Sign](https://nwu.org/question-the-publisher-before-you-sign/) - A member who is a published author recently sent us a book contract for review. She wasn’t comfortable with the often-seen clause about granting all subsidiary rights to the publisher in all media now existing or heretofore to be discovered or invented. She didn’t want to assign the publisher the right of first refusal on
- [Nuestro trabajo no es gratis](https://nwu.org/nuestro-trabajo-no-es-gratis/) - Después de una larga lucha y años de persistencia, finalmente este pasado lunes 15 de mayo entró en vigor en la ciudad de Nueva York, la ley que protege a los trabajadores independientes (freelancers). Así, la ciudad de Nueva York se convierte en la primera ciudad en la nación en brindar este protección a
- [NWU Hosts PEN America](https://nwu.org/nwu-hosts-pen-america/) - On May 10, NWU and Creatives in Action (CIA) co-hosted Suzanne Nossel, Executive Director of PEN America, who spoke about “Defending Our Democracy in the Trump Era.” This was the first time NWU has partnered with CIA and the third time we have participated with PEN America in the last six month. Previously we spoke out in
- [Oscar Lopez Event Sponsored by ICPJD](https://nwu.org/oscar-lopez-event-sponsored-by-icpjd/) - International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity welcomes Oscar López Rivera to the Bay Area: Wednesday, May 31st St John's Presbyterian Church 2727 College Ave, Berkeley Wheelchair Accessible Oscar's only Bay Area Appearance! Follow updates on Facebook: facebook.com/WelcomeOscartotheBayArea, including live streaming of Oscar's events in Puerto Rico and the US. Buy tickets on-line! Limited tickets at
- [Freelance Isn't Free Becomes Law in NYC](https://nwu.org/freelance-isnt-free-becomes-law-in-nyc-2/) - On May 15, freelance workers celebrated the launch of the new Freelance Isn’t Free law at the Westinghouse Building in Manhattan. The Freelancers Union, with the support of the National Writers Union, Make the Road NY, and other unions and freelance organizations, helped push the bill through the City Council to a 51-0 vote last
- [Maine Rally for Health Care](https://nwu.org/maine-rally-for-health-care/) - A Health Care Rally on Thursday, May 4 featured speakers that represented both patients and providers at the State House in Augusta, Maine. The event promoted LD 1274, an act to promote universal health care, including dental, vision and hearing coverage. The event was sponsored by the Southern Maine Workers Center and Maine AllCare.
- [Why Defunding the NEA is Even Dumber Than You Think](https://nwu.org/why-defunding-the-nea-is-even-dumber-than-you-think/) - It’s federal budget time and, as usual, the National Endowment for the Arts is under attack. Their heads filled with images of obscene art, effete gallery-goers and overtaxed single mothers, conservatives are gunning for the straight-out elimination of the 50 year old program. No money, no arts funding. Period. No matter that the $148 million
- [George Fell Was a 'Force of Nature'](https://nwu.org/every-day-was-earth-day-for-force-of-nature-george-fell/) - We know the name of the man who threatens the future of the conserved and preserved natural lands in the United States, but few can name the man who launched the Nature Conservancy and sparked the entire Natural Areas Movement. Arthur Melville Pearson's Force of Nature chronicles the life of George Fell. A complex and at
- ['Grown-Up Anger' Looks at Labor History](https://nwu.org/grown-up-anger-looks-at-labor-history/) - Grown-up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913 is an exciting romp through labor union history. The book, which will be released June 13, explores its subject through the lens of American music. Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie’s protest and solidarity songs, and how they represent the
- [NWU Members Learn to Organize at Global Women's Event](https://nwu.org/nwu-members-learn-to-organize-at-global-womens-event/) - New York chapter members Rose Imperato and I attended the AFL-CIO Women’s Global Leadership Program from March 16 - 19, which ran concurrently with the UN Commission on the Status of Women. We were among some 40 women union and labor activists, which included auto and domestic workers, an oil rigger, a road builder and
- [Cruel But Not Unusual: Mumia’s Treatment Delayed](https://nwu.org/cruel-but-not-unusual-mumias-approved-treatment-delayed/) - Mumia Abu-Jamal received a cruel mix of bad and good news from a prison doctor on March 31. The doctor shared the results of his recent lab test, which showed clear signs of cirrhosis, an irreversible scarring of the liver caused by his untreated Hep C. The doctor also informed Mumia that he would be
- [Sherwood Back With 3rd 'Murdery Delicious' Book](https://nwu.org/sherwood-back-with-3rd-murdery-delicious-book/) - The Chalmers brothers have returned in The Murdery Delicious Blood Stone Secret, the devastating finale of The Murdery Delicious trilogy. In the latest installment, the siblings are a little older, possibly a little wiser, and undoubtedly more terrified. As the latest mystery unfolds, a breezy summer getaway at their newly restored ancestral home quickly becomes a crawl through the
- ['Dunes' Novel Inspired by Windswept Landscape](https://nwu.org/new-novel-by-jeannette-de-beauvoir/) - Homeport Press just published Our Lady of the Dunes, my coming-of-age novel, which takes place amid the dunes of the OuterCape of Provincetown, MA, in 1942. The dunes run along the beach nearly 40 miles, from Chatham to Provincetown, and just above them are bluffs that overlook the Atlantic Ocean. My story is of a young woman who's sent out from Boston to live
- [Member Novel Predicted Trump-Like Presidential Nightmare](https://nwu.org/novel-predicted-trump-like-presidential-nightmare/) - What are the chances that an espionage/thriller could have been written several years ago and published in February 2016 that would have predicted the crazy politics we’ve been experiencing? NWU member James Ellenberger did that with his two writing partners in their novel High Hand by Curtis J. James. The pseudonym is an amalgam of
- ['Beyond $15': Possibilities in Reimagined Labor Movement](https://nwu.org/beyond-15-possibilities-in-reimagined-labor-movement/) - Sarah Mohamoud was once a seven-year-old Somali girl who had to hide in the bed of a truck, narrowly escaping her country's civil war by crossing the Kenyan border. Assadollah Valibeigi struggled to make a living as a taxi driver and merchant in Iran's politically chaotic capital city. Mohamed Kadhim and his family fled bombings in Iraq, only
- [Mathieu's Latest Novel Is "Women Under Siege"](https://nwu.org/mathius-latest-novel-is-women-under-siege/) - Women Under Siege sends a timely message to women (and men) who are used to giving a blind eye to the culture of misogyny. Nora Bookbinder has good reason to fear the inherent nature of men's warring and raping and chooses to remain single. But in her late thirties, passion strikes, and she goes off to
- [Tensions Mount at UN Commission on Status of Women](https://nwu.org/tensions-mount-at-un-commission-on-status-of-women/) - The tension was palpable at the annual meeting of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) March 13-24 in New York City, which the NWU’s Larry Goldbetter, Brigid O’Farrell, Rose Imperato and Amanda Robb attended. Much of the unrest at CSW’s 61st session stemmed directly from concerns about an increasingly hostile environment
- [All Hands—and Dialing Fingers—On Deck for ACA](https://nwu.org/all-hands-and-dialing-fingers-on-deck-for-aca/) - For the past few weeks, I’ve been making hundreds of calls to NWU members, urging them to submit the Authors Coalition survey. It’s been inspiring to connect with journalists, fiction and non-fiction writers, academics, and a songwriter/banjo/guitar player who is writing a children’s book. When one writer I called discovered I was a poet, she
- [When Your Publisher Finds You "A New Home"](https://nwu.org/nwu-members-respond-to-a-contract-crisis/) - Tate Publishing, a well-known subsidy press, announced on January 17 that it was suspending operations. Its website told authors that it was trying to negotiate with other publishers to “find a new home” for them. Meanwhile the company posted an online form that authors could fill out to terminate their contracts and get their files
- [So Cal Chapter Discuss Issues and Activism](https://nwu.org/so-cal-chapter-discuss-issues-and-activism/) - “Light a candle,” one person said. “Load a shotgun,” another said as we brainstormed ways to address America’s current political situation at the February 19 meeting of NWU’s So Cal Chapter, which seven of us attended, including new member, Mo El Gafi Mohamed. The free floating discussion touched on a number of topics, including the
- [April 2017 President's Letter](https://nwu.org/april-2017-presidents-letter/) - Press Freedom Our most recent Press Freedom Panel on March 10 was a positive step in a number of ways. Trudy Lieberman, (Columbia Journalism Review) spoke from her rich personal experience, about the 30 year Republican effort to attack health care benefits and their attempts to intimidate reporters and editors in order to shape their
- [Open Letter to UN Member States](https://nwu.org/open-letter-to-un-member-states/) - UNCSW61 - Women's Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work, 13 to 24 March 2017 The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is a functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment
- [In Memory of Lynn Stewart](https://nwu.org/in-memory-of-lynn-stewart/) - Valedictorian “Instruction in youth is like engraving in stone” —Moroccan “Did you say I’ve got a lot to learn Well don’t think I’m trying not to learn Since this is a perfect spot to learn— TEACH ME TONIGHT” —“Teach Me Tonight” Sammy Cahn Can strings push? Can sticks pull? Is water wet? Is fat
- [Trump v. Press Freedom - A Panel on March 10](https://nwu.org/trump-v-press-freedom-a-panel-on-march-10/) - On Feb. 24, CNN, Politico, BuzzFeed, HuffPost and the New York Times were banned from the West Wing press briefing at the White House! Current attacks on U.S. media workers bear a striking resemblance to those in Turkey and other countries. We are now in the world of “alternative facts,” and the President of the
- [Statement in Support of Freedom of the Press](https://nwu.org/statement-in-support-of-freedom-of-the-press/) - NWU is proud to stand with more than 90 allied organizations in issuing this Statement in Support of Freedom of the Press. “In the First Amendment the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the
- [NWU is on Women's Marches from Coast to Coast](https://nwu.org/the-womens-march/) - NEW YORK “On Election Day, I went in my room and cried. Ever since, I’ve been feeling depressed and scared. I was going to bring my daughter today, but I was scared and kept her at home. But after today, I feel hopeful and confident again.” That’s what one woman, a member of a small
- [Writers Call for Reform of Copyright Registration](https://nwu.org/writers-call-for-reform-of-copyright-registration/) - In Comments and a Petition for Rulemaking submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office on January 30, 2017, the National Writers Union and three other national organizations of writers -- the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and the Horror Writers Association -- have reiterated our longstanding belief
- [Litquake, NWU Partner at SF Fest](https://nwu.org/lit-quake-nwu-partner-at-sf-fest/) - On October 11, the Northern California NWU Chapter made its first appearance at San Francisco’s Litquake Festival. We set up our table in the main room, which was nicely situated to observe the main event: “The Bridge Between Fiction and Non: Adam Johnson and T.J. Stiles in Conversation." Johnson, author of The Orphan Master’s Son,
- [Free Ahmet Sik and All Turkish Journalists Held in Jail](https://nwu.org/free-ahmet-sik-and-all-turkish-journalists-held-in-jail/) - On February 3, NWU joined PEN America and the Indypendent at a press conference called by the Research Institute of Turkey (RIT), to demand the release of Ahmet Sik and all jailed Turkish journalists. Sik was arrested on December 30, 2016, and charged with spreading “terrorist propaganda” for a Tweet! He is among 144 journalists
- [NWU Members 2017 Goals](https://nwu.org/our-2017-goals/) - As 2017 gets up to speed, it's time for us to set our intentions. So we asked members for their goals for the year. Here's what they shared: David Hill: I'm going to finish my manuscript, turn it in to my editor, and get back to working on freelance projects again. My book is called The
- [A Search Engine is Your Best Friend](https://nwu.org/a-search-engine-is-your-best-friend/) - Perhaps you could write an article or a book without using a search engine, although I don’t see how—or why. If you use facts that are less incontrovertible than the sun rising each morning, you must verify them to avoid potential litigation. But that’s only the beginning. After you complete your work and set out
- [Boston Chapter Celebrates Its Authors](https://nwu.org/boston-chapter-celebrates-its-authors/) - The Boston Chapter’s celebrated members’ books published in 2016 at its annual party, which featured brief readings that resonated with the civil rights challenges facing the country, including a transgender woman’s memoir, poetry about the early eugenics movement, and an essay about same-sex marriage. Some attendees came directly from a downtown Boston rally where tens
- [NorCal Chapter Member Has 3 Contest Wins](https://nwu.org/norcal-chapter-member-has-3-contest-wins/) - Northern California chapter member Lizette Wanzer has been named a prize winner in three different categories of the Keats Soulmaking Literary Competition: *Creative Non-Fiction *Religious Essay *Intercultural Essay The awards event is Sunday, March 5th, at the main branch of the San Francisco Public Library. Doors open at 12:30 p.m.
- [NWU at Women's March on Washington](https://nwu.org/nwu-at-womens-march-on-washington/) - About 50 members of the National Writers Union and our friends and family rose before dawn on January 21. We put on our pussy hats—or reasonable facsimile thereof—and climb aboard a fleet of UAW buses that formed a caravan from New York City down to the Women’s March on Washington. We demonstrated in support of
- [Preparándonos para los ataques de Trump contra la prensa](https://nwu.org/preparandonos-para-los-ataques-de-trump-contra-la-prensa/) - El Sindicato Nacional de Escritores NWU trabaja de cerca con otras organizaciones de escritores para desarrollar una estrategia para combatir las acciones hostiles que la administración de Trump tiene hacia la libertad de prensa y el derecho de los ciudadanos a estar informados. La primera conferencia de prensa del secretario de prensa de
- [Preparing for Trump’s Attacks on the Press](https://nwu.org/preparing-for-trumps-attacks-on-the-press/) - NWU is working more closely with other writers’ groups to develop a strategy to combat the Trump Administration’s hostility towards a free press and the public’s right to know. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s opening press briefing, where he attacked the media and took no questions, and Kellyanne Conway’s theory of “Alternative Facts” are
- [No Rubber Stamp for Staples](https://nwu.org/no-rubber-stamp-for-staples/) - Staples and the United States Postal Service (USPS) have set up postal counters in the chain’s big box stores, where Staples’ low-paid, minimally trained staff can ship consumer packages. Hundreds of downtown business centers, major malls, and uptown shopping districts now operate with Staples’ “approved shipper program,” a privatization plan that weakens public services and
- [NWU President's Report * October 2015](https://nwu.org/nwu-presidents-report-october-2015/) - 2015 Delegate Assembly More than 50 members and guests attended the National Writers Union Delegate Assembly (DA) this summer in New York City. The delegates were selected from chapters around the country, and reflected a wealth of diversity in terms of age, race, and gender. We also welcomed new chapter chairs from New York; Washington,
- [DA Receives International Greetings](https://nwu.org/da-receives-international-greetings/) - Greetings from the IFJ President Greetings from National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Greetings from the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) Warm Greetings From The Kenya Correspondents Association (KCA) Greetings from Malaysia Greetings from Central Africa Greetings from Helsinki Solidarity Message from the International Federation of Journalists Gender Council
- [NWU, UAW March in Labor Parade](https://nwu.org/nwu-marches-with-the-uaw-in-the-nyc-labor-parade-september-12-2015/) - The National Writers Union joined tens of thousands of union members marching up 5th Ave. in the annual New York City Labor Parade, We made a special stop in front of Trump Tower to deliver a special message:"Dump Trump!"
- [Warm Greetings from the Kenya Correspondents Association (KCA)](https://nwu.org/warm-greetings-from-the-kenya-correspondents-association-kca/) - On behalf of KCA and its entire membership, I wish to extend the warmest greetings and solidarity message to you and your team as you hold your assembly this Friday August 7, 2015. We know that you and your colleagues have put in a lot of effort and resources to make this assembly happen and
- [President's Letter](https://nwu.org/presidents-letter/) - The NWU Delegate Assembly will convene from August 7-9 in New York City, where roughly 50 delegates, chapter and division chairs, along with national officers, will chart the course for the union going forward. The DA is the highest governing body of our union, and it’s charged with addressing the major issues we face in
- [Building Your Author Platform](https://nwu.org/building-your-author-platform/) - People often talk about building a platform as a writer, but what does that really mean. It’s about three things: Establishing and maintaining your authority over your subject matter Finding and growing an audience for your work Making a big enough splash that editors and agents come knocking Building awareness beyond the people you already
- [Netroots Nation](https://nwu.org/netroots-nation/) - Over nearly a decade, Netroots Nation has grown to become a powerful force in promoting the Democratic Party. It serves as a platform for community activists, labor organizations, and even presidential candidates. With a reputation for compelling content and boisterous voices, Netroots 2015 descended on the Phoenix Convention Center in Arizona's capital city last month,
- [A PENNY A BOOK?](https://nwu.org/a-penny-a-book/) - Imagine our surprise when an NWU member reported that he had received a royalty statement from CreateSpace —Amazon’s self-publishing arm—which indicated that he was being paid a penny per book. A representative sent him a detailed explanation concluding, “Rest assured, you’ve received the royalties correctly and there is no discrepancy. . . I hope this
- [Notes on the Harlem Book Fair](https://nwu.org/notes-on-the-harlem-book-fair/) - African voices can be muffled by white supremacy and racism, but poets and writers who are invested in self-determination will find a way to get their words out. Panelists who participated in the National Writers Union discussion, “Silencing Black Writers in the USA,” shared these and other perspectives at the Harlem Book Fair in late
- [SHE JUST KEPT WRITING: The Passing of Susan Carol Hauser](https://nwu.org/she-just-kept-writing-the-sudden-passing-of-susan-carol-hauser/) - Obituary longtime NWU member Carol Susan Hauser.
- [Authors and Booksellers Demand Inquiry into Amazon's Control of the Book Market](https://nwu.org/authors-and-booksellers-demand-inquiry-into-amazons-control-of-the-book-market/) - I received an email that some of you probably received too. It’s a follow-up to letters some of us signed in support of Hatchette authors in their dispute with Amazon. Now the dispute has expanded into fundamental questions of freedom of information in a democracy. Amazon now has more monopoly power over books than Standard Oil had
- [A writer's prolific residency at Virginia Center for Creative Arts](https://nwu.org/a-writer-finds-her-rhythm-in-residency-at-virginia-center-for-creative-arts/) - I’m re-entering civilization after a fertile six-week residency at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. During my stay, I completed both a short-fiction collection, Gelatin Prints, and 75 percent of a series of lyrical essays called Jaywalking. I also read two poetry books and a fiction collection by Ha Jing, whose work has proved catalytic
- [Gawker Writers Unionize!](https://nwu.org/gawker-writers-unionize/) - The National Writers Union and all of our freelance members want to congratulate the staff writers and editors at Gawker Media on their overwhelming vote to join the Writers Guild of America-East. As workers in the creative economy, we know that all too often our work is undervalued by those who profit from it the
- [The Story of the At-Large Chapter](https://nwu.org/the-story-of-the-at-large-chapter/) - One of NWU’s largest chapters, with nearly two hundred members, At-Large consists of writers from most of the fifty states, Puerto Rico, and nations from around the globe. While we are not geographically proximate to each other, we utilize the magic of words and the marvels of technology to create a community that is actual
- [An Interview with Author Anita Diamant](https://nwu.org/an-interview-with-author-anita-diamant/) - Researching her latest novel, The Boston Girl, Anita Diamant poured over fashion photographs from the early 1900’s: She surveyed image after image of women in trippingly long dresses, cinched tightly at the waist. They helped the author understand the restrictive world of her protagonist, Addie Baum, who grew up in an era when women were
- [Work-for-Hire: A Great Market](https://nwu.org/work-for-hire-a-great-market/) - Copyrights are important to a writer’s success, but so is money. Sometimes work for hire (WFH) is a great way to earn money. Freelancers can make good incomes writing promotional materials, product manuals, grants, or books in series (think Dummies). Without owning the copyrights they can’t sell the movie or smartphone app rights, but how
- [On Blogging: Making a Living Wage as an Online Writer](https://nwu.org/on-blogging-making-a-living-wage-as-an-online-writer/) - I used to work for a travel agency that specialized in around-the-world airline tickets. In the fall of 2001, we found out about a new TV show, The Amazing Race, which had us excited. CBS premiered its reality series about teams of people going around the world competing in challenges on Sept. 5, 2001, and
- [Writers Attend White House Summit](https://nwu.org/writers-attend-white-house-summit/) - The White House Summit on Worker Voice on October 7 brought together workers, including writers, labor leaders, business owners, government officials, and advocates. President Obama told those gathered in the East Room: “We should be making it easier, not harder, for folks to join a union.” Yet he cautioned that those who would
- [Fight for $15 Protest](https://nwu.org/fight-for-15-protest/) - NEW YORK, November 10, 2015 – Tens of thousands of fast-food, airport, child-care, home- care and many more underpaid workers took to the streets in 500 cities across the country today, demanding a minimum wage of $15 per hour. It’s estimated that there are 64 million workers making less than $15 an hour, including hundreds
- [NWU Condemns All Terror Attacks](https://nwu.org/nwu-condemns-all-terror-attacks/) - The National Writers Union condemns in the strongest possible terms, the brutal terrorist attacks that took place in Paris on November 13. We also condemn similar attacks that took place in Beirut on November 11, at a funeral in Baghdad the previous week, and the bombing of the Russian commercial flight traveling from Sharm al-Sheikh
- [Libraries in Crisis](https://nwu.org/libraries-in-crisis/) - Citizens Defending Libraries (CDL), a group dedicated to preserving and developing libraries in New York—instead of selling them off to real estate developers—held a special night of entertainment on October 10 in Brooklyn. The evening honored libraries and looked at the forces behind the crises they face. Billed as “an evening of comedy and drama,”
- [Freelancers Break Laquan McDonald Story](https://nwu.org/freelancers-break-laquan-mcdonald-story/) - By now, almost everyone has seen at least a piece of the Chicago police video of the cold-blooded murder of 17-year-old African-American youth Laquan McDonald. He was killed by white Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke in October, 2014, but police video of the shooting was suppressed until a court ordered its November 2015
- ['Freelance Isn’t Free' Bill Introduced](https://nwu.org/freelance-isnt-free-bill-introduced/) - NEW YORK — December 7, 2015 — About 80 freelancers gathered on the City Hall steps in support of a bill introduced in the New York City Council that would protect freelancers against non-payment. The #FreelanceIsn’tfree Act would penalize clients who refuse to pay freelancers within 30 days, and would subject them to double damages,
- [John Ross: Journalists Should Be Rebels](https://nwu.org/rebel-reporting-john-ross/) - Reporter and poet John Ross viewed journalism not as a profession but as a moral responsibility. In a posthumously published series of his lectures, REBEL REPORTING: John Ross Speaks to Independent Journalists, he asserts that journalists have an obligation to speak truth to power. Wisconsin NWU member Norman Stockwell co-edited this collection with journalist and
- [Are You Covered? Healthcare Deadline is Jan. 31](https://nwu.org/are-you-covered-healthcare-deadline-is-jan-31/) - For writers, finding and keeping health coverage can be a challenge. The NWU has partnered with Working America Health Care (WAHC), a collaboration of Working America and Union Plus, which are, respectively, the community affiliate and consumer benefits arm of the AFL-CIO. Visit the Working America/NWU website today to better understand your coverage options before,
- [SOME THEFT IS LEGAL](https://nwu.org/some-theft-is-legal/) - Members have told us that they’ve pitched an idea for an article, and a similar article turned up under someone else’s name. They say they wrote books about teenage vampires or nerdy supervillains, and then watched other people make millions from their plot lines. They think that copyright law should protect them. In most cases,
- [ROBERT ALTMAN: IN THE AMERICAN GRAIN](https://nwu.org/robert-altman-in-the-american-grain/) - In July 2010, I pitched a book idea: a critical examination of film director Robert Altman’s work to Reaktion Books of London. Why Reaktion? Why Altman? Reaktion publishes a Critical Lives series, which deals with cultural figures. I was interested in writing about film, so I drew up a short list of directors whose work
- [POTENTIAL BLOW TO UNIONISM](https://nwu.org/potential-blow-to-unionism/) - In June, the Supreme Court will make an important decision regarding unionism when it rules on Friedrichs vs. the California Teachers Association. The case stands to reverse a 40-year precedent established in the 1977 case of Abood vs. the Detroit Board of Education. That ruling established public-sector unions' right to collect “fair-share fees” from all
- [TAKE AUTHORS SURVEY, BOOST NWU](https://nwu.org/take-authors-survey-boost-nwu/) - What is the easiest way to support your union? Completing an Authors Coalition survey. Each response can generate the same income for the NWU as gaining one new member. In 2015, your participation helped us accrue nearly $160,000 in non-title specific royalty payments. This amount is directly linked to the number of completed surveys. However,
- [HELP THOSE HURTING IN FLINT](https://nwu.org/help-those-hurting-in-flint/) - An environmental crisis rages in Flint, Michigan. The buck stops with Governor Rick Snyder (R), who plunged the economically depressed city into a federal state of emergency after switching its water source from Lake Huron to the less expensive, but polluted Flint River. The city’s population is largely black and also poor, since the downsizing
- [Signatures Qualify Sanders for NY Ballot](https://nwu.org/signatures-qualify-sanders-for-ny-ballot/) - A presidential candidate must have 5,000 signatures to qualify for the Democratic primary ballot in New York. Unpaid volunteers for Bernie Sanders in New York State collected 85,000 signatures. On the steps of New York City Hall, about 80 Sanders volunteers stood in drizzling rain February 3 to celebrate their achievement in front of 26
- [Accountant Shares Tips at 'Taxes for Writers' Event](https://nwu.org/taxes-for-writers/) - Therese Francis, PhD, an NWU member from New Mexico, led an informative and timely session, Taxes for Writers, on January 7 in San Francisco. NWU’s Northern California Chapter and the Mechanics' Institute Library and Chess Room co-sponsored the workshop. A writer, publisher and accountant, Francis kicked off the current tax season with the lunchtime event
- [Tax Tips for Writers](https://nwu.org/tax-tips-for-writers/) - NWU member and tax accountant Therese Francis spoke at a recent NorCal event. These are points she covered in her talk on taxes for writers: Think like a business, look like a business, be seen as a business and, most of all, take advantage of tax laws for businesses. The IRS recognizes two types of
- ["Standing By for Trump"](https://nwu.org/standing-by-for-trump/) - After the March 15 primaries, the three major cable news stations, Fox, CNN and MSNBC, covered every candidate’s closing remarks except Bernie Sanders. Instead, they spent about 30 minutes babbling about the night’s results while showing an empty stage and a screen banner that read, "Standing By For Trump." By now, everybody knows that Donald
- [A Day At Literary Women's Festival of Authors](https://nwu.org/a-day-at-literary-womens-festival-of-authors/) - In early March, my friend, Barbara Shoag, invited me to the 34-year-old Literary Women: 2016 Long Beach Festival of Authors, which featured a delightful assembly of celebrated female writers. The most exciting aspect of the experience for me was learning about the authors’ varied processes. One writer who stood out was Karen Abbott, who’s historical
- [SCOTUS Upholds Google Scanning for-Profit](https://nwu.org/scotus-upholds-google-scanning-for-profit/) - In a very bad decision for authors, the US Supreme Court decided not to hear the Authors Guild (AG) appeal of the Google Book Scanning Project, terminating on April 15 a decade-long case that has struck at the heart of the publishing industry. This decision comes after two separate appeals courts ruled that Google did
- [World Press Freedom Day at the UN](https://nwu.org/world-press-freedom-day-at-the-un/) - The National Writers Union (NWU), International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Communications Coordination Committee for the United Nations (CCCUN) and Metro NY Labor Communications Council (MNYLCC) organized a panel discussion May 3 for World Press Freedom Day. Held at the United Nations in New York City, the event explored the media's role in supporting human rights
- [Ellenberger on Panel at Washington's Spy Museum](https://nwu.org/ellenberger-on-panel-at-washingtons-spy-museum/) - DC Chapter member James Ellenberger will appear with his co-authors, Curtis Harris and James Rosen, to discuss their new espionage/thriller, High Hand, at the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, July 13. Details and ticket information can be found by clicking here.
- [NWU Attends 29th IFJ World Congress](https://nwu.org/nwu-attends-29th-ifj-world-congress/) - More than 300 delegates representing more than 450,000 journalists in 140 countries gathered in Angers, France for the 29th International Federation of Journalists World Congress, June 7-10. It was the 90th anniversary of the founding of IFJ. There were many panels, debates and discussions about the safety of journalists, defending and extending press freedom, increasing
- [Hitting the Streets at the Harlem Book Fair](https://nwu.org/hitting-the-streets-at-the-harlem-book-fair/) - New Yorkers attending this year's Harlem Book Fair, one of the largest writers' events in the city, reflected the diversity of the NWU's members. On Saturday, July 16, 10 members displayed their recent works along with information about the union, including our new membership brochures, buttons, and "Workers of the WORD, Unite" T-shirts, some of
- [Writer Alert: Heart and Soul Magazine](https://nwu.org/writer-alert-heart-soul-magazine/) - Heart & Soul continues to cheat its former writers, some of whom remain unpaid for years. Since the Writer Alert posted in April 2013 reporting that H&S had yielded to pressure from the NWU and the UAW and had started reimbursing writers in installments, three more NWU members have come to the union for help. Together
- [NWU Supports the Struggle to Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline](https://nwu.org/nwu-support-the-struggle-to-stop-the-dakota-access-pipeline/) - The struggle to stop the Dakota Access pipeline has grown to involve thousands of First Nation tribes and their supporters despite a corporate media blackout. For defying the blackout and bringing some coverage to the heroic fight-back, Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman and other journalists have had warrants issued for their arrest! On September 15, a
- [SoCal Meets, Eats, Reads and Plans](https://nwu.org/socal-meets-eats-reads-and-plans/) - Members and friends of the So Cal chapter gathered at Mi Vida boutique in Highland Park, CA, for a holiday meeting and public reading on Sunday, December 18. A delicious assortment of goodies, including Mexican hot chocolate, welcomed the crowd of about 15, roughly a quarter of them NWU members. New member David Marques emceed
- [The Art of the Ask: Get Your Book Sponsored](https://nwu.org/the-art-of-the-ask-get-your-book-sponsored-make-it-matter/) - I've had a lot of success in gaining local and national sponsorship for my books, which has allowed me to sell thousands of books, while also—and this is my favorite part—raising thousands of dollars for charities close to my heart. As a writer and a person with a huge heart for service, I could not
- [Beware of Lone Wolves](https://nwu.org/beware-of-lone-wolves/) - When members come to us with grievances for nonpayment against reputable publishers or corporate clients, we can usually help them get their money. Yet more and more of our grievances are against lone wolves: scam artists who hide, change identities, or just plain ignore writers’ claims. A lot of them run blogs, which they start
- [What's Mine is Mine!](https://nwu.org/whats-mine-is-mine/) - In 1976 I made a half hour video about the artist Norman Lewis, a personal friend. Nineteen years later I sold a few copies at a very nominal cost of the copyrighted film to a few people who were also friends of Norman Lewis for their personal use. Twenty years after that when visiting a
- [President's Letter](https://nwu.org/presidents-letter-2/) - UAW ENDORSES HRC United Auto Workers’ President Dennis Williams appeared on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews May 25, announcing the union’s endorsement of Secretary Clinton for President. UAW Region 9A Director Julie Kushner’s statement on the endorsement is posted on the regional website and Facebook page. (NWU is UAW Local 1981) In recent months, our members have been fully engaged
- [Media Has Free Time for Trump - No Time for Workers](https://nwu.org/corporate-media-has-free-time-for-trump-no-time-for-workers/) - While the corporate media continues to give 24/7, non-stop coverage (and billions in free publicity) to Donald Trump, there has been an almost complete news blackout of major struggles of working people. In the U.S., the six-week strike of 40,000 Verizon workers, members of the CWA and IBEW, against the telecommunications giant making $18 billion
- [Cool Kids Rock Netroots 2016](https://nwu.org/cool-kids-rock-netroots-2016/) - All the cool kids attended the recent Netroots Nation 2016 in St. Louis. It was the perfect place to be trans, a reproductive rights advocate, pushing the climate change conversation, advancing a pro-labor agenda, or leading a march through the streets of the city chanting “Black Lives Matter!” So, of course, the National Writers Union
- [Self-Publishing? Think Self-Protection](https://nwu.org/self-publishing-think-self-protection/) - Most of us, I hope, wouldn’t think of signing a contract with Random House or St. Martin’s Press without having the contract reviewed by either an NWU contract advisor or a lawyer. Yet authors who sign up for self-publishing often don’t even get a hard copy of their contracts. First, as we’ve discussed before, many
- [E-Books and E-Rights Webinar](https://nwu.org/e-books-e-rights-webinar/) - The Grievance and Contract Division, in partnership with the Book Division, presented our "E-Books and E-Rights" webinar for a second time Wednesday, July 13. The session covered electronic rights in general; negotiating with publishers over e-book and other royalties; and choosing between allowing one's print publisher to issue one's e-book or placing it elsewhere. We
- [NWU Defends Journalists Worldwide](https://nwu.org/nwu-defends-journalists-worldwide/) - We've recently reported on, and denounced, threats of vigilante violence and criminal prosecution against US journalists for doing their jobs. With the President-elect openly encouraging supporters to attack journalists at campaign rallies, we fear attacks on journalists who cover controversial topics in the US will escalate. While we speak out against attacks on US journalists,
- [Getting Help With Grievances](https://nwu.org/grievances/) - If you haven’t been paid for your work, your publisher said one thing and did another, or your story was turned into a video game and you haven’t seen a dime, the Grievance and Contracts Division is here to help. We’ve won over $1.5 million for members since we started keeping records. But before you
- [Trumped!](https://nwu.org/trumped/) - Where to begin? Maybe with Trump losing the popular vote by more than 2 million votes. Maybe, with openly racist and anti-Semitic Steve Bannon of Breitbart being named as Trump’s chief strategist. Maybe the Alt-Right conference giving Nazi salutes and yelling “Hail Trump!” or the KKK planning victory celebrations. Possibly we could start with the
- [2016 Year in Review](https://nwu.org/2016-year-in-review/) - All in all, it was a very busy year at NWU and we’re better off for it. The elections aside, we still have many challenges ahead, the main one being how to grow, be more active, and better serve our members while, at the same time, cutting back on spending. This is a perpetual riddle
- [NWU, Allies Educate Copyright Office on E-books](https://nwu.org/nwu-allies-educate-copyright-office-on-e-books/) - In our latest formal submission to the US Copyright Office on August 18th, the NWU and two other writers' organizations provided an overview of the "new normal" for writers seeking to earn a living in the digital age. We also discussed how copyright policies designed for publisher-centric business models and old media serve to deprive
- [GSU Infringes on Writers' Copyrights](https://nwu.org/university-bootlegging-infringes-on-our-copyrights/) - In a "friend of the court" brief filed earlier this month, the NWU joined a diverse coalition of writers and photographers to oppose the wholesale scanning of books and journals that are being used for university classes without payment to the original authors or publishers. Instead of having students buy the books for their classes,
- [French Law on "Out of Commerce" Books Struck Down](https://nwu.org/european-court-strikes-down-french-law-on-out-of-commerce-books/) - Acting on a lawsuit brought by French freelance authors and supported by the NWU, the European Union's Court of Justice has ruled that the French law permitting distribution of digital copies of books deemed "out of commerce," without the consent of the authors, violates their rights and is invalid. We think the court was correct
- [We Stand With The Arizona Republic](https://nwu.org/we-stand-with-the-arizona-republic/) - When I was growing up in Arizona, it was rare to see my home state hit the national news. One of the first times I saw it happen was in the Summer of 1976, when Don Bolles, a reporter for the Arizona Republic, was killed by a bomb planted in his car. He was killed
- [For members only](https://nwu.org/for-members-only/) - eNews Autumn 2016 Summer 2016
- [Privacy vs. Copyright: Don't Make Writers Choose](https://nwu.org/privacy-vs-copyright-dont-make-writers-choose/) - The National Writers Union (NWU) and the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) filed comments October 17 with the US Copyright Office in response to pressure writers face in choosing between privacy and copyright protection. The Copyright Office recently proposed regulations by which writers—for a minimum $130 fee—could restrict some public access to the
- [NYC Monthly Meetups On Writing Business](https://nwu.org/first-monday-monthly-meetup-lets-talk-about-the-business-of-writing/) - —A Spanish/English language writer learned how to self publish. —An aspiring short-story writer found the encouragement to go on. —A journalist, who had returned from the Syrian-Jordanian border at 4 a.m. that morning, discussed interviewing military and homeland security people. These three were among the nine writers who gathered during a Let's Talk About
- [My IP Got Pirated: How I Took It Down](https://nwu.org/my-intellectual-property-got-stolen-how-i-got-it-back/) - You wrote a book and it’s been published, either traditionally or by you. Now you can focus on promoting it. But if you own the copyright, you have another task in this digital age: Protecting your work on the Internet. Recently, I did a Google search for my book, Writing Well in the 21st Century:
- [I CONCURSO DE HISTORIETAS "CÓMIC ANDINO: JUSTICIA Y SOCIEDAD"](https://nwu.org/i-concurso-de-historietas-comic-andino-justicia-y-sociedad/) - I CONCURSO DE HISTORIETAS "CÓMIC ANDINO: JUSTICIA Y SOCIEDAD" (Ecuador) 30:10:2016 Género: Cómic Premio: 1.300 dólares Abierto a: sin restricciones por nacionalidad o residencia Entidad convocante: Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar País de la entidad convocante: Ecuador Fecha de cierre: 30:10:2016 BASES La Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, con motivo del Natalicio de Simón Bolívar y en el marco de la
- [GCD Semi-Annual Report Available](https://nwu.org/gcd-semi-annual-report/) - The Grievance and Contract Division's semi-annual report, covering the first half of 2016, is available here. We hope you’ll take the time to read it and learn more about what we do. One of our chief functions is reviewing traditional publishers’ contracts, as well as those of firms that help you self-publish. We offer guidance
- [CONCURSO DE POESÍA ARTE CON PALABRAS 2016](https://nwu.org/concurso-de-poesia-arte-con-palabras-2016/) - CONCURSO DE POESÍA ARTE CON PALABRAS 2016 (EE.UU.) 20:10:2016 Género: Poesía Premio: Publicación Abierto a: Mayores 18 años. Sin restricciones por nacionalidad o residencia Entidad convocante: Art Emporium Gallery of Miami País de la entidad convocante: EE.UU. Fecha de cierre: 20:10:2016 BASES “Honrar Honra,” José Martí Como homenaje a Leopoldo Fernández, en el aniversario 106 de su nacimiento, conocido popularmente
- [NWU Attends the Writers Digest Conference](https://nwu.org/nwu-attends-the-writers-digest-conference/) - Ten NWU New York Members were amongst thousands of writers from around the country who attended the 25th Annual Writers Digest conference August 18-20 at the New York City Hilton Midtown. NWU President Larry Goldbetter helped manage the NWU vendor table as did Lee Christine Brownlee, poet; Calvin Ramsey, playwright; Yusef Salaam, essayist; authors Greg
- [Anti-Muslim Profiling Near Trump Tower](https://nwu.org/anti-muslim-profiling-near-trump-tower/) - At the New York City Labor Day Parade on September 10, one of our members, Ekim Kilic, a young Turkish national, approached someone who appeared to him to be a Union Marshal, and asked where he could find the National Writers Union group. The person told Ekim that the UAW/NWU contingent had already passed. The
- [ELECTIONS: Neck and (Orange) Neck](https://nwu.org/elections-neck-and-orange-neck/) - The Presidential race is tightening. After more than a year of primaries, caucuses and conventions; after Bernie Sanders received over 13 million votes to end income inequality and crippling tuition debt; and after the sideshow of the Republican “debates,” where contestants were eliminated from the talent competition —before making it to the swimsuit round—it appears
- [NWU Presence at Michigan, St. Louis Conferences](https://nwu.org/nwu-presence-at-michigan-st-louis-conferences/) - In late August, I attended the UAW Luca Communications Conference (left) in upstate Michigan. I took a Video Across Platforms class and made this video that pays tribute to UAW founder Walter Reuther and the spirit of union members coming together in support of workers rights to a living wage, benefits, etc. I imagine there
- [Lit Crawl-San Francisco to Feature NorCal Writers](https://nwu.org/lit-crawl-san-francisco-to-feature-norcal-writers/) - On Saturday, October 15, the NWU Northern California chapter will curate a session at Lit Crawl-San Francisco called, National Writers Union Takes On Social Justice, featuring readings by NWU members Lizette Wanzer, Henry Millstein, Sarah E. Kornfeld, and September Williams. One of the most anticipated literary nights of the year, Lit Crawl-SF attracts 10,000 people annually. We aim to
- [TERCERA EDICIÓN DEL PREMIO FOPEA AL PERIODISMO DE INVESTIGACIÓN (Argentina)](https://nwu.org/tercera-edicion-del-premio-fopea-al-periodismo-de-investigacion-argentina/) - TERCERA EDICIÓN DEL PREMIO FOPEA AL PERIODISMO DE INVESTIGACIÓN (Argentina)01:10:2016Género: PeriodismoPremio: Mención honorifica y 16.000 pesosAbierto a: artículos periodísticos publicados o emitidos en medios de comunicación en toda la ArgentinaEntidad convocante: FOPEAPaís de la entidad convocante: ArgentinaFecha de cierre: 01:10:2016 BASES Bases y condicionesNOTAS O PRODUCCIONES DE INVESTIGACIÓNEl Premio FOPEA a la Investigación Periodística distingue a artículos periodísticos publicados o emitidos en medios
- [After Cancer, Photographer is the Picture of Health](https://nwu.org/after-cancer-photographer-is-the-picture-of-health/) - Sharon Geiselman’s powerful image of UAW members standing along a bridge (left) emerged as one of the most affecting photographs of the August 2016 LUCA Communications Conference in Black Lake, MI.“Our theme was ‘Building Bridges, Not Walls,’ and I thought: A bridge leads you somewhere, while a wall blocks the path,” says Geiselman, who retired
- [Polluted Flint Water Damaged Her Health](https://nwu.org/polluted-flint-water-damaged-her-health/) - In 2014, Debra Ryan’s health faltered. Her speech began to slur, her hands shook, and her legs went out from under her at a moment’s notice. One day, she fell and broke her arm.After doctors ruled out a stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, and genetics, Ryan got an ataxia diagnoses—a Greek term that means without order or
- [NWU and SFWA comments to the US Copyright Office on "Mass Digitization"](https://nwu.org/nwu-and-sfwa-comments-to-the-us-copyright-office-on-mass-digitization/) - The NWU and our fellow writers of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. (SFWA) have filed joint comments with the US Copyright Office in response to a public inquiry concerning the possibility of a "pilot program" for mass digitization of written work through the legal device of "extended collective licensing" (ECL) and
- [WHY THIS YEAR'S LABOR DAY MARCH MATTERS](https://nwu.org/why-this-years-labor-day-march-matters/) - It's no secret, the billionaire class and their political allies have organized labor in their gun sights. They have been outsourcing jobs, busting unions, building fear of immigrants and disenfranchising millions of voters at the polls, especially voters of color and students. This is why we need to show solidarity at the Labor Day Parade.
- [So Cal Chapter Celebrates Latinex](https://nwu.org/so-cal-chapter-celebrates-latinex/) - At the recent So Cal chapter meeting, about 25 people gathered in member David Trujillo's lovely Los Angeles backyard with its fruitful orange tree and bubbling Buddha fountain. National Writers Union members present included Trujillo, Ismael Parra, September Williams (No Cal), Dan McCrory, Eric Gordon, Elle Febbo, Marilyn Grunwald and myself.Everyone was encouraged to bring
- [NWU's Two California Chapters Meet](https://nwu.org/nwus-two-california-chapters-meet/) - The No Cal and So Cal chapters partnered with the Mechanic Institute Library and Chess Club to host a Writers’ Lunch on June 17 where Elle Febbo, chair of the So Cal chapter, was the featured speaker. Also present were No Cal members Brigid O’Farrell, Jim White, and September Williams.Febbo spoke about developing a "one
- [Writing on a Greek Island](https://nwu.org/writing-on-a-greek-island/) - It came up at the last minute: A career coach's newsletter had a paragraph in it about her upcoming trip to Agistri, Greece, off the coast of Athens. She would be leading morning and evening meditation, while her colleague, a woman from England, would coach the writing sessions.If I shared a room and took the
- [At the Pride March: Labor Against Hate!](https://nwu.org/at-the-pride-march-labor-against-hate/) - June 26 was quite possibly the biggest Pride March in NYC history. The massive turnout was in large part a response to the anti-Gay terrorist hate-crime committed at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida just two weeks earlier. It was a resounding statement against fear, terror and the spread of assault weapons, and in defense
- [Third Annual DC LaborFest Set for May](https://nwu.org/third-annual-dc-laborfest-set-for-may/) - With nearly 60 labor arts events planned for the third annual DC LaborFest in May, now's the time to mark your calendar and spread the word!The just-released LaborFest "Save the Date" card makes that easy. It includes a full color-coded calendar with a schedule of all the labor films, concerts, history, art, and book events
- [NWU's Salaam Speaks at UAW Chaplain Conference](https://nwu.org/nwus-salaam-speaks-at-uaw-chaplain-conference/) - Three hundred members of the United Auto Workers Chaplaincy Program recently gathered for the 29th annual conference on June 5 in Onaway, MI. Elder Herb Taylor of Region 5 (Kansas City, KS) presided as international leader of the group.The chaplains serve in a volunteer capacity and are mainly employed at various UAW work sites in
- [Verizon Strike Attracts SoCal Union Support](https://nwu.org/verizon-strike-attracts-socal-support/) - Members of several unions, including the NWU, stood in front of a Verizon store in Burbank, CA, on May 5 to support the nearly 40,000 striking Verizon workers from Massachusetts to New York to Virginia. Most of the strikers are represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA).Those who came to show their support included
- [NWU Joins Day of Action for Verizon Strikers](https://nwu.org/nwu-joins-national-day-of-action-for-verizon-strikers/) - May 5, Cinco de Mayo, was a National Day of Action to support nearly 40,000 striking Verizon workers. The strikers, members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), are beginning the fourth week of the strike. NWU represented from New York to Los Angeles!In NY, the center
- [Connell on Rise of Conservatism in 1950s](https://nwu.org/book-talk-to-focus-on-a-midwest-urban-case-study-from-the-rise-of-conservatism-in-1950s/) - Tula A. Connell discussed her new work— a historical account of right-wing opposition to the postwar New Deal—during a book discussion at Busboys & Poets in Takoma Park, MD, on Thursday, May 5.Since completing her doctorate, she refined her dissertation, which was published by the University of Illinois Press in April. "Conservative Counterrevolution: Challenging Liberalism
- [DC Chapter Retreat gets Writers on the Same Page](https://nwu.org/dc-chapter-retreat-gets-writers-on-the-same-page/) - 1 2 3 4 DC Chapter Retreat Wordsmiths in and around Washington, DC came together April 9 to discuss new ways to connect and organize around the issues that matter to writers: copyright, freelance pay rates, and fair contracts. Twenty-four people attended the conference, hosted by the National Writers Union, DC Chapter, and came from
- [EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE GCD](https://nwu.org/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-the-gcd/) - The Grievance and Contract Division’s semi-annual report for the second half of 2015 has just been posted here. We hope you’ll take the time to peruse it.The GCD is made up of about twenty volunteers at any given time. A lot of people think that all we do is collect money for writers who don’t
- [Boston Annual Book Party](https://nwu.org/boston-annual-book-party/) - The NWU Boston Chapter annual book party featured pizza, great conversation, and a celebration of the 17 members whose books were published in 2015. Six of the authors read enticing tidbits from their work to enthusiastic applause.Boston Poet Laureate Danielle Legros Georges delivered a stirring keynote on the importance of poetry in American history. She spoke
- ["Freelance Isn't Free" Advances in the NY City Council](https://nwu.org/freelance-isnt-free-advances-in-the-ny-city-council/) - New York City – February 29: “The company closed, the owners took the furniture and equipment out of the office and disappeared. There was no bankruptcy, no one was notified—they simply closed...Freelancers got nothing! The total loss to 40 workers exceeds $300,000. I was owed more than $20,000.”That was a part of NWU VP Mauricio
- [NWU Stands With Pakistan Media Workers and PFUJ](https://nwu.org/nwu-stands-with-pakistan-media-workers-and-pfuj/) - The National Writers Union condemns the violent March 4 attacks on both media centers and print and photo journalists in Pakistan. We especially stand in solidarity with our sister union, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), and their President Rena M. Azeem, who was hospitalized after being injured by a mob in Lahore.The attacks
- [PRESIDENT’S REPORT](https://nwu.org/presidents-report/) - OUR DIGITAL OUTREACH PROJECT In 2013, we identified improving internal and external digital communication as our greatest strategic need, and followed up by launching a 2-year project to upgrade our website and database.In that spirit, I’m proposing a Digital Outreach Project that will be conducted mainly through Twitter and Facebook, helping us to draw more
- [We Are One: Celebrating Workers Stories](https://nwu.org/we-are-one-celebrating-workers-stories/) - Labor activists and leaders joined rank and file workers recently to celebrate the release of a beautiful book of photos and oral histories featuring American union members.Actor and activist Danny Glover; former UAW President Bob King, NYS Commissioner of Labor Roberta Reardon; UAW Division 9A Director Julie Kushner; and PSC/CUNY Welfare Fund’s Larry Morgan were
- [President's Report ~ December 2015](https://nwu.org/presidents-report-december-2015/) - 2015 In ReviewWe may look back on 2015 as a watershed year for the NWU: We made difficult decisions and long-needed changes that could give our union a new lease on life. For example, this year the national office cut expenses by more than $60,000, while our delegates approved a modest dues increase for the
- [Hybrid Author: Self + Conventional Publishing](https://nwu.org/hybrid-author-self-conventional-publishing/) - Writing, editing, and publishing a book with a publishing house is hard. You have to collaborate with your editor, cover designer, and production team. You have to follow house rules. You need to meet deadlines and be on time.Writing, editing, and publishing a book by yourself is also hard. Forget a pre-assigned editor and production
- [TV Writers Rally, Unionize](https://nwu.org/tv-writers-rally-unionize/) - At the latest rally in Manhattan for the unionized writers at Original Media, writers at a sister reality TV production company, Leftfield Entertainment, announced on October 13 that they voted to unionize by a 2-1 margin.Original Media, owned by international, multimillion dollar conglomerate Endemol Shine Group, produces shows such as Ink Master, Comic Book Men,
- [AKIL'S NEXT STAGE](https://nwu.org/akils-next-stage/) - As you may know, I left the NWU in January in hopes of getting my one-man show up by fall. As the months passed, the pieces did not seem to come together. That’s when I decided to up the stakes and submit my show to two festivals. Money continued to run out with no word
- [NYC, Global Action Against Uber](https://nwu.org/nyc-global-action-against-uber/) - September 16 was a Global Day of Action against Uber. The campaign included more than 200 New York cab drivers who showed up outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Manhattan office, protesting a pending statewide plan to allow companies, such as Uber and Lyft, to use phone apps that dispatch an unlimited number of drivers directly to
- [Raising Our Voices at UAW Women's Conference](https://nwu.org/raising-our-voices-at-uaw-womens-conference/) - Autoworkers joined librarians, submarine builders, casino workers, clerical, craft and line workers from across the country for the 39th International United Auto Workers (UAW) Women’s Conference at the Walter and May Reuther Family Education Center in Black Lake, Michigan.I was delighted to come together with more than 300 UAW sisters—and some brothers—August 9-14, immediately following
- [NWU Attends UAW Civil and Human Rights Conference](https://nwu.org/nwu-attends-the-uaw-civil-and-human-rights-conference/) - “Remembering Our Past, Building Our Future!” served as the theme of the recent 31st United Auto Workers (UAW) Annual Civil and Human Rights Conference.About 300 of us attended the August 30-September 4 event at the Walter and May Reuther Family Education Center in Onaway, Michigan. It was an idyllic setting with verdant trees, a placid
- [NWU Picnic a Breeze](https://nwu.org/nwu-picnic-a-breeze/) - Nineteen people attended the National Writers Union, New York Chapter's annual picnic on Saturday, August 23, at Riverside Park in Manhattan. The ambiance was perfect. The Hudson River, shimmering blue like Apache jewelry, offered bountiful breeze, and the trees, limbs stretched out like tents and dressed in grand, garden-green, served as shade from the sun;
- [NWU, Allies Advocate for Writers in Washington](https://nwu.org/nwu-allies-advocate-for-writers-in-washington/) - Representatives of the NWU, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) and the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) met in mid-August with key Congressional and White House staff responsible for copyright policy.The delegation of writers included NWU’s Edward Hasbrouck, book division co-chair, and Ann Hoffman, former 1st VP; SFWA’s past president
- [Greetings from the International Federation of Journalists](https://nwu.org/greetings-from-the-international-federation-of-journalists/) - Please let me convey the warmest greetings to the delegates at your 2015 assembly on behalf of the IFJ Executive Committee and our unions of journalists worldwide. We wish all of you a strong and fruitful conference. We are all very proud of the efforts made by the NWU to advance the professional and social
- [Solidarity Greetings from Amin Yousuf, Secretary General PFUJ](https://nwu.org/solidarity-greetings-from-amin-yousuf-secretary-general-pfuj/) - The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) sends greetings to NWU on your 2015 Delegate Assembly. The PFUJ represents over 10,000 journalists working the length and breadth of Pakistan. Despite working in one of the most dangerous regions in the world, PFUJ continues to struggle for the rights and welfare of our members, for the public's
- [International Greetings to the NWU Delegate Assembly (Pt.I)](https://nwu.org/malaysian-journalists-send-nwu-greetings/) - The NWU Delegate Assembly was held in New York City, August 6-8. This is Part I of the International Greetings we received from our colleagues around the world!GREETINGS FROM MALAYSIAThe National Union of Malaysia sends warm greetings to the delegates of the NWU on this important event. We hope that all decisions and accomplishments made
- [Independent Contractor or Employee?: US Dept of Labor Stiffens Criteria](https://nwu.org/independent-contractor-or-employee-us-dept-of-labor-stiffens-criteria/) - The U.S. Dept. of Labor (DOL) is stiffening the criteria by which it determines whether a worker is an independent contractor or employee. The DOL's rules control whether you qualify for a few things—minimum wage, overtime, hours worked, child labor, and time and payroll records. Employees do, contractors don't. Other agencies control other financial aspects of
- [Problems with your book contract? You have options.](https://nwu.org/problems-with-your-book-contract-you-have-options/) - Remember to have us review your next contract before you sign it.
- [STAND WITH CHARLESTON](https://nwu.org/stand-with-charleston/) - The massacre of parishioners and their pastor in an historic African-American church in Charleston, SC, is just the most recent example of growing racist terror in this country. It brings to mind the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL, in 1963. Then, grown men planted a bomb that killed four young
- [NWU Supports Egyptian Journalists Syndicate's Call for a National Strike on June 10](https://nwu.org/nwu-supports-egyptian-journalists-syndicates-call-for-a-national-strike-on-june-10/) - Egyptian Journalists’ Syndicate General Secretary Gamal Abdalrahim The National Writers Union stands with you in your call for a national strike on June 10, to protest the mass dismissal of journalists in many media, the rampant job insecurity and the continued jailing of journalists. The ruling last May of Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court, that "striking
- [Louis Reyes Rivera Tribute Event Honors Four Emerging Talents](https://nwu.org/831/) - Every year, the National Writers Union’s New York Chapter features four emerging poets who are personally selected by close associates of Louis Reyes Rivera. These four artists are given the extraordinary opportunity to read their original works to the accompaniment of professional jazz musicians in a prominent venue. This year on May 16, a standing-room-only
- [NWU Co-Sponsors World Press Freedom Event at the United Nations](https://nwu.org/nwu-co-sponsors-world-press-freedom-event-at-the-united-nations/) - “Finding Security in Unsafe Passages” was a half-day event for journalists that the National Writers Union co-sponsored at the United Nations in New York on May 7 to mark World Press Freedom Day and raise awareness of the International Federation of Journalist’s End Impunity campaign. According to IFJ, more than 700 journalists have been killed
- [The Many Faces of Self-Publishing](https://nwu.org/the-many-faces-of-self-publishing/) - Traditional publishing has become so restrictive that many authors say, “Forget 7 percent royalties and giving up rights to media that haven’t been invented yet! I’ll self-publish.” That can be a great alternative. More accurately, it can be a lot of alternatives, including much higher royalties. But do your homework first, so you’ll know what
- [NWU VPs Testimony to the NY City Council](https://nwu.org/nwu-vps-testimony-to-the-ny-city-council/) - Mauricio NieblaThank you for the opportunity to speak today about my experience as a freelancer.My name is Mauricio Niebla, I’m a writer, and as most writers, I am a freelancer. I have been a freelancer my entire professional life, for almost 30 years. I have been unpaid for jobs many times, but the most painful,
- [NWU Statement on the Freelance Isn't Free Act](https://nwu.org/nwu-statement-on-the-freelance-isnt-free-act/) - The National Writers Union/ UAW Local 1981, supports the Freelancers Union’s Freelance Isn’t Free Act, and we urge the New York City Council to make it law. Our members, who are writers in all genres, in all media and on all platforms, are no strangers to nonpayment. We know how hard it can be to
- [Reading and Feeding Writers](https://nwu.org/reading-and-feeding-writers/) - “You're here to help get writers read, the NWU's here to help get writers fed.”~ NWU member September WilliamsHundreds of writers, editors, and publishers met in the city for the 13th annual San Francisco Writers Conference, February 11-15. New and established writers attended workshops with well-known authors, learned about publishing options, speed-dated with agents, and
- [Global Protests Against Trans Pacific Partnership](https://nwu.org/global-protests-against-trans-pacific-partnership/) - More than three-dozen activists gathered outside the New Zealand Consulate in Midtown Manhattan as part of worldwide protests February 4 following the signing of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest trade agreement ever attempted.The treaty, negotiated in secret, gives multinational corporations the right to gut environmental,
- [](https://nwu.org/3040/) - Evolution Magazine (January 4, 2016)A National Writers Union member has filed a grievance against Evolution magazine and its publisher, Darnell Davis. The NWU member is owed $300 for a cover story that appeared in the November 2014 edition. While Evolution’s publisher has made several commitments to pay the writer, more than a year after the article was published, payment
- [Notes on Writing a Novel](https://nwu.org/notes-on-writing-a-novel/) - Each morning I confirm my purpose as a writer with a ritual: My perpetually open bedroom blinds serve as a visual alarm. Checking the weather and tides app on my phone help me determine if the day’s exercise will be rowing or hiking.Reviewing news alerts confirm that life still exists outside of my door. Only
- [Greetings from the National Union of Journalists](https://nwu.org/greetings-from-the-national-union-of-journalists/) - On behalf of the NUJ we wish to extend fraternal greetings to you and to all delegates on the occasion of the 2015 Delegate Assembly of the NWU. The NUJ and the NWU share common objectives and continue to work closely through the International Federation of Journalists. Our joint participation in the World Forum on
- [NWU Meets the Zhejiang Provincial Writers Association](https://nwu.org/nwu-meets-the-zhejiang-provincial-writers-association/) - New York, January 13 – Today was the second and final meeting between NWU and visiting writers and playwrights from the Zhejiang Provincial Writers Association of China. Today’s meeting was hosted by the CUNY Murphy Institute’s US-China Exchange Project. It was an insightful sharing, where in the advent of globalization, the Chinese people and government
- [National Writers Union 2015 DA Resolutions](https://nwu.org/national-writers-union-2015-da-resolutions/) - Resolutions Self-Publishing, Book ContractsState of the Publishing IndustryTo Develop NWU Member's Guide to Self-PublishingIn Support of Mumia Abu-JamalIn Support of Black Lives Matter In Support of Injured Colombian GM WorkersWhereas, self-publishing by NWU members and by authors in general has become an increasingly common, respectable, and potentially profitable form of publication;Whereas, the self-publishing industry is
- [Poem: Cali Quake—whose fault is it?](https://nwu.org/poem-cali-quake-whose-fault-is-it/) - Cali Quake—whose fault is it? If an earthquake comes shocking,shaking, rattling and rolling Caliis it Yogi Bear, Hugo Pinell's partingwords? It rained forty days and forty nightsthe week Bunchy was assassinated... If an earthquake comes shocking,shaking, rattling and rolling Caliwhose fault is it? Round up theusual suspects? The Freeman Bros'.Alibi's airtight, same for WaynePharr and Yuri Kochiyama... If an
- [Photos of NWU DA](https://nwu.org/photos-of-nwu-da/)
- [The Passions of Eleanor: NWU member book and chapter-hosted play spotlight Eleanor Roosevelt](https://nwu.org/the-passions-of-eleanor-nwu-member-book-and-chapter-hosted-play-spotlight-eleanor-roosevelt/) - From 1933 to 1945, labor supporter Eleanor Roosevelt was First Lady of the United States. A recent book by NWU Member, Brigid O’Farrell, and an upcoming play hosted by SoCal NWU members explore the longest-serving First Lady’s passions. On the Stage: On Saturday, Nov. 22, SoCal NWU and & SoCal Arbeter Ring present the one-woman show, Hick:
- [The UAW and the Women's Movement](https://nwu.org/the-uaw-and-the-womens-movement/) - In a September, 2014, keynote address, Brigid O’Farrell of the NWU Bay Area celebrated union women who were active in both the labor movement, and the second wave feminist movement of the 1960’s and 70’s. "To say the movement was all elite white women is to silence the voices of working class women and women of
- [Here's To Your Health - NWU Members Can Now Get Help Finding Healthcare Through Working America](https://nwu.org/heres-to-your-health-nwu-members-can-now-get-help-finding-healthcare-through-working-america/) - NWU now offers you help finding and using health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and the extra support doesn’t cost you a penny more.* The second Open Enrollment Period began in mid-November. For those of you who don’t have health insurance, you can now sign up for it. For those of you with coverage,
- [Kudos!](https://nwu.org/kudos/) - RAMSEY FEATUREDThe Sunday NY Times' Michael T. Luongo interviewed Calvin Ramsey (inset left), playwright and author, about his insights and his work: Green Book projects.NEW HARDBALL BOOKHard Ball Press recently published the Spanish/English bilingual children’s book, Joelito’s Big Decision/ La gran decisión de Joelito, written by Ann Berlak, illustrated by Daniel Camacho, and translated by
- [Poetry for All and All for Poetry](https://nwu.org/poetry-for-all-and-all-for-poetry/) - Story by Garret Buell Robinson, Poem by Raymond Nat TurnerNow celebrating its fifth birthday, the New York City Poetry Festival continues to flourish. Thousands of people turned out for this year’s event, which was hosted by the National Writers Union, on Governor’s Island, where Guggenheim Fellow Nick Flynn and esteemed Poet and Educator Patricia Spears
- [NWU member book chronicles life of illustrious naturalist](https://nwu.org/elizabeth_rosethal_book/) - In June 2015, NWU member Elizabeth J. Rosenthal's book, Birdwatcher: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson, is being re-released in paperback and e-book formats by the Lyons Press, now an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield. This book chronicles the life and accomplishments of Roger Tory Peterson, the foremost environmentalist and naturalist of the 20th century. Besides inventing
- [NYS Lobby and Legislative Conference](https://nwu.org/nys-lobby-and-legislative-conference/) - The UAW Region 9 and 9A NYS Lobby and Legislative Conference took place in Albany, March 8-11, where we had our biggest delegation in recent memory. Dave Hill, Marivir Montebon, Esther Cohen and I were among those attending. During our trip, we also lobbied on behalf of such NYS UAW issues as ending tax breaks
- [Writer's Residency in Detroit: Write a House](https://nwu.org/writers-residency-in-detroit-write-a-house/) - A uniquely Detroit program offers writers the chance to win a house in Detroit, Michigan, as part of a writers residency program. Find out more today: Write A House.
- [Starting A Publishing Company](https://nwu.org/starting-a-publishing-company/) - I started Hard Ball Press out of desperation. My first four crime novels had gone out of print because either the publisher had shut down, or they had decided not to issue a paperback follow up to the hardcover. So in the early days of print-on-demand, I began to put out my own novels, and
- [Día internacional del libro](https://nwu.org/dia-internacional-del-libro/)
- [How My NWU Press Pass Kept Me Out Of Jail](https://nwu.org/how-my-nwu-press-pass-kept-me-out-of-jail/) - “The bottom line is that the subpoena…was a form of harassment, a brazen attempt to follow up a gag on mainstream media with threats against a citizen journalist.” I am a working writer for the mysterious Catharine Sloper, an outspoken critic of the family court system and the proprietor of the blog Divorce in Connecticut (DiC).
- [Here's To Your Health - NWU Members Can Now Access Healthcare - Finding Assistance Benefit Through Working America](https://nwu.org/heres-to-your-health-nwu-members-can-now-access-healthcare-finding-assistance-benefit-through-working-america/) - NWU now offers you help finding and using health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and the extra support doesn’t cost you a penny more.* The second Open Enrollment Period began in mid-November. For those of you who don’t have health insurance, you can now sign up for it. For those of you with coverage,
- [Shelf Life: A DIY New York City Bookstore Owner Tells His Story](https://nwu.org/shelf-life-a-diy-new-york-city-bookstore-owner-tells-his-story/) - Over the last two years, I’ve spent nearly every day sitting on the sidewalk selling my books. I researched the laws and regulations; registered myself as an independent business; and then set up my stand with a little sign extending the invitation: “Meet the Author.” Though shelf space is minimal, I’ve got the best showroom
- [No Win for Readers and Writers: Commentary on Amazon v. Hachette](https://nwu.org/no-win-for-readers-and-writers-commentary-on-amazon-v-hachette/) - Readers, like writers, have been caught in the middle of a feud over e-book distribution terms and pricing between the Hachette book publishing company and Amazon.com. On Nov. 13, the two announced they had reached a settlement. But the terms were not disclosed, and there's been nary a word about its implications for readers and

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- [Stars In Her Eyes](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/stars-in-her-eyes/) - STARS IN HER EYES By Shannon O'Connor Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there lived a girl who wanted to write, but never did. She had a lot of things to say, stories that she wanted to tell, but she never put them down. She couldn’t bring herself to start, because she didn’t
- [Read National Meeting Minutes](https://nwu.org/minutes/) - Emergency DA Minutes March 7-8, 2026 Excom Meeting Minutes 2026 ExCom Meeting Minutes 2025 ExCom Meeting Minutes 2024 ExCom Meeting Minutes 2023 ExCom Meeting Minutes 2022 ExCom Meeting Minutes 2021 Anthropic Town Hall Slides, 12-11-25 password: NWU@nthr0p1cAIpt2 Anthropic Town Hall Slides, 9-19-25 password: NWU@nthr0p1cAI
- [Boston](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/) - PLEASE NOTE: OUR FEBRUARY 2026 BOOK PARTY WAS POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER. THE NEW DATE WILL BE SUNDAY, MAY 17. Richard Hoffman gave an inspiring keynote address, our members read from the fascinating books that we published in 2024, and we enjoyed a great feast at our 2025 Book Party on Sunday, February 2.
- [Washington, DC](https://nwu.org/chapters/washington-dc/) - The National Writers Union Washington, DC, Area Chapter comprises National Writers Union members in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, DC. Chair Edie Brown nwudc@nwu.orgTreasurer Paul-Newell Reaves pnreaves@gmail.com Online Meetings 4th Sunday most months, 10:00am ET. Contact nwudc@nwu.org to receive a link.
- [Juneteenth Visions Writing Contest](https://nwu.org/juneteenth/) - Juneteenth Visions: 7th-grade Writing Contest presented by the National Writers Union DC Chapter with Street Sense Media & Second Story Cards. (Contest open April 1 - 30, 2026) Page is in progress.New Writing Prompt will be updated in Spring 2026. Writing Prompt will be featured here. Awards (to be finalized) 5-8
- [Southern California](https://nwu.org/chapters/southern-california/) - National Writers Union Southern California Chapter. Chair: Ismael Parra. All writers welcome!
- [BOOKS PUBLISHED BY NWU-BOSTON AUTHORS IN 2025](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/books-published-by-nwu-boston-authors-in-2025-3/) - BOOKS PUBLISHED BY NWU-BOSTON AUTHORS IN 2025 Michael Ansara. The Hard Work of Hope. In this fascinating memoir, Ansara traces an arc of discovery: from the hope and moral clarity of the Civil Rights Movement to the ten-year struggle to end the war in Vietnam, with its sit-ins, marches, confrontations, and antiwar riots.
- [Books Published by NWU-Boston Authors in 2025](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/books-published-by-nwu-boston-authors-in-2025-2/) - BOOKS PUBLISHED BY NWU-BOSTON AUTHORS IN 2025 Michael Ansara. The Hard Work of Hope. In this fascinating memoir, Ansara traces an arc of discovery: from the hope and moral clarity of the Civil Rights Movement to the ten-year struggle to end the war in Vietnam, with its sit-ins, marches, confrontations, and antiwar riots.
- [BOOKS PUBLISHED BY NWU-BOSTON AUTHORS IN 2025](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/books-published-by-nwu-boston-authors-in-2025/) - BOOKS PUBLISHED BY NWU-BOSTON AUTHORS IN 2025 Michael Ansara. The Hard Work of Hope. In this fascinating memoir, Ansara traces an arc of discovery: from the hope and moral clarity of the Civil Rights Movement to the ten-year struggle to end the war in Vietnam, with its sit-ins, marches, confrontations, and antiwar riots. Anthony Beckwith.
- [Position Papers and Resources](https://nwu.org/book-division/position-papers-and-resources/) - (See also news from the NWU blog about copyright issues) NWU statements on generative artificial intelligence ("AI"): NWU Platform and Principles for Policy on Generative AI (October 30, 2023) NWU Releases Platform and Principles for Policy on Generative AI (October 30, 2023) NWU response to U.S. Copyright Office questions on "Artificial Intelligence and AI" (October
- [Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) and the Internet Archive](https://nwu.org/book-division/cdl/) - Controlled Digital Lending (CDL)
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- [Literary Translators Division](https://nwu.org/chapters/toc/) - What is the Literary Translators Division? The Literary Translators Division, or LTD, (formerly the Translators Organizing Committee) is a new division of the National Writers Union, formed to organize for better working conditions for literary translators. What does the Literary Translators Division do? The NWU Literary Translators Division is a project to build collective power among literary
- [Ohio](https://nwu.org/chapters/ohio/) - To get involved in Ohio chapter organizing, contact one of the co-chairs: Taylor Dorrell, tayloradorrell@gmail.com David Hill, d2.david.hill@gmail.com
- [For Your Information - By and For Members](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/for-your-information-by-and-for-members/) - 'Tis a Gift to Be Simple (by Charles Coe) Tips for Reading Your Work in Public (by Charles Coe) My Writing Group Saved my Manuscript (by Lisa Braxton) On Persistence (by Jean Trounstine) Why Essays Stay With Me (by Barbara Beckwith) Learning to Love Rejection (by Charles Coe) A Gift to Be Simple (by Charles
- ['Tis a Gift to Be Simple"](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/tis-a-gift-to-be-simple/) - TIS A GIFT TO BE SIMPLE BY CHARLES COE As someone who teaches in an MFA writing program I sometimes work with students who are trying to "write like a writer." By that I mean they use a lot of fifty-dollar words and tangled, ornate sentences. There are certainly poets (Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot) and
- [Picnic in the Park - Sunday, August 10](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/picnic-in-the-park-saturday-august-9/) - REPORTBACK: PICNIC IN THE PARK SUNDAY, AUGUST 10 BY SHANNON O'CONNOR The Steering Committee has been trying to have a summer outing for a while, and this year it finally happened. On August 10, members and friends of the Union met at Pine Banks Park in Malden to eat some great food and talk about
- [Chicago](https://nwu.org/chapters/chicago/)
- [National Writers United Service Organization](https://nwu.org/national-writers-united-service-organization-nwuso/) - The 501(c)(3) of the National Writers Union exists for the encouragement and education of writers and writing. Since 2024 our primary focus has been to develop the Media Freelancers Legal Fund to raise money for legal support for freelance media workers who are fighting to secure money or rights owed to them by their employers.
- [NWU Bylaws](https://nwu.org/about/governance-committees/nwu-bylaws/) - There is an ongoing project to refresh the NWU Bylaws. The latest edition is available here.
- [Members Only: Dental and Vision Details](https://nwu.org/member-benefits/help-with-health-insurance/members-only-dental-and-vision-details/) - Should you have any questions, please contact Gallagher Affinity at 800-952-4050. Enrollment Form (PDF) Dental and Vision Rate Schedule (PDF) Dental HMO Benefit Summary (PDF) Dental PPO Benefit Summary (PDF) and WellnessPlus (PDF) Vision Benefit Summary (PDF) Find a participating CIGNA dentist. For the Dental HMO, choose Cigna Dental Care Access Plus network. For the
- [Freelance Press Pass](https://nwu.org/member-benefits/press-pass/) - NWU is one of the only places for U.S.-based freelancers to obtain the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) press pass for journalists working outside of the U.S. We also offer a domestic press pass. Passes are available for purchase by qualified members. They are both invaluable in gaining press access to many events. The press pass
- [O-1 Visa Applicants](https://nwu.org/about/o-1-visa-applicants/) - In order to provide a peer review letter of no objection for an O-1 visa, we require: A copy of the I-129 visa application, The letter from the Petitioner to USCIS, and The highlights of the Beneficiary's career, awards, prizes, recognition. We do not need the entire file that you are submitting to USCIS. We In order to provide a peer review letter of no objection for an O-1 visa, we require: A copy of the I-129 visa application, The letter from the Petitioner to USCIS, and The highlights of the Beneficiary's career, awards, prizes, recognition. We do not need the entire file that you are submitting to USCIS. We
- [Financial Policies](https://nwu.org/financial-policies/) - This page is in development, but check back here for links to such documents as our financial policies and current operating budget. 2025 NWU Budget, passed by Delegates at the March Quarterly DA 2025 Financial Reports Financial References in the Current Bylaws Expense Preapproval Form Chapter/Division Reimbursement and Expense Policy Chapter/Division Reimbursement Form Staff and
- [Screening of UNION - Thursday, 7/17](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/screening-of-union-thursday-7-17/) - SCREENING OF UNION REX THEATRE IN MANCHESTER, NH THURSDAY, JULY 17 @ 6:30 The National Writers Union New Hampshire members in partnership with labor advocates, unions, and friends including The New Hampshire Voices of Faith and Labor, American Friends Service Committee, The Teamsters, The NewsGuild, IATSE, The Rex Theatre, Starbucks Workers United, Our Economy Our Future, and
- [Reportback: Roxbury Book Festival - Saturday, May 17](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/roxbury-book-festival-saturday-may-17/) - ROXBURY BOOK FESTIVAL SATURDAY, MAY 17 @ 12-5 P.M. BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, ROXBURY BRANCH 149 DUDLEY STREET, ROXBURY 617-442-6186 There was a lot of activity and a lot of fun. Willie Wideman-Pleasants's workshop was well attended. She proposed several ideas for marketing without spending much money, including cable stations and book clubs. She gave guidance
- [Northern California](https://nwu.org/chapters/northern-california/) - Contact: Reo Eveleth Google Maps
- [Writers' Night Out - Third Monday of Every Month](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/writers-night-out-third-tuesday-of-every-month/) - WRITERS' NIGHT OUT THIRD MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH @ 6:00 P.M. INDIA PAVILION 17 CENTRAL SQUARE, CAMBRIDGE Join the National Writers Union for dinner and conversation about the writing life at a new location in Central Square. Email Shannon O’Connor to RSVP.
- [TIPS FOR READING YOUR WORK IN PUBLIC](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/tips-for-reading-your-work-in-public/) - TIPS FOR READING YOUR WORK IN PUBLIC by Charles Coe So...your book's been published. Congratulations. Now it's time to get the word out. An important part of building an audience for your book is doing readings at libraries, bookstores, and so on. But if you haven't done much public speaking the idea of standing in
- [Welcome, New Steering Committee Member and New Chair](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/welcome-new-steering-committee-member-and-new-chair/) - OUR 2024-2026 STEERING COMMITTEE Janice Brodman (see below) joined us in 2024 as our eighth committee member. Barbara Mende continues as our steadfast financial secretary (also as webmaster and Update editor). All will serve two-year terms. Shannon O’Connor, our present chapter Chair, has been hosting, in all weather, our monthly Writers' Night Out get-togethers in
- [New York](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/) - nwu@nwu.org 25 Broadway - Suite 1504 New York, NY 10004 212-254-0279 Google Map Sign up here to receive regular updates about NWU events in New York City. Click link to Like our Facebook page and follow union-related news.
- [Build Your Profile in Our Searchable Talent Database](https://nwu.org/member-benefits/build-your-profile-in-our-searchable-talent-database/) - The NWU's Find A Union Writer Directory Members may post on our Web site a description of the kind of writing and related work they do and links to examples of their work. It is our hope that members will seek out other members for help with a story, a collaborator or an editor. We
- [Books Published by NWU Boston Members in 2024](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/books-published-by-nwu-boston-members-in-2024/) - Beer, Kitty, Amelia's Adventures in the Land of Dreams Braxton, Lisa, Dancing Between the Raindrops (memoir) Coe, Charles, New and Selected Works Finegold, Jeffrey, A Fine Madness Fleming, William, Trouble Ahead (novel) Higgins, Richard, Thoreau's God Trounstine, Jean, Motherlove (short stories) Wheeler, Leslie, Devil's Snare, Best New England Crime Stories 2024 (co-editor)
- [NWU Winter Mini-Delegate Assemblies](https://nwu.org/mini-da/) - Thanks to our membership, the National Writers Union had a busy 2023, replete with victories and founded on solidarity. The Freelance Isn't Free campaign continues to spread across the country, NWU members came together to provide a comprehensive response to generative AI, and we're providing ongoing, material solidarity to journalists and media workers in Palestine.
- [Leadership](https://nwu.org/about/leadership/) - Larry Goldbetter, President lgoldbetter@nwu.org Abigail Higgins, 1st Vice President Olivia Schwob, 2nd Vice President Jonathan Rosenblum, Recording Secretary Mauricio Niebla, Treasurer mniebla@nwu.org Olivia Aylmer, National Officer-at-Large Sandra Campbell, National Officer-at-Large Eric Thurm, National Officer-at-Large Alexis Gunderson, Trustee trustees@nwu.org Rene Joy, Trustee trustees@nwu.org Ted Prezelski, Trustee trustees@nwu.org
- [Come to Our Membership Meeting Thursday, September 12](https://nwu.org/come-to-our-membership-meeting-thursday-september-12/) - NWU-BOSTON MEMBERS' MEETING THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 @ 7 P.M. ON ZOOM The Boston Chapter is having a Members' Meeting, for the members of our chapter to get together and share ideas on Zoom. Olivia Schwob will be our guest speaker. She will talk about the Freelance Solidarity Project (FSP), which is the Digital Media Division
- [Writers' Pay](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/writers-pay/) - The National Writers Union (NWU) is committed to establishing a living wage for all freelance writers. Working without pay should not be the expectation of online publications – or online writers. As the nation’s most popular blog, the Huffington Post sets the status quo for other online publications. The NWU is committed to fighting for fair
- [Writing to the Bone: Our Fun and Successful Book Party](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/writing-to-the-bone-our-fun-and-successful-book-party/) - WRITING TO THE BONE: OUR FUN AND SUCCESSFUL 2024 BOOK PARTY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4 by Barbara Beckwith We gathered in person – first time since 2020! – for our Book Party celebration of members with recently published books. At least 50 writers, book-lovers, fans and friends enjoyed the three-hour party at the Dance Complex in
- [Will You Have Published a Book by the End of 2023?](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/will-you-have-published-a-book-by-the-end-of-2023/) - Our annual book party on February 4th will honor union members in good standing who have had books that they wrote, co-wrote, edited or translated published during calendar year 2023. Please let us know if this means you by sending the title of the book, the publisher, the date of publication — and, of course, your own name
- [Mel King: A Personal Reminiscence](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/mel-king-a-personal-reminiscence/) - MEL KING: A PERSONAL REMINISCENCE by Charles Coe Boston's Mel King, longtime community organizer and educator, died late last month at the age of 94. In 1973, Mel was elected as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Suffolk district, a post he held until early 1983. I volunteered for his campaign for mayor
- [Our First 30 Years (from 2012 Book Party slideshow)](https://nwu.org/our-first-30-years-from-2012-book-party-slideshow/) - chapter-history
- [ON PERSISTENCE](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/on-persistence/) - ON PERSISTENCE by Jean Trounstine Persistence is defined as “the quality that allows someone to continue doing something or trying to do something even though it is difficult or opposed by other people.” If you are a writer, grab on and don’t let go. Agents once told me that BOOK A was too academic to
- [My Writing Group Saved My Manuscript](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/my-writing-group-saved-my-manuscript/) - MY WRITING GROUP SAVED MY MANUSCRIPT BY LISA BRAXTON Since childhood I knew I wanted to write a novel. I’d curl up with my copy of Little Women or Charlotte’s Web and dream of creating stories of my own. But I wasn’t able to begin the work of fulfilling my dream until many decades later. My career
- [FAQ on Controlled Digital Lending (CDL)](https://nwu.org/book-division/cdl/faq/) - FAQ on Controlled Digital Lending (CDL)
- [On Persistence](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/for-your-information-by-and-for-members/on-persistence/) - ON PERSISTENCE by Jean Trounstine Persistence is defined as “the quality that allows someone to continue doing something or trying to do something even though it is difficult or opposed by other people.” If you are a writer, grab on and don’t let go. Agents once told me that BOOK A was too academic to
- [Boicot a la cena de corresponsales en la Casa Blanca](https://nwu.org/boicot-a-la-cena-de-corresponsales-en-la-casa-blanca/) - En apoyo al Sindicato de Periodistas Palestinos llamamos a boicotear la cena de corresponsales de la Casa Blanca de esta noche. Con más de 100 periodistas y trabajadores de los medios asesinados en los últimos seis meses de la guerra de Israel contra Gaza, respaldada y subsidiada por el gobierno de Estados Unidos. Como escribe
- [Michigan](https://nwu.org/chapters/southeast-michigan/) - Contact: Michelle Deatrick michelle@michelledeatrick.com Google Maps
- [Writing to the Bone: Our Memorable 2024 Book Party](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/writing-to-the-bone-our-memorable-2024-book-party/) - WRITING TO THE BONE: OUR FUN AND SUCCESSFUL 2024 BOOK PARTY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4 We gathered in person – first time since 2020! – for our Book Party celebration of members with recently published books. At least 50 writers, book-lovers, fans and friends enjoyed the three-hour party at the Dance Complex in Cambridge. Chapter Chair
- [Oregon](https://nwu.org/chapters/oregon/) - The officers of the Oregon chapter (with email addresses) are: Chair: Marty Hart-LandsbergTreasurer: Lura FrazeySecretary: Kacey Carpenter The Oregon chapter meets quarterly. To learn more about our work write nwuoregon@gmail.com or visit our webpage.
- [Solidarity with Palestine and Palestinian Media Workers](https://nwu.org/palestine/) - NWU is a member of the International Federation of Journalists, alongside our sister union, the Palestine Journalist Syndicate. We stand in solidarity with the Palestinian journalists who have lived and worked under occupation, siege, and apartheid laws for more than seven decades. As a union of writers and media workers based primarily in North America,
- [Books Published by NWU-Boston Members in 2023](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/books-published-by-nwu-boston-members-in-2023/) - Lindsey Fera, Muskets and Masquerades. The second book in a trilogy about a Revolutionary War woman who fights in more than womanly ways, even joining the Continental Army, and her husband. Kathryn Graven, Memoirs of a Mask Maker, Cinnamon Press. The story of how a five-year-old girl learns to navigate loss after a tragic car
- [Reportback: Our Delightful 2023 Book Party](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/reportback-our-delightful-2023-book-party/) - by Barbara Beckwith Members and book-lover friends gathered on Zoom on February 5th to celebrate, at our annual book party, the impressive array of books published in the past year by members. From the comfort of our homes, we enjoyed hearing seven enticing tidbits in a variety of genres: fiction (short story, novel, mystery, children’s), non-fiction, and poetry (English
- [Why Essays Stay With Me](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/why-essays-stay-with-me/) - WHY ESSAYS STAY WITH ME by Barbara Beckwith I’ve forgotten many films I’ve viewed and books I’ve read. But oddly, I remember essays – those spindly pieces that newspapers rarely pay for. I remember Edward Abbey’s sly 1960s litany of desert hazards: his way of keeping people out of the Southwest places he loves. And
- [A Writer's Elevator Pitch](https://nwu.org/a-writers-elevator-pitch/) - A WRITER'S ELEVATOR PITCH by Barbara Beckwith You're on an elevator, headed for the 10th floor, when a stranger asks what you do. "I'm a writer" you say. Then, as the 2nd floor button lights up, the stranger wants to know -- what kind of writing? What do you say? There's no
- [Generative AI](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/generative-ai/) - National Writers Union Platform and Principles for Policy on Generative AI (download as PDF) Introduction In the past few years, the capabilities of technologies known as “generative AI” (see the Glossary below for defined terms in blue) have progressed by leaps and bounds. Across a wide range of media (writing, visual art, audio, video) these
- [BOOKS PUBLISHED BY NWU-BOSTON MEMBERS IN 2022](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/books-published-by-nwu-boston-members-in-2022/) - BOOKS PUBLISHED BY NWU-BOSTON MEMBERS IN 2022 (If you want your book added to the list, contact webmaster@nwuboston.org.) Ansara, Michael. What Remains (poetry) (Kelsay.Books) Atkins, Douglas C. Diminishing Horizons. Beer, Kitty. Marriage and Other Dilemmas: Collected Stories and a Memoir (Plainview Press) Griswold, Jed. The Power of Storytelling, Wood Lake Books Who Haunts
- [Electronic Literature Presentation (Reportback)](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/electronic-literature-presentation-reportback/) - REPORTBACK: ELECTRONIC LITERATURE PRESENTATION by John McDaid On June 17, NWU Boston hosted an online conversation about electronic literature. John McDaid, a member of the Boston chapter and an author of both print and digital fiction, moderated the session featuring Dr. Dene Grigar and Sarah Smith in a discussion of the writing, publishing, and preservation
- [Ukraine](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/ukraine-2/) - UKRAINE by J. Kates I don't know how to write from this distance about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It has put Ukrainian writers under threat as citizens of their country, foreign journalists in equal danger — we mourn the death of Nieman Fellow Brent Renaud — and also put a terrible pressure on Russian intellectuals
- [Writers' Night In - Fourth Monday of Every Month](https://nwu.org/writers-night-in-fourth-monday-of-every-month/) - When we had to suspend our Writers' Night Out after Covid hit, we took it indoors. Although we've restarted Writers' Night Out at the 730 Tavern in Cambridge, we've found that many of our members and friends find it more relaxing or convenient or fun to continue meeting on Zoom. So look for us on
- [Writers' Night In - Fourth Monday of Every Month](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/writers-night-out-third-monday-of-every-month/writers-night-in-fourth-monday-of-every-month/) - When we had to suspend our Writers' Night Out after Covid hit, we took it indoors. Although we've restarted Writers' Night Out at the 730 Tavern in Cambridge, we've found that many of our members and friends find it more relaxing or convenient or fun to continue meeting on Zoom. So look for us on
- [Writers Night In - Fourth Monday of Every Month](https://nwu.org/writers-night-in-monday-april-20/) - 5:30-6:30 P.M. VIA ZOOM When we had to suspend our Writers' Night Out after Covid hit, we took it indoors. Although we've restarted Writers' Night Out at the 730 Tavern in Cambridge, we've found that many of our members and friends find it more relaxing or convenient or fun to continue meeting on Zoom. So
- [Learning to Love Rejection](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/for-your-information-by-and-for-members/learning-to-love-rejection/) - LEARNING TO LOVE REJECTION by CHARLES COE Those of us who've been in the writing game for a while remember the days when you came home at the end of a long day and saw a fat letter or envelope in your mailbox. You grabbed it only to see your own handwriting...the dreaded Self Addressed
- [Allissa Richardson, USC, Keynote Speaker at our 2021 Book Party](https://nwu.org/allissa-richardson-usc-keynote-speaker-at-our-2021-book-party/)
- [A Story of Self-Publishing Success: Virginia Woolf](https://nwu.org/a-story-of-self-publishing-success-virginia-woolf/) - by John L. Hodge Virginia Woolf, considered to be one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, had a terrifying fear of rejections. This was solved when she and her husband, Leonard, purchased a printing press and set it up in their living room, calling themselves Hogarth Press. Its first publication was Two Stories,
- [All-Member Meeting and Potluck, Saturday, June 3](https://nwu.org/all-member-meeting-and-potluck-saturday-june-3/)
- [Contact Us](https://nwu.org/contact-us/) - National Office: 25 Broadway, Room 1504 New York, NY 10004 212-254-0279 nwu@nwu.org @paythewriter National Office: 25 Broadway, Room 1504 New York, NY 10004 212-254-0279 nwu@nwu.org @paythewriter National Office: 25 Broadway, Room 1504 New York, NY 10004 212-254-0279 nwu@nwu.org @paythewriter
- [A Gift to Be Simple](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/for-your-information-by-and-for-members/a-gift-to-be-simple/) - A GIFT TO BE SIMPLE by CHARLES COE Sometimes in a writing class or workshop you come across someone who's trying to "write like a writer”--using fancy vocabulary and complicated sentences because..."That's what writers do." Sometimes they're imitating a particular writer they admire. That's understandable for someone still trying to find their own voice. If
- [Upcoming Events for New England Writers](https://nwu.org/upcoming-events-for-new-england-writers/) - . Romancing New England: Events for Local Romance Authors and Readers Writers' Conferences: 60 Events Worth Attending Second Saturdays - Wising Up Zoom Discussion Groups Authors Guild "From Manuscript to Marketplace" series Grub Street Workshops New England Science Fiction Association New England Science Writers Events Writers' Conferences Tips and Tools for Writers to Advance Their Careers
- [TOASTMASTERS by Shannon O'Connor](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/for-your-information-by-and-for-members/toastmasters-by-shannon-oconnor/) - Toastmasters is a public speaking club, which helps people become accustomed to speaking in front of other people. There are no teachers at Toastmasters; members work together to improve their communication and leadership skills. Glossophobia means fear of public speaking, and it affects almost 75 percent of the population of the United States. Writers especially
- [Due Diligence](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/for-your-information-by-and-for-members/due-diligence/) - DUE DILIGENCE By Barbara Mende You spent hours with Writers' Market and sent book proposals to twenty publishers and fourteen agents. Now a publisher has written back, offering you a contract. Whew! you say. That's over. I've made it. Not so fast. There are publishers and publishers. The one who wrote to you may be
- [Stories of Self-Publishing Success](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/stories-of-self-publishing-success/) - by John L. Hodge The biggest things usually have a small beginning. How did Fifty Shades of Grey begin? With an online posting followed by a self-published eBook and a print-on-demand paperback. E.L. JAMES first posted a story, Master of the Universe, on a fan-fiction website and later on her own website. She developed this story
- [Reportback: Electronic Literature Conversation - June 17, 2023](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/reportback-electronic-literature-conversation-june-17-2023/) - REPORTBACK: ELECTRONIC LITERATURE PRESENTATION by John McDaid On June 17, NWU Boston hosted an online conversation about electronic literature. John McDaid, a member of the Boston chapter and an author of both print and digital fiction, moderated the session featuring Dr. Dene Grigar and Sarah Smith in a discussion of the writing, publishing, and preservation
- [Freelance Solidarity Project](https://nwu.org/freelance-solidarity-project/) - “We are all workers in the most blessed and mundane sense of the word.” - Toni Morrison, 1981 The National Writers Union is proud to announce a division created specifically for freelance media workers, one that aims to build off our history while adapting to the conditions specific to writers and workers today. The National Writers
- [Member News](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/member-news/) - 2023 JOHN L. HODGE published Jim Crow of the Mind and the New State Laws Designed to Preserve the Idea of White Male Supremacy. In fifteen states, including New Hampshire, it is illegal for public school teachers to discuss in the classroom the content of this and similar books. The book examines these new laws and explains their
- [Work Made for Hire?](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/for-your-information-by-and-for-members/work-made-for-hire-2/) - WORK MADE FOR HIRE? by Barbara Mende We used to tell people never to sign a journalism contract if it specified "work made for hire." That provision is part of copyright law, and defines a written work where all ownership rights go to the publisher. Originally that applied to works like computer manuals, which had
- [Recent NWU Boston Events](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/recent-nwu-boston-events/) - , John Hodge Testifies Before MA Legislature for MALC Randy Susan Meyers and Meta Wagner in Conversation at Porter Square Books, June 26, 2018 Charles Coe and Marge Piercy Read at Porter Square Books, March 1, 2018 Black Lives Have Always Mattered, as seen on Willie's Web, February 27, 2018 Black Lives Have Always Mattered
- [Contract Advice](https://nwu.org/grievance-and-contract-division/contract-advice/) - NWU contract advice is confidential and available free to union members in good standing. Contract advice can help you avoid exploitation and receive the rewards you deserve. It has rapidly become one of the most popular union services. What Is a Contract? A contract is any agreement between you and another party regarding the use
- [WORK MADE FOR HIRE](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/for-your-information-by-and-for-members/work-made-for-hire/) - WORK MADE FOR HIRE? by Barbara Mende We used to tell people never to sign a journalism contract if it specified "work made for hire." That provision is part of copyright law, and defines a written work where all ownership rights go to the publisher. Originally that applied to works like computer manuals, which had
- [Member Benefits](https://nwu.org/member-benefits/) - In keeping with its mission to defend writers’ rights and improve writers’ economic conditions, the NWU, through the collective efforts of its members, is able to provide a host of resources, benefits, and services to those who join us. For more information about the membership benefits, read more below. Press passes Tools to Earn More
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- [The Rest of the World](https://nwu.org/the-rest-of-the-world-2/) - SATURDAY, JUNE 13 2 P.M. VIA ZOOM Have you ever read Dante? Thomas Mann? Georges Simenon? The Bible? Elena Ferrante? Pokémon? In their original languages? Most of the literature of the world is filtered for English-speaking readers through the art of literary translation. How are literary translations written, and how are they to
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- [Past Events 2017](https://nwu.org/past-events-2017/) - DECEMBER 2017 December 13, 2017 - Identify and Build Your Brand Marketing and copywriting expert Marion Hammon has promoted hundreds of books and brands for publishers such as Simon & Schuster and Wiley. She will explain what a brand is and how to express it in your marketing materials. Authors will have an opportunity to
- [Past Events 2021](https://nwu.org/past-events-2021/) - JANUARY 2021 January 14 – ONLINE OPEN MIC THURSDAYS at 7 PM – 8 PM ET The National Writers Union has resumed its open mic series that was held monthly at the NYPL Muhlenberg branch for over a decade. As always, writers from all genres are welcome. You can join with or without video and read for up to seven minutes. No advance registration needed. This
- [NWU Authors Network - Helping You Promote Your Work on Tour](https://nwu.org/member-benefits/nwu-authors-network-helping-you-promote-your-work-on-tour/) - The National Writers Union can help you promote your book. How much it can help depends on two variables: you and other NWU members. Getting the Word OutYou need to take the initiative and let the union know that you have a book or significant article or other piece of work coming out. Think of
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- [History and Achievements](https://nwu.org/about/history-and-achievements/) - Highlights of National Writers Union/UAW Local 1981 Activism, 1981-2014 NWU Presidents: Past and Present Andrea Eagan 1983-1987, Alec Dubro 1987-1990, Jonathan Tasini 1990-2003, Marybeth Menaker (Acting) 2003, Gerard Colby 2004-2009, Larry Goldbetter 2009-present. NWU Archives Archives are housed at New York University’s Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, an internationally-known center for scholarly
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- [Aspiring Writers Mentoring Program](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/aspiring-writers-mentoring-program/) - New York – The Aspiring Writers Mentoring Program 2018 kicked off on June 27, 2018 with six pioneering mentees. They are: Ann Constantino-Beck, Carmen Bardeguez-Brown, Nivea Castro, Natasha Lewis, Katherine Walsh, and Lydia Zabarsky. Their one month coaching program is being managed by the OSM! online magazine and the National Writers Union Service Organization. The
- [Author Pages](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/author-pages/) - National Writers Union members in good standing are entitled to a free web page. To request a personal web page, send to nwuny@nwu.org: A Jpg image of your book (if published) A jpg. image of your smiling face Your name A Brief CV An Excerpt from 2-3 blurbs or reviews A link to your web site or
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- [National Executive Board and Committee Meeting Minutes](https://nwu.org/about/leadership/national-executive-board-and-committee-meeting-minutes/) - DA PLENARY 8/7/15 DAY ONEMembers Present: NEC, NEB, Division Chairs, Other delegatesPamela Johnson called the meeting to order at 1:13 pm.She read greetings from writers groups from Finland and Malaysia. She introduced herself and thanked members for their articles for the national newsletter, which she edits. She hopes to marry content of the newsletter with
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- [About the NWU](https://nwu.org/about/) - The National Writers Union is more than just another writers' organization. It is the only labor union that represents freelance writers working in all genres, formats, and mediums. As freelancers we may value our autonomy, but we are united by the fact that we work independently. We face the same challenges, file the same income
- [Governance/Committees](https://nwu.org/about/governance-committees/) - Governance The Union is governed by the National Writers Union Bylaws. The NWU has a number of organizational structures for carrying out the work of the union and for governing the organization. Members Roughly 1,300 journalists, book authors, technical and business writers, poets, fiction writers, (do your whole list here), are members of the National
- [Aida Zilelian](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/author-pages/aida-zilelian/) - Aida Zilelian is a New York writer and English teacher. She has been published in several anthologies and over twenty-five literary journals including Per Contra, Red Fez, Wilderness House Literary Review, Theurgy and others. She has read her work at various reading series’ in Queens and Manhattan including Sunday Salon, Phoenix Reading Series, Gartal, Rez
- [Diversity](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/diversity/) - Issues Facing Underrepresented Writers The NWU is committed to dealing with issues confronting writers of underrepresented communities, as identified by writers themselves. NWU member Charles Coe and Yleana Martinez held in-depth interviews to identify the most significant issues facing various writing communities of color. A parallel study by Jack Porter reported on issues facing gay,
- [Who Can Join?](https://nwu.org/who-can-join/) - The National Writers Union (NWU) represents all types of writers working in print, electronic, and multimedia formats. See below for a partial list of writers who can join. As writers’ work moves online, we will continue to support all writers. All are valuable economic participants whose labor as creators is the driving force behind the
- [Databases and Collection Issues](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/copyright-defense/authors-in-the-digital-age-the-genesis-of-our-advocacy/database-and-collection-issues/) - Databases & Collections: Basic PrinciplesAs creators, we do not oppose personal, private use of our work. For example, reading material obtained through a library or using material in research. But when companies resell our work for a profit, we deserve some share of that income.Databases & Collections: DiscussionLong before the advent of electronic publishing, newspapers
- [Libraries and Authors](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/copyright-defense/authors-in-the-digital-age-the-genesis-of-our-advocacy/libraries-and-authors/) - A future togetherBeing members of the public as well as writers, we support an expanded, rejuvenated public library system. Unfortunately, until our elected officials realize that in the information age, "national security" rests far more on the powers of the mind than on weapons of death, library budgets will face increasingly short-sighted budget reductions. It
- [Issues Facing Arab-American Writers](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/diversity/issues-facing-arab-american-writers/) - Lack of basic knowledge in the publishing world and in the general population about Arabs in the U.S. and abroad, a condition that permits mass media to proliferate stereotypes of Arabs as terrorists, religious fanatics, wealthy sheiks or playboys. Perception that Arab‐American journalists, especially those reporting on Middle Eastern topics, will not be balanced, while
- [Authors in the Digital Age: The Genesis of Our Advocacy](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/copyright-defense/authors-in-the-digital-age-the-genesis-of-our-advocacy/) - Introduction In the early 1990s, what we now refer to as the "digital revolution" first began to take shape as new electronic methods of information distribution and replication began to come online. The internet, document scanning, information CDs, article (and now book) databases, and so on all heralded the coming of a new information age
- [Authors in the New Information Age - Version 2.0](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/copyright-defense/authors-in-the-digital-age-the-genesis-of-our-advocacy/authors-in-the-new-information-age-version-2-0/) - National Writers Union Examines Electronic Publishing Issues (First published in 1993)IntroductionThe more we look at the emerging information technologies, the clearer it becomes that we are in the midst of an information revolution as profound and far-reaching as the one triggered by Gutenberg’s printing press.The printing press was not merely a more efficient hand-scribe—it totally
- [The Economics of Technological Change](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/copyright-defense/authors-in-the-digital-age-the-genesis-of-our-advocacy/the-economics-of-technological-change/) - Economics drives the pace of new technological innovation. In turn, technology alters economic relationships. Before the early 1800s, most authors self-published their works by hiring a printer or, like Ben Franklin, by printing it themselves. The growth of national markets in population and geography and the introduction of larger, more expensive presses led to the emergence
- [Access Issues](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/copyright-defense/authors-in-the-digital-age-the-genesis-of-our-advocacy/access-issues/) - “Access to knowledge is the superb, the supreme act of truly great civilizations”--Toni Morrison, 1986One must consider issues related to access to information from two perspectives:Access for information consumersAccess for information creators and publishersConsumer Access: Basic Principles In the broadest sense, the world infosphere is the collective product of all humankind and the birthright of every
- [End-User Issues](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/copyright-defense/authors-in-the-digital-age-the-genesis-of-our-advocacy/end-user-issues/) - End-User Issues: Basic PrinciplesWe are not concerned with the personal, private use of information by consumers. End users have always been able to lend books to friends, photocopy cartoons and articles to pass around the water cooler, and quote (and misquote) things they have read. For creators, the crucial dividing line between permissible and impermissible
- [Commerce Issues](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/copyright-defense/authors-in-the-digital-age-the-genesis-of-our-advocacy/commerce-issues/) - Commerce Issues: Basic PrinciplesFair pay. It is a basic human right that everyone should receive fair pay for their labor. As creators, we have a right to earn a decent living from our profession.Society needs freelance writers. It is in society's interest to maintain and support professional, independent freelance creators. If the freelance book author,
- [Sale-of-Work Issues](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/copyright-defense/authors-in-the-digital-age-the-genesis-of-our-advocacy/sale-of-work-issues/) - Four sale-of-work issues are of immediate concern to writers:Disputed CopyrightsWork-For-HireAll-Rights SalesPiracyDisputed CopyrightsDisputed Copyrights: Discussion Copyright law is based on the principle that the copyright to one's work is divisible, meaning that there are different rights that can be sold separately. For example, an author can sell North American serial rights for an article to a magazine
- [Writing for the Web](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/copyright-defense/authors-in-the-digital-age-the-genesis-of-our-advocacy/writing-for-the-web/) - In just a few short years the web (WWW) has emerged as a burgeoning market that may someday rival print (keep in mind this was written in 1993). The rules and customs governing web writing are being formed now from two different traditions: journalism and technical-writing/programming.These two different traditions come together on the web because
- [Online Transactions](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/copyright-defense/authors-in-the-digital-age-the-genesis-of-our-advocacy/online-transactions/) - The growth of the Internet has brought with it a remarkable outpouring of independent publishing. The Net contains a wealth of electronic newsletters, journals, information services and other textual material that is self-published or issued by informal publishing groups.Now we see the emergence of online transaction systems that allow individual authors and other independent publishers
- [Business and Technology Division](https://nwu.org/business-and-technology-division/) - Who Are We? The BizTech Division of the NWU represents writers who work as freelance contractors or temps on a work-for-hire basis. For example, business, technical, instructional, non-profit, government, and similar writers. BizTech writers create software documentation, corporate communications, marketing materials, textbooks, industrial training programs, policies and procedures, grant requests, research reports, and so on.
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- [Copyright Defense](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/copyright-defense/) - The National Writers Union has been on the front lines in the battle to defend copyright protections for writers. With the popularization of digital formats, large publication databases, and the use of the Internet as a broad distribution medium, writers have been subjected to large-scale electronic infringement of our rights. In confronting this electronic theft
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- [GCD History](https://nwu.org/grievance-and-contract-division/gcd-history/) - 1983 First grievance won.1988 First major book grievance won $25,000 from Scribner/Macmillan for freelancers doing work-for-hire tasks for a subcontractor of the publisher.1989 In the first intervention in a book publisher's bankruptcy, GCD arranged protection of rights of about 750 Stein & Day authors.1990 Recovered $30,000 from Silver Burdett Press (then part of Simon &
- [GCD FAQs](https://nwu.org/grievance-and-contract-division/gcd-faqs/) - Grievance and Contract Division (GCD)Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat can the GCD do for me?If you’ve received a contract for your writing in any genre, we review it with you and recommend changes. For details on requesting contract advice, see www.nwu.org/contract-advice.If you have a grievance – if you haven’t been paid, if your publisher or client is
- [News and Tips from the GCD](https://nwu.org/grievance-and-contract-division/new-gcd-sub-page/) - Beware of lone wolves (June 2016)"Challenging the Big Academic Press Worked for Me" (September 2015)NWU, Authors Guild fight for e-book rates (July 2015)Findng and checking out agents (rev. June 2015)Wrong kinds of rights (rev, June 2015)From the GCD mailbox (April 2015)Academic publishing is destined to fail without a publisher-author partnership (2014)A quick guide to DMCA takedown notices (Copyright Alliance 2012)Negotiating
- [Grievance Assistance](https://nwu.org/grievance-and-contract-division/grievance-assistance/) - When union members are cheated, tricked, or ignored, our nationwide network of trained grievance officers helps members settle disputes with publishers and clients. A grievance officer can advise you in handling a dispute yourself or negotiate directly on your behalf. Our grievance officers, all unpaid volunteers, handle dozens of cases each year. To date, they
- [Journalism Email List Info](https://nwu.org/journalism-division/journalism-email-list-info/) - NWU members who work as freelance journalists or are interested in issues that concern journalists are welcome to join our Journalism Division email list. The list is low-volume and leans heavier on sharing information and giving advice than on having conversations. Follow the link below to request access. The NWU-Journos list is open to
- [Press Passes for Freelance Journalists and Photographers](https://nwu.org/journalism-division/press-passes/) - The fact that you are a freelance writer or photographer need not keep you away from events covered by staff reporters and others affiliated with a recognized news organization or publisher. The National Writers Union offers press credentials to members who can document their qualifications as working journalists. An NWU press pass, laminated and complete
- [The Nation](https://nwu.org/journalism-division/the-nation/) - If you are freelancing for The Nation, whether for the website or the print magazine, your work is covered by an agreement negotiated between The Nation and the National Writers Union. This agreement is detailed in two documents: a freelancer agreement that should be provided to you by The Nation and a union agreement available
- [Issues Facing Black Writers](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/diversity/issues-facing-black-writers/) - Despite wide acceptance of writers such as Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Terry McMillan, Walter Mosley, Charles Johnson and John Edgar Wideman, many African‐Americans writers continue to write in the margins of mainstream American letters. There are too few black editors and writers in permanent positions at the major publishing houses and this does not reflect
- [Issues Facing Asian-American Writers](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/diversity/issues-facing-asian-american-writers/) - All the world loves a good story, and story‐telling by both novelists Amy Tan and Maxine Hong appeal to readers of all ethnic backgrounds. But the breaking out of these two writers from old ways of thinking has not affected the mindset of many publishers who hold that Asian‐American writers cannot write about non‐Asian topics.
- [Issues Facing Latino Writers](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/diversity/issues-facing-latino-writers/) - Many publishers operate from the premise that most people of Latino heritage do not speak English, and donʹt read or write, and that other Americans are not interested in books about the Latino experience. José Yglesias explained it this way in Publishers Weekly: “Americans open the cover, see all the Juans and Marias, close the
- [Tasini v. New York Times - The National Writers Union's Role in the Historic Case on Electronic Copyright](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/copyright-defense/tasini-v-new-york-times-the-national-writers-unions-role-in-the-historic-case-on-electronic-copyright/) - Tasini et al v. The New York Times et al is the landmark lawsuit brought by members of the National Writers Union against The New York Times Company, Newsday Inc., Time Inc., Lexis/Nexis, and University Microfilms Inc., charging copyright violation regarding the electronic reuse of work produced and sold on a freelance basis. Background For
- [Our Copyright Reform Agenda](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/copyright-defense/our-copyright-reform-agenda/) - National Writers Union Priorities for Copyright Reform Reform of U.S. copyright law is long overdue, not just because of technological change, but also to rectify longstanding inequities to writers and other creators. The key issue for the National Writers Union and other writers and creators is this: Will copyright reform help our members and other
- [Grievance and Contract Division Reports](https://nwu.org/grievance-and-contract-division/grievance-and-contract-division-reports/) - (Members Only) Read Our GCD Semiannual Reports to get an idea about what other writers are facing, and read case studies of other freelance writers' inquiries about and challenges with contracts, compensation, payment, remuneration, and more. First half of 2014 Second half of 2014 First half of 2015 Appendix Second half of 2015 Appendix First half
- [Priorities for Copyright Reform](https://nwu.org/book-division/position-papers-and-resources/priorities-for-copyright-reform/) - National Writers Union Priorities for Copyright Reform Reform of U.S. copyright law is long overdue, not just because of technological change, but also to rectify longstanding inequities to writers and other creators. The key issue for the National Writers Union and other writers and creators is this: Will copyright reform help our members and other
- [E-Book Contract Amendments](https://nwu.org/grievance-and-contract-division/contract-advice/e-book-contract-amendments/) - An Overview from the National Writers UnionBy Paul J. MacArthur & Susan E. DavisWriters across the country are receiving letters from publishers asking them to sign e-book amendments to their book contracts. If you receive such a letter from any publisher, please contact the National Writers Union's Grievance and Contract Division right away. The GCD will
- [Grievance and Contract Division (GCD)](https://nwu.org/grievance-and-contract-division/) - The GCD is:Contract Advisors (CAs) who help NWU members understand and negotiate their contracts with publishers and employersGrievance Officers (GOs) who go to bat for members who have been abused or cheated by publishers or employersWe are all volunteers, writers like you who are trained to understand publishing contracts and solve problems. We also offers
- [Book Division](https://nwu.org/book-division/) - The NWU Book Division represents authors, contributors, and ghostwriters of books of all types in all genres and formats: fiction or non-fiction, single-author or anthology, published by large or small commercial or academic publishers or self-published, distributed on paper or as audiobooks or e-books. The Book Division provides a place for networking, information sharing, and
- [Journalism Division](https://nwu.org/journalism-division/) - The Journalism Division includes freelance journalists of all types; from stringers to feature writers to editors; for both print and the web. Freelancers in the digital age have seen their rates plummet. In the early days of writing for the web, writers bought the argument that readers demanded their content for free and the platforms were
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- [Escritores en Español](https://nwu.org/escritores-en-espanol/) - Bienvenidos El Sindicato Nacional de Escritores es el primer sindicato en Estados Unidos dedicado a proteger, organizar y apoyar a los escritores de habla hispana y de todos los géneros. A medida que nos adentramos en el nuevo milenio, nuestro oficio se ha vuelto más importante que nunca. Con la consolidación de los poderes en
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- [9/11 Health Survey for Journalists](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/writer-health-and-safety/911-health-survey-for-journalists/) - 9/11 health survey from NY Press Photographers Assoc. If you were in New York in 2001 and covered the 9/11 tragedy, please take a few minutes to fill this out. And if you know of a journalist who was there, feel free to forward it along to them. If you have any questions, please contact David Handschuh
- [NWU Endorses HR 676](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/writer-health-and-safety/nwu-endorses-hr-676/) - The National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981, endorses HR 676, the single payer healthcare legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI). Healthcare should be a right, not a privilege. US today, unions are being forced into confrontations with employers over the payment of insurance premiums. Hospitals are going bankrupt as charity cases increase. Meanwhile, the
- [Call to Reject NLRB Nomination of J. Robert Brame](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/writer-health-and-safety/call-to-reject-nlrb-nomination-of-j-robert-brame/) - Senator Edward Kennedy FAX: 202-228-5044 Attention: Holly Fechner Senator Judd Gregg FAX: 202-224-4952 Attention: Stephanie Monroe White House FAX: 202-663-4912 Attention: Nick Calio or Matt Kirk Senator M. Edward Kennedy, Chairman Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee U.S. Senate 428 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-6300 Dear Senator Kennedy: I am writing today to
- [Writers and Ergonomics - OSHA Ergonomics Standards Hearing Report](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/writer-health-and-safety/writers-and-ergonomics-osha-ergonomics-standards-hearing-report/) - From the NWU National Health and Safety Committee: This is an update of what we are doing in regards to the OSHA Ergonomic standards issues, and to thank those of you who responded to the July 14 request for information on your experience with ergonomic problems. Your quick response was appreciated and to those who
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- [Jo Anne Meekins](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/author-pages/jo-anne-meekins/) - Jo Anne Meekins is a Writer, Publisher, Speaker and Coach; and the founder of Inspired 4 U Ministries, LLC and its imprint Inspired 4 U Publications. She creates inspirational products, information and services that: Empower Women to speak their truth out loud, value themselves, and BE victorious over unfavorable circumstances and situations; Assist Writers to publish projects in excellence;
- [Peter Benjaminson](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/author-pages/peter-benjaminson/) - Peter Benjaminson was born in Washington, D.C. and was a reporter and City-County Bureau Chief for the Detroit Free Press from 1970-76. While at the Free Press, he wrote the book INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING, with Dave Anderson (Indiana University Press, 1976 and Iowa State University Press, 1990), the first how-to book in that field. It was in print
- [Barry Stewart Levy](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/author-pages/barry-stewart-levy/) - Barry Stewart Levy is a former English teacher who also worked as a Literary Artist for the Cultural Council Foundation/CETA Artists Project, co-authoring the topical revue "New Living Newspaper, Vol. 1, No. 2" (Playwrights Horizons), writing poetry for the anthology "Words to Go" and conducting interviews for the publication Art Workers News. He was a
- [Marivir Montebon](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/author-pages/marivir-montebon/) - Marivir R. Montebon is an Author, Editor, Activist and a passionate writer for society and people. She published OSM! on May 18, 2012 with the clear vision in mind that this online magazine is to be the epitome that good things that people do have to be cherished and amplified. Hence, OSM! is born as
- [John Pietaro](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/author-pages/john-pietaro/) - JOHN PIETARO is a writer, a musician and a cultural organizer from Brooklyn, NY. Via the public relations persona New Masses Media Relations, he has created a range of publicity campaigns for creative artists on the Left and in the underground. In 2013 he self-published his collection of contemporary proletarian literature entitled NIGHT PEOPLE and Other Tales
- [Tom Pope](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/author-pages/tom-pope/) - Self-employed Writer/Tutor/Teacher In teaching a writing class, I noticed a wide reaction to the question of who was responsible for the death of a homeless woman in Brian Kates, The Murder of a Shopping Bag Lady. Student opinions ranged from blaming the killers in Grand Central Station, to accusing the real estate industry that replaced her
- [Calvin Alexander Ramsey](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/author-pages/calvin-alexander-ramsey/) - Calvin Alexander Ramsey was born in Baltimore, Maryland and grew up in Roxboro, North Carolina. It has been his ambition to become a writer since childhood, a dream he fully realized when five days before the 9/11 bombings in 2001, Ramsey says he “found his voice.” While held over in Boston’s Logan Airport, he was struck
- [Chris Rhomberg](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/author-pages/chris-rhomberg/) - Investigative Journalist & Professor Associate Professor of SociologyFordham University441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY 10458rhomberg@fordham.edu MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS Urban Studies, Labor History, American Political Development, Race and Ethnicity EDUCATION Ph.D., Sociology, University of California – Berkeley, 1998M.A., Sociology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 1988B.A. Sociology, Brandeis University, 1983 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Fordham University, Yale University, Michigan State University, University of California
- [Timothy Sheard](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/author-pages/timothy-sheard/) - Author, Publisher, ActivistAfter writing six crime novels featuring Lenny Moss, hospital custodian, union steward and amateur detective, Timothy launched his independent publishing company, Hard Ball Press, in order to mentor and publish working class writers. His first publication is Murder of a Post Office Manager, by Paul Felton, a veteran postal worker and steward. Other
- [Izzy Church](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/author-pages/izzy-church/) - Izzy Church is an author, actress, improviser and singer born in Sacramento California. Currently, Isabella lives and works in New York City. She is the author of, Angry Movie Guy and several other works.Izzy began her career as an actress/model in New York training with several of New York’s top-acting instructors. Additionally, Izzy attended Mary
- [Mark Laporta](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/author-pages/mark-laporta/) - Mark Laporta (m.laporta@verizon.net) is a New York-based science fiction writer. Against the Glare of Darkness Mark’s new adult sci-fi series launches October 1, 2018. Book 1, Probability Shadow, leads you into a new universe, that pits imperious humans against every major political power. As their battles rage, an ancient evil emerges, with unprecedented control over
- [Judy C. Andrews](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/author-pages/judy-c-andrews/) - Judy C. Andrews received a master of arts degree in English/Creative Writing from The City College of New York. She has worked as a teacher, freelance writer, an editor, and a presidentially appointed children’s advocate. Ms. Andrews is also a member of the Harlem Writers Guild as well as the New York chapter of The
- [Mike McQuillan](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/author-pages/mike-mcquillan/) - Mike McQuillan, former US Senate aide and Peace Corps Volunteer, taught history and, in the aftermath of Eric Garner's death, chaired the NYPD Training Advisory Council's Race Subcommittee. Mike, as the Brooklyn Borough President's Advisor for Racial/Ethnic Affairs, coordinated the Crown Heights Coalition after the 1991 racial conflict there and was a frequent public speaker
- [National Writers Union - OSHA Testimony](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/writer-health-and-safety/national-writers-union-osha-testimony/) - OSHA Testimony - Colby March 31, 2000 TESTIMONY OF GERARD COLBY, former National Vice President of the National Writers Union and currently Chair of the Political Issues Committee of the National Delegates Assembly of the National Writers Union, Co-Chair of the National Writers Union's Book Division, and Chair of the Vermont Local of the National
- [Author Fired from Day Job Wins Settlement](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/freedom-of-expression/author-fired-from-day-job-wins-settlement/) - -New York, March 20, 2006 The National Writers Union today hailed the settlement of a six-year-old dispute involving Writers Union member Jeff Schmidt, who was dismissed from his job as a veteran staff editor at Physics Today magazine after he authored a controversial book. “The Writers Union protested Schmidt’s dismissal back in June 2000 as
- [Freelancer Jill Carroll Still Held Hostage in Iraq](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/freedom-of-expression/freelancer-jill-carroll-still-held-hostage-in-iraq/) - -February 28, 2006 Gerard Colby, President of the National Writers Union has joined the international organization Reporters Without Borders in calling for the release of American freelance journalist Jill Carroll, who was kidnapped on the outskirts of Baghdad on January 7th. Carroll was writing freelance articles for the Christian Science Monitor at the time of
- [NWU Calls for FCC to Stop Indecency Witch Hunt](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/freedom-of-expression/nwu-calls-for-fcc-to-stop-indecency-witch-hunt/) - It's Not Free Speech When The FCC Is Issuing Fines -March 5, 2004, New York. The Federal Communications Commission is making freedom of speech on the airwaves an expensive proposition. In the past 12 months, the agency has issued more than $1 million in fines to radio and television stations for broadcasting allegedly indecent content.
- [Advice for Writers from Manjula Martin of Who Pays Writers](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/writers-pay/advice-for-writers-from-manjula-martin-of-who-pays-writers/) - Scratch is about the business of our craft. The readers are all types of independent writers trying to earn a living doing what we love. NWU and Scratch share a general mission around empowering writers, while holding accountable the businesses that pay us. Who Pays Writers, Scratch’s non-profit project, compiles data on pay rates and
- [End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/writer-health-and-safety/end-impunity-for-crimes-against-journalists/) - Over the past decade, more than 700 journalists have been killed for bringing news and information to the public. However, only one in ten cases committed against media workers during that same time has led to a conviction. This impunity emboldens the perpetrators of the crimes and at the same time has a chilling effect
- [Sherri Rosen](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/author-pages/sherri-rosen/) - Sherri Rosen has worked in publicity in New York City for 15 years and gives "a powerful voice to people and books that are doing good things in the world." The first book she promoted remained on the NY Times Bestseller List for 63 weeks. She writes a weekly blog on her website Redhead's Rap. She
- [Michellene Barrett](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/author-pages/michellene-barrett/) - As an high school senior, Michellene Barrett published her first juvenile fiction "Englisha and David's Adventurous Vacation." The story of Englisha and David is about two teens who embark on a journey of independence and self-discovery where they learn the value of love, forgiveness and living life to the fullest. In the fourth grade, Michellene began
- [Past Event Videos](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/union-event-videos/) - HARLEM BOOK FAIR PANEL 2015Mariahadessa Tallie https://youtu.be/yJBZoNss7ME Cathie Wright Lewis https://youtu.be/t8J0piVCn5Y Askia Toure' https://youtu.be/sLYrnORUiR8 Askia Toure' receives NYS Proclamation https://youtu.be/eLz-AHJ93Wo LOUIS RIVERA ANNUAL TRIBUTE 2015 UpSurge! (Jazz Poetry Ensemble) https://youtu.be/Z5s3_tx3zhQ Poet Cesilie Anandi https://youtu.be/X0eZPGl7ZJk Poet Meriam Rodriguez https://youtu.be/DoiuEXvvcTk Poet Nkosi Nkululeko https://youtu.be/anQLRW9ts9g Poet Cypress Jackson https://youtu.be/RebseZlgDkY WRITING ACROSS BORDERS CONFERENCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mmRi4vicAM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4hnkiodg5U
- [Peter Halsey Sherwood](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/author-pages/peter-halsey-sherwood/) - Peter Halsey Sherwood studied voice and theater at London's historic Royal Academy and worked as a theatrical agent before becoming the dining editor of Next magazine in Manhattan. He has also written for Interior Design, New York and Woman's Day. As creator of the food blog eveningswithpeter.com, he was published inThe Foodista Best of Food
- [Tatiana Sheremeteva](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/author-pages/tatiana-sheremeteva/) - Tatiana Sheremeteva was born in Moscow and graduated from Moscow Lomonosov University (MGU), Department of Literature. She moved to New York a few years ago.Professional AssociationsMember of the American PEN CentreMember of the National Writers Union, the United StatesMember of the International Guild of WritersMember of Pushkin Society in AmericaTatiana is the author of more
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- [Lee Christine Brownlee](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/author-pages/lee-christine-brownlee/) - Lee Christine Brownlee (nom de plume) was born and raised in San Francisco in the old Italian tradition. She has two grown children, and enjoyed many years living on the San Francisco Peninsula. Lee worked over 50 years of her life while continuing her education, studying everything that was of interest, filling her life with family,
- [Gina Humber](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/author-pages/gina-humber/) - Gina I. Humber is a national speaker on diversity and education, a NYC teacher and an accomplished author. She graduated from City College of New York, where she earned her master's degree in Special Education and a minor in African American History. Gina has self published It's All Good- A children's book that helps build self
- [Boris Borukaev](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/author-pages/boris-borukaev/) - Boris Borukaev was born in Odessa, Ukraine and graduated from Odessa State University. He is the author of two books, "Hold the Sun" and "GMT: Five Minus," published by Pushkin Society in America, where he serves as Executive Vice President and Webmaster. www.americanpushkinsociety.com
- [Want to host a small NWU event? Seed grants are now available.](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/want-to-host-a-small-nwu-event-seed-grants-are-now-available/) - Writers are everywhere -- Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Stamford, Jersey City, and in every other town in NY, NJ, and CT. The NWU needs your help to reach them. If you are an NWU dues-paying member, you can apply for a seed grant to host three consecutive monthly gatherings. The event structure is up to you.
- [Past Events 2016](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/past-events-2016/) - DECEMBER 2016 December 18 - NWU Member Event: Holiday Gathering with the Pushkin Society in America NWU members Victoriya Kurchenko and Tatiana Sheremeteva are inviting fellow NWU members and friends to join them at a Russian-themed holiday celebration in partnership with the Pushkin Society of America. Sunday, December 18, 2016 2:00 PM to 5:00
- [Consider a position on the 2018 NY Steering Committee or as a NY Delegate](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/consider-a-position-on-the-2018-ny-steering-committee-or-as-a-ny-delegate/) - Attention NWU Activists - Consider running for a position on the NY Steering Committee and or becoming a NY Delegate in 2018 Next spring we'll be electing a new Steering Committee (SC) to run the chapter for the next three years and to elect delegates to represent the chapter at the national Delegates Assembly (DA) which will likely be held in
- [NWU is Seeking Workshop Leaders](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/nwu-is-seeking-workshop-leaders/) - Have you discovered a successful marketing tactic? Found a way to chisel away a writer's block? We know our NWU members use all means and ways to refine their craft and promote their work. We're now asking you to consider helping your fellow writers by teaching them what you know. This is an excellent opportunity
- [Monthly Online Contest](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/monthly-online-contest/) - The National Writers Union is launching a monthly online contest for our dues-paying members. JANUARY CONTEST This month we're asking for your help to create a new NWU slogan. NWU Slogan Contest Rules: 1. Take the next few weeks to compose your best slogan for the NWU's New York Chapter. 2. You may get outside
- [Past Events 2018](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/past-events-2018/) - DECEMBER 2018 December 12: Annual Holiday Party You're invited to join us for our annual holiday party. Date: Dec. 12, 2018 Fee: FREE Program Details: 6 pm - 8:30 pm Food & Drink! Frivolity and Fraternity! Location: 256 W. 38 St., 12th Floor, NYC (UAW Conference Rooms) For more information, contact Tim Sheard: sheard2001@gmail.com December 8: BILL
- [NYC Labor News](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/nyc-labor-news/) - Union Matters A roundup of labor news from the NYC CLC Friday, April 26, 2019 Send news, events, and tips to info@nycclc.org with the subject line "Union Matters" *Not for publication or broadcast Follow the NYC CLC on Facebook and Twitter for updates throughout the week! NEW THIS WEEK Workers Memorial Day Commemoration TODAY, 12pm-1pm: Join NYCOSH, the New York City Central
- [Past Events 2022](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/events/past-events-2022/) - JANUARY 2022 February 10, 17, 24 - VIRTUAL OPEN MIC THURSDAYS EVERY THURSDAY at 6:30 PM – 8 PM ET The National Writers Union has resumed its open mic series that was held monthly at the NYPL Muhlenberg branch for over a decade. As always, writers from all genres are welcome. You can join with or without video and read
- [Past Events 2019](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/events/past-events-2019/) - JANUARY 2019 Invites you to a forum about: WRITING WHILE BLACK: CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES AND REWARDS OF WRITING FROM THE AFRICAN DIASPORA Featuring: Herb Boyd (Moderator), award-winning journalist & book author. Bill Fletcher Jr., acclaimed labor journalist & social justice advocate Eartha Watts-Hicks, award-winning author and marketing consultant JP Howard, widely acclaimed poet, author, educator, and
- [Past Events 2020](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/events/past-events-2020/) - JANUARY 2020 MARCH 2020 March 7 – WPC International Women’s Day Celebration You’re invited to join the Women’s Press Collective’s 13th annual International Women’s Day Celebration Saturday, Mar. 7, 2020 11:00am–3:00pm Join WPC members, volunteers & community members to celebrateWPC’s leadership role in: Telling the truth in a climate of disinformation Hosted by the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church85 South Oxford Street,
- [Upcoming Events](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/events/upcoming-events/) - Click this link to JOIN the NWU NY Meetup.com Group and receiveup to date email notifications of our events Click this link to JOIN the only labor union representing freelance writersfor as little as $12.50 monthly Click this link to LIKE us on Facebook and follow current union-related news You’re Invited to Join
- [Philadelphia](https://nwu.org/chapters/philadelphia/) - Chair: Irving Jones 6639 N.15th Street Apt.1 Philadelphia, PA 19126 (215) 327-7443 Ijkaramo@hotmail.com Google Maps
- [Tucson](https://nwu.org/chapters/tucson/) - Co-Chair: Keith Bagwell Co-Chair: Barbara Wright (520) 624-4690PO Box 40341 Tucson, AZ 85717 Google MapsVisit the Tucson Chapter website
- [Twin Cities](https://nwu.org/chapters/twin-cities/) - Contact: Robbie Orr651-208-5836 robbieorrwrites@gmail.com The Freelancer Solidarity Project is organizing in the Twin Cities. Freelance media workers (whether web designers and developers, journalists, copy writers) are coming together to define standard rates and working conditions. Then we will take action to enforce freelance labor standards. Join us!
- [Past Events 2015](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/past-events-2015/) - JANUARY 2015 January 5 - Foreign Rights for Your Book with Charles Patterson Author Charles Patterson has seen his book Eternal Treblinka translated into over twenty foreign languages. Find out how his award-winning book has made its way into French, Italian, Hebrew, Japanese and other language on its journey to readers around the world.The National Writers Union, NY Chapter Monday,
- [Freedom of Expression](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/freedom-of-expression/) - Censorship and Freedom of Expression. For members of the NWU, and writers in general, freedom of expression is an economic as well as a political issue. Without avenues for the expression of divergent points of view and without access to information, the writing profession would cease to exist, as would democracy itself. The centralization of
- [Writer Health and Safety](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/writer-health-and-safety/) - The NWU Health and Safety Committee takes up issues and practices that threaten the health and safety of writers. A number of industry practices and government standards impact writers, most notably those that concern extended work at a computer terminal. The NWU is also a member of the International Federation of Journalists and fully supports
- [Shield Bill](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/shield-bill/) - What's the federal shield law all about? Submitted by Jeanne Harnois on February 11, 2010 - 1:05am Dan McCrory, Recording Secretary, explains this important legislation The U.S. Senate will soon consider a proposed federal shield law that provides the same protections to freelance journalists as to writers employed by newspapers, magazines, broadcast outlets and online publishers.
- [Issues Facing Writers with Disabilities](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/diversity/issues-facing-writers-with-disabilities/) - Some publishers may have the impression that people with disabilities canʹt write or meet deadlines, and that few people with disabilities buy books. Magazines who hire writers with disabilities often don’t have budgets to pay much. Publishers often expect writers with disabilities to write only about disability and yet they are also frequently reluctant to
- [Issues Facing LGBTQ Writers](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/diversity/issues-facing-lgbtq-writers/) - Perception by publishers that LGBTQ material limits the potential audience. Perception that heterosexuals have no interest in books written by LGBT authors. Outright discrimination against writers who are transgender. Editors and agents usually donʹt want to work with transgender writers. Gay and lesbian publications pay poorly and often treat writers poorly, expecting all work and
- [Issues Facing Native-American Writers](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/diversity/issues-facing-native-american-writers/) - Misperception that Native‐American people are dying out, that they are uneducated and donʹt read, and consequently have little potential to become writers or book buyers. In fact, Native Americans read and write about many subjects, not just history. Assumptions that Native‐American writers write only about spirituality, or that they do not write books and are
- [Pacific Northwest](https://nwu.org/chapters/pacific-northwest/) - PROTECTING THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST WRITERS - Resources • Contract Advice • Advocacy • Grievance Assistance Education • Benefits • Community
- [Protect Our Civil Liberties](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/freedom-of-expression/protect-our-civil-liberties/) - -November 16, 2003 The National Writers Union has a long history of opposing censorship of all forms and defending our civil liberties. Such freedom of speech and information is vital for writers to do their work. Congress is currently very close to giving government law enforcement agents even broader powers to force businesses to turn
- [Stop Expansion of the Patriot Act](https://nwu.org/issues-we-care-about/freedom-of-expression/stop-expansion-of-the-patriot-act/) - -November 2, 2003 In the wake of the September 11tth attacks, the Bush administration pushed through a set of laws that greatly undermined the freedoms and liberties set forth in the Constitution. These laws significantly expand governmental powers in surveillance and law enforcement, allowing federal police to conduct secret searches, jail individuals without charges, and access
- [Wisconsin](https://nwu.org/chapters/wisconsin/) - Co-Facilitator: Toni Good, tonigoodtg@gmail.com Co-Facilitator: Jonathan Rosenblum, jdrlabor@aol.com PO Box 260284 Madison, WI 53726-0284
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- [Our 2021-2024 Steering Committee](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/our-2021-2021-steering-committee/) - Willie Wideman-Pleasants, chair Barbara Beckwith Charles Coe John Hodge James Kates John McDaid Barbara Mende Shannon O'Connor Susan Schopp
- [Taking Time to Be Brief](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/for-your-information-by-and-for-members/taking-time-to-be-brief-2/) - TAKING TIME TO BE BRIEF by Barbara Beckwith For this month’s professional tip, I’ll share what I’ve gleaned from a long-term NWU-Boston member: “Edith Pearlman, 86, Writer Who Won Acclaim Late in life” (01/02/23 NYT obituary). Edith wrote 200+ stories and essays over 40 years that appeared largely in literary magazines, newspapers, or WBUR’s
- [Taking Time to Be Brief](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/for-your-information-by-and-for-members/taking-time-to-be-brief/) - TAKING TIME TO BE BRIEF by Barbara Beckwith For this month’s professional tip, I’ll share what I’ve gleaned from a long-term NWU-Boston member: “Edith Pearlman, 86, Writer Who Won Acclaim Late in life” (01/02/23 NYT obituary). Edith wrote 200+ stories and essays over 40 years that appeared largely in literary magazines, newspapers, or WBUR’s Cognoscenti.
- [Our Annual Book Party Saturday, February 5](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/save-the-date-for-our-annual-book-party-saturday-february-5/) - Be sure to make time to join us for our renowned annual book party, in which we celebrate our members who have published books (in any format) in 2022. Our keynote speaker will be Christopher Castellani, perhaps best known as the artistic director of the prominent creative writing center Grub Street. Chris is also the
- [Poet's Corner](https://nwu.org/poets-corner/) - Re: NYC Poetry Festival Promise The 11 th Annual New York City Poetry Festival on Governor’s Island (September 10 -11 2022) provided a wonderful collaboration between The Rebel Poets and the NWU. Our shared stage conveyed styles, and themes our audience seemed to appreciate. This venue initiated a “New NWU Tradition” of post-performance audience generated word prompts. Audience
- [Book Talk and Sale at Lakeville Library](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/new-england-area-events-for-writers/book-talk-and-sale-at-lakeville-library/) - Press release For immediate release: 11/28/22__________________ _______________Page 1 of 2. Contact: Joyce Walsh Email: turkeytrot1@comcast.net Telephone: (508) 823-2168 Book Talk and Sale with Local Authors at the Lakeville Library On Saturday, December 10th, at 10:30am, three award-winning local authors will present a half-hour talk about “Genre Writing – Memoirs, Mysteries, and Fantasy”
- [Workshop: Digital Models for Writing](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/workshop-digital-models-for-writing/) - NWU-BOSTON WORKSHOP: DIGITAL MODELS FOR WRITING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5 @ 1 p.m. EST On November 5 at 1 p.m. EST, NWU Boston will host a one-hour Zoom panel focused on electronic writing and some of the opportunities and challenges it presents. Anchoring the panel will be Sarah Smith, a Cambridge-based writer who has published both
- [Save the Date for Our Fabulous Book Party - Sunday, February 5](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/save-the-date-for-our-fabulous-book-party-sunday-february-5/) - SAVE THE DATE: OUR ANNUAL BOOK PARTY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2023 2:00-5:00 P.M. ON ZOOM Watch this space for news of our renowned annual book party, in which we celebrate authors who have published books (in any format) in 2022. Some of these authors will read from their books, and we'll have an unforgettable guest
- [Let Teachers Teach History](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/let-teachers-teach-history/) - by Charles Coe The following letter, endorsed by the NWU-Boston Steering Committee, will be made available to teachers in communities where efforts are being made to require them to teach students a sanitized version of American history. This letter is in response to parents of school-aged children and to other citizens who want to limit
- [Come to Our Incomparable Book Party Sunday, February 6!](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/come-to-our-incomparable-book-party-sunday-february-6/) - IT'S COMING! OUR UNPARALLELED ANNUAL BOOK PARTY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2022 (ON ZOOM) It won't be long now! Our Annual Boston Chapter Book Party is Sunday, February 6, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. We’re pleased to announce that in addition to short readings by our authors (click here for a list of them and their
- [Boston Public Library Writer-in-Residence Program](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/boston-public-library-writer-in-residence-program/) - The Associates of the Boston Public Library is accepting applications to the 2021-2022 Writer-in-Residence fellowship program. In celebration of the Associates’ 50th anniversary, TWO residencies will be offered this year -- a Writer-in-Residence and Writer/Illustrator-in-Residence. Projects eligible for this program include fiction, non-fiction, a script, poetry, or graphic novels intended for children or young adults. The
- [What We Accomplished in 2020](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/what-we-accomplished-in-2020/) - Compiled by Your NWU-Boston Steering Committee The year 2020 was, to put it mildly, challenging and difficult. But in spite of it all, our Boston Chapter can look back on some important accomplishments. We kicked off the year in January with our annual Book Party, celebrating members who had a book published
- [SPEAKING HISTORY'S TRUTHS](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/speaking-historys-truths/) - SPEAKING HISTORY’S TRUTHS by Charles Coe The opposition some people have to teaching “critical race theory” in schools is a cynical and intentional misinterpretation of a term created to describe how race is discussed by academics and historians. What opponents of “critical race theory” actually don’t want taught is history. In 2015, a history textbook used in
- [200 Ways to Make a Living as a Writer](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/200-ways-to-make-a-living-as-a-writer/) - PRESENTED BY EDWARD HASBROUCK SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2022 @ 2:00 P.M. EDT Watch the archived video of this event Slides from this presentation Looking for new ways to make money from your writing? Looking for online income to make up for dwindling print royalties, publication outlets, and freelance rates? Of course
- [Stories of Self-Publishing Success](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/for-your-information-by-and-for-members/stories-of-self-publishing-success/) - STORIES OF SELF-PUBLISHING SUCCESS: by John L. Hodge BEATRIX POTTER: The Tale of Peter Rabbit has sold around 45 million copies since it was first published in 1901, making it one of the best sellers in history. But when Beatrix Potter, its author, tried to publish it, she was turned down by every publisher she
- [About Blogging](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/for-your-information-by-and-for-members/about-blogging/) - ABOUT BLOGGING by Shannon O'Connor Some people blog for their jobs, and some blog to get paid. I stumbled into blogging several years ago because I have a hen purse, which I named Ms. Hen, and I took lots of pictures of it and posted them on social media. People told me I should
- [Our Steering Committee 2018-2021](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/our-steering-committee-2015-2018/) - Who's Who on the Boston Chapter Steering Committee, 2018-2021 (from the most recent candidate statements) Barbara Beckwith, Co-Chair: beckwithb@aol.com I joined the union when I started freelancing, was active in our Boston Globe struggle and in the union’s national and local diversity and inclusion efforts, and have served on the NWU national executive Committee. I’m now
- [A Salute to Barbara Beckwith](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/a-salute-to-barbara-beckwith/) - by Charles Coe After many years as Co-Chair of the Boston Chapter Steering Committee, Barbara Beckwith has decided to step down from that leadership position. Barbara joined the National Writers Union in 1984, a year after the Boston Chapter was founded. Since then the workshops, panels, and other union events she helped to organize is
- [Ukraine](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/ukraine/) - by J. Kates I don't know how to write from this distance about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It has put Ukrainian writers under threat as citizens of their country, foreign journalists in equal danger — we mourn the death of Nieman Fellow Brent Renaud — and also put a terrible pressure on Russian intellectuals who
- [Reportback: Our Inspiring February 6 Book Party](https://nwu.org/reportback-our-inspiring-february-6-book-party/) - OUR INSPIRING ANNUAL BOOK PARTY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2022 (ON ZOOM) by Barbara Beckwith Our book party zoom-gathered dozens of writers and other book lovers, here in New England and beyond, to celebrate Boston Chapter members whose books were published in the past 12 months. The 13 authors’ titles ranged from fiction and poetry, mystery
- [Books Published by NWU-Boston Members in 2021](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/books-published-by-nwu-boston-members-in-2021/) - B. Amore, Journeys on the Wheel (poems). “B. Amore's Journeys on the Wheel, as the title suggests, is a veritable carousel of emotions, thoughts, and impulses– all with a piccante Italian accent. As we ride her wheel, we discover rich stores of pathos, humor, irony and intelligence, and all of these parceled out by way of poems that are stirring
- [How to Spot a Vanity Press](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/for-your-information-by-and-for-members/how-to-spot-a-vanity-press/) - by Barbara Mende, Grievance and Contract Coordinator If you’ve been looking for a publisher, you’ve probably run into the ones that say they will publish your book if you pay them somewhere between $1,000 and $10,000. We always suggest that authors stay away from those. If you want to pay to publish your book, you
- [Why Workers (Yes, Writers) Should Write the Rules](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/for-your-information-by-and-for-members/why-workers-yes-writers-should-write-the-rules/) - by State Senator-Elect Lydia Edwards As inequality afflicts our society and as the physical, digital and financial platforms for communication evolve, it’s more important now than ever that workers have an organized voice and representation in government. Literature, journalism and entertainment will continue to exist; what happens to the people behind their creation depends entirely
- [In Praise of Independent Bookstores](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/for-your-information-by-and-for-members/in-praise-of-independent-bookstores/) - by Charles Coe It’s a gloomy, chilly day, with a light rain falling. You stop in front of your local bookstore to look at the window display. You spot several interesting books, including a new biography you’ve been meaning to check out. You’re running errands but you’re not in a hurry, so you go inside to poke around. The
- [What the Boston Chapter Accomplished in 2021](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/what-the-boston-chapter-accomplished-in-2021/) - It was a tough year, but we adapted. In fact, we flourished. We started 2021 with our annual Book Party, where we “Zoom-celebrated” 13 books by members published in this second pandemic year. Our keynote speaker, Allissa Richardson, author of Bearing Witness While Black: African Americans, Smartphones, and the New Protest Journalism, made the case
- [Never Doubt the Reach of a Review](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/for-your-information-by-and-for-members/never-doubt-the-reach-of-a-review/) - by J. Kates The husband of a costume designer once threatened to punch me out because I didn't acknowledge his wife's work properly. A retired geologist who acted badly but enthusiastically in his local productions proudly posted my equivocal mention of his name — “the best work he's done all year" — on the refrigerator
- [Launching Your Science Fiction](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/for-your-information-by-and-for-members/launching-your-science-fiction/) - by John McDaid There's never been a better time to write science fiction. The popularity of speculative stories in mass media has created a growing audience, and online markets have expanded to meet the demand. Issues some thought too "complex" for the genre—social justice, gender dynamics, and representation—have moved to the center, and the literary
- [Why I Like Flash Fiction](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/for-your-information-by-and-for-members/why-i-like-flash-fiction/) - by Shannon O'Connor What is flash fiction? It’s just what it sounds like: fiction under one thousand words. But how does a writer create a story with a beginning and a middle and an end in such a short space? I write flash fiction; I also write novels and poetry, but I like flash because
- [NWU-BOOK mailing list](https://nwu.org/book-division/nwu-book-mailing-list/) - The NWU-BOOK mailing list (NWU members only) is an email discussion list for issues relevant to making a living as a book author. It's a place to share stories about our work as writers, ask questions, and get suggestions and answers from our fellow authors. The NWU-BOOK list is open to all NWU members, but
- [New Life for Old Work](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/for-your-information-by-and-for-members/new-life-for-old-work/) - by Barbara Beckwith If you’re stuck at home during the too-slow waning of this pandemic, it can be a worthwhile project to look over stories, essays or poems you wrote years ago, and consider re-submitting them if publications once rejected them, or submitting them for the first time if they’ve been languishing in your “drafts”
- [Allusion](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/for-your-information-by-and-for-members/allusion/) - by J. Kates I recently quoted Alice in Wonderland pretty obviously in a note to a recipient, assuming she'd know it, and she thought I was threatening to decapitate her. She notified the state police. Clearly, she overreacted, but there is a cautionary tale here for those of us who use allusions and quotations in
- [Submittable: Sending Your Writing to Litmags and Journals](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/for-your-information-by-and-for-members/submittable-sending-your-writing-to-litmags-and-journals/) - by Charles Coe In recent years, those of us who've tried to submit writing to magazines or literary journals have found that many of those publications no longer want work sent to them directly; they want writers to use a submission portal called "Submittable." Submittable is a submission management system. Here's how it works: You
- [Writers Night In - Third Monday of Every Month](https://nwu.org/writers-night-in-third-monday-of-every-month/) - WRITERS NIGHT IN MONDAY, AUGUST 16 5:30-6:30 P.M. VIA ZOOM An interesting age we're living in, when rich guys can shoot into space in their own private rocket ships. Word is that soon, for a mere 250 grand, we working stiffs can strap on for a ride as well. (Wave down at the folks as
- [STOP THE REJECTIONS! LET SELF-PUBLISHING BE AN OPTION](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/stop-the-rejections-let-self-publishing-be-an-option/) - SATURDAY, JULY 17 @ 11:00-1:00 BY ZOOM If you enjoy the idea of being in full control of your writing and the desire to control all the aspects that comes, then self-publishing is the direction where you should take your writing. We have important information to share that will help ease the self-publishing process. Please
- [Judging a Book by its Cover](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/new-england-area-events-for-writers/judging-a-book-by-its-cover/) - REPORTBACK JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS COVER TUESDAY, APRIL 20 On April 20, the presentation "Judging a Book By Its Cover"by Jim Kates of Zephyr Press took the half dozen members who participated on Zoom through the processes and discussions that publishers go through both in-house and with their authors about the aesthetics, politics, and marketing
- [Donations to Writer Organizations](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/donations-to-writer-organizations/) - The Boston Chapter Steering Committee has voted to make a $200 donation to each of three organizations to support and acknowledge the excellent work they do on behalf of the writing community during these difficult times. Click on the links below to become more familiar with their work. The organizations are: 826 Boston
- [Grants Available to Low Income Writers to Attend Conferences and Workshops](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/grants-available-to-low-income-writers-to-attend-conferences-and-workshops/) - GRANTS AVAILABLE TO LOW-INCOME WRITERS TO ATTEND CONFERENCES OR WORKSHOPS The Boston Chapter Steering Committee is offering $100 grants to up to five NWU members in good standing. These grants are available to those who face challenging financial circumstances and would like to attend a writing conference or workshop, or to take advantage of
- [Books Published by NWU-Boston Members in 2020](https://nwu.org/books-published-by-nwu-boston-members-in-2020/) - Beveridge, MaryEllen. After the Hunger: Stories. Fomite Press. The central figure in many of the 13 stories that comprise the collection is the psychically wounded World War II veteran who is absent. Here the definition of the family is changed, and its re-imagining remains problematic. Challenges are posed to characters’ ideas about selfhood and their role
- [2019 Books Published by Boston Members](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/2019-books-published-by-boston-members/) - (If you've published a book in 2019 - one you wrote, edited, or brought out a new edition of - please contact your webmaster with the info so we can include it here and at our Book Party!) Susan Chernilo. Re-Creating Our Common Chord (anthology contribution). Wising Up Press. This anthology is an attempt to heal the intense polarization
- [From Our Memorable 2021 Book Party](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/from-our-memorable-2021-book-party/)
- [Our Memorable Book Party](https://nwu.org/9004-2/) - JANUARY 31, 2021 3-5 p.m. BY ZOOM Every year our Boston chapter holds a Book Party to celebrate members who've had a book published the previous year. Some of these members read short excerpts from their work. Read about our members' 2020 accomplishments here. We also invite a speaker to address issues of interest
- [Google Books lawsuits](https://nwu.org/book-division/position-papers-and-resources/google-books-lawsuits/) - The NWU has consistently opposed the scanning and distribution of digital copies of books, magazines, and other library holdings without writers' permissions, which deprives writers of income from our personal "backlists". Digital copies of books and articles that are "out-of-print" in the original editions or formats divert readership from the legitimate digital editions of these
- [Is your work about to be given away by France?](https://nwu.org/book-division/position-papers-and-resources/is-your-work-about-to-be-given-away-by-france/) - Alert to NWU members and other writers As we've noted previously, many countries have been considering, and some have adopted, "orphan works" laws that allow anyone who claims they can't find who holds the rights to a work to use it without permission. Canada has had such a law, but it is very limited. Now
- [New England Area Events for Writers](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/new-england-area-events-for-writers/) - Sandwich Arts Alliance: The Business of Writing - 9/19, 9/26, and 10/3 Workshops, performances, and readings by Judah LeBlang Boston Book Festival, October 9-20 Writers Digest Annual Conference, November 5-7
- [Writers' Day Camp - Saturday, October 24](https://nwu.org/writers-day-camp-saturday-october-24/) - WRITERS DAY CAMP SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 11 A.M. TO 1 P.M. Boston Chapter Co-Chair Charles Coe is again offering his popular Zoom "Writers Day Camp," a workshop for Boston Chapter members. We'll have writing prompts, exercises, and discussion to stretch the "writing muscles" in an informal, fun, and supportive atmosphere. THERE'S NO FEE. To register,
- [Judging a Book by its Cover - Tuesday, September 22](https://nwu.org/judging-a-book-by-its-cover-tuesday-september-22/) - JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS COVER TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 AT 7 P.M. VIA ZOOM Do you have firm ideas about what you want on the cover of your book? Are you concerned that you and the publisher won't agree? Or are you a reader who wonders how book covers come to be? Jim Kates
- [Cautionary Tales Thursday, July 30 - 7 pm](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/new-england-area-events-for-writers/cautionary-tales-thursday-july-30-7-pm/) - NWU-BOSTON PRESENTS CAUTIONARY TALES THURSDAY, JULY 30 7 P.M. ON ZOOM DON'T MISS IT! CAUTIONARY TALES THURSDAY, JULY 30 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. Join us for a two-hour Zoom gathering where established writers will share mistakes and/or bad deals they've made during the course of their long writing careers. It's
- [ERASED](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/for-your-information-by-and-for-members/erased/) - by Barbara Beckwith Every day, I get glimpses of the erasure of Americans of color. My May 8 New York Times arts section ("For a Great Escape, Try a 1940s Musical") describes the era when white movie stars like Fred Astaire and Shirley Temple danced in blackface to tap and jazz, trained by African American dancers,
- [SOMETHING WILL COME OF NOTHING](https://nwu.org/something-will-come-of-nothing/) - by J. Kates Richard Wilbur used to say that the hardest thing about being a poet is convincing your wife you were working when you are staring out the window. I've amended that to: the hardest part is convincing yourself you're working when you're staring out the window. Doing nothing is an essential element of
- [Writers' Day Camp](https://nwu.org/writers-day-camp-2/) - WRITERS' DAY CAMP SATURDAY, JULY 11 11 AM TO 1 PM Boston Chapter Co-Chair Charles Coe is offering a Zoom "Writers Day Camp," a workshop for Boston Chapter members, on July 11th from 11 am to 1pm. We'll have writing prompts, exercises, and discussion to stretch the "writing muscles" in an informal, fun, and
- [The Rest of the World](https://nwu.org/the-rest-of-the-world/) - SATURDAY, JUNE 13 2 P.M. VIA ZOOM Have you ever read Dante? Thomas Mann? Georges Simenon? The Bible? Elena Ferrante? Pokémon? In their original languages? Most of the literature of the world is filtered for English-speaking readers through the art of literary translation. How are literary translations written, and how are they to be
- [Writers Night In - Monday, June 15](https://nwu.org/writers-night-in-monday-april-20-2/) - 5:30-6:30 P.M. VIA ZOOM For obvious reasons we can't have our usual Writers Night Out social gathering at Christopher's this month. So until further notice, Writers Night Out will instead be "Writers Night In." We'll do a Zoom meeting from 5:30 to 6:30, and any member is welcome to drop in at any time. It'll
- [The Rest of the World - The Mysteries of Translation](https://nwu.org/the-rest-of-the-world-the-mysteries-of-translation/) - THE REST OF THE WORLD SATURDAY, JUNE 13 2 P.M. VIA ZOOM Have you ever read Dante? Thomas Mann? Georges Simenon? The Bible? Elena Ferrante? Pokémon? In their original languages? Most of the literature of the world is filtered for English-speaking readers through the art of literary translation. How are literary translations written,
- [Appeal from the victims of Controlled Digital Lending (CDL)](https://nwu.org/book-division/cdl/appeal/) - Appeal from the victims of Controlled Digital Lending (CDL)
- [Lisa Braxton's Virtual Book Launch](https://nwu.org/lisa-braxtons-virtual-book-launch/) - Join Lisa Braxton for the virtual launch of her debut novel, The Talking Drum, on Tuesday, June 9th at 7 p.m. The event is being hosted by Belmont Books. Lisa will be in conversation with suspense novelist Hallie Ephron. For an invitation to the event, contact Lisa at lisabraxton@hotmail.com.
- [Writers Day Camp - Saturday, May 9](https://nwu.org/writers-day-camp-saturday-may-9/) - WRITERS' DAY CAMP SATURDAY, MAY 9 10 AM TO 1 PM An online writing workshop for poets and prose writers that will include writing prompts and exercises, workshopping of participants' work, and discussions about the craft of writing. It will be led by Boston chapter co-chair Charles Coe. For more information, contact Charles at charles52@comcast.net.
- [New Member Call - Sunday, April 26](https://nwu.org/new-member-call-sunday-april-26/) - NEW MEMBER CALL SUNDAY, APRIL 26 VIA ZOOM If you've joined the National Writers Union within the last year, we invite you to join your new colleagues on a get-acquainted video chat on Sunday, April 26th, at 11 a.m. To receive an invite to the meeting, email Barbara Mende at barbara@moosehill.com. Then click on the
- [A Message To Our Members](https://nwu.org/a-message-to-our-members-2/) - It's been said that "Crisis doesn't develop character; it reveals it." During the pandemic we've seen acts of incredible cruelty, stupidity and selfishness. We've also seen acts remarkable kindness and generosity. I sincerely hope you and yours experience much more of the latter as we move through these strange and troubling times. 1. PRODUCTIVE: Writing. Reading.
- [A Message To Our Members](https://nwu.org/a-message-to-our-members/) - A MESSAGE TO MEMBERS
- [Reportback: Our Incomparable 2020 Book Party](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/new-england-area-events-for-writers/save-the-date-for-our-iconic-book-party-january-26-2020/) - About 40 writers attended our totally enjoyable Book Party on Sunday, January 26. Keynote speaker Jason Pramas, executive editor of DigBoston, kept us glued to our seats as he recounted true but terrifying tales about the threats posed to independent newspapers by media giants. Five members - Charles Coe, J. Kates, Judah LeBlang, William Orem,
- [Join Our March 22 New Member Call](https://nwu.org/join-our-march-22-new-member-call/) - If you're a new National Writers Union member, we invite you to join a conference call on Sunday, March 22nd at 10 am. Boston co-chair Charles Coe and Boston Chapter Steering Committee members will be on the call to chat with new members, hear about your interests and concerns as writers, and answer questions about
- [Boston Members' Books Published in 2019](https://nwu.org/boston-members-books-published-in-2019/) - (If you've published a book in 2019 - one you wrote, edited, or brought out a new edition of - please contact your webmasterwith the info so we can include it here and at our Book Party!) Susan Chernilo. Re-Creating Our Common Chord (anthology contribution). Wising Up Press. This anthology is an attempt to heal the intense polarization and
- [Books Published by NWU Boston Members in 2019](https://nwu.org/books-published-by-nwu-boston-members-in-2019/) - (If you've published a book in 2019 - one you wrote, edited, or brought out a new edition of - please contact your webmaster with the info so we can include it here and at our Book Party!) Susan Chernilo. Re-Creating Our Common Chord (anthology contribution). Wising Up Press. This anthology is an attempt to heal the intense
- [Reportback: Writers Meet-Up, October 10, 2019](https://nwu.org/reportback-writers-meet-up-october-10-2019/) - Elizabeth Greywolf hosted a Writers Meet-Up in October, our second gathering of writers who shared "in process writing." Each of us read aloud a piece (five minutes max) of poetry, essay, non-fiction, or "dreamwork" - not for feedback or critique but for the appreciation of writers who are also good listeners. Over wine, tea, and
- [A New Small Publisher: Aspasia Press](https://nwu.org/a-new-small-publisher-aspasia-press/) - Jeanne Cosmos has launched Aspasia Press. It is a place for writers to publish and to find support in the writing and marketing of a book. It is a place for writers to launch their best concept, idea, or story. Aspasia Press seeks to support writers and their projects. One Mifflin Place, Cambridge, MA 02138 AspasiaPress@gmail.com
- [Women's Committee Report to the National E-Board - 7 Dec. 2019](https://nwu.org/womens-committee-report-to-the-national-e-board-7-dec-2019/) - Brigid O’Farrell, Women’s Committee and Adrienne Gibbs, IFJ Gender Council Our work on the NWU Women’s Committee and the IFJ Gender Council has had two main areas of focus. The first is a survey on violence in the world of work and the second is the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and
- [Don't Write for Free!](https://nwu.org/dont-write-for-free/) - by Barbara Mende Before I joined the NWU, I wrote a humorous book about job-hunting - well, as humorous as a book on that subject can be. I contacted news outlets to publicize the book, and as the word got around I was approached by several entities: job clubs and unemployment offices that wanted me
- [Writer Alerts](https://nwu.org/grievance-and-contract-division/writer-alerts/) - Warning! Working with the following publishers and markets might bring you a lot of grief. These publishers have been unresponsive to writer grievances, and the NWU Grievance and Contract Division recommends that you take the information below into account before signing a contract with any of these parties. The following alerts have been issued by the Grievance
- [Authors Without Borders Conference for Writers](https://nwu.org/authors-without-borders-conference-for-writers/) - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 FAIRHAVEN, MASSACHUSETTS Authors Without Borders would like to extend an invitation to writers, authors, or anyone interested in the publishing world to join us for an introduction to Steven Manchester, best-selling author with numerous awards. His topic will be "Chasing the Dream." Rhonda Penders, President, and Editor-in-Chief of The Wild Rose Press from Adams Basin,
- [Poetry is a Bridge: A Celebration of Poetry in Translation and in Many Languages](https://nwu.org/poetry-is-a-bridge-a-celebration-of-poetry-in-translation-and-in-many-languages-2/) - Saturday, September 21, 2–5 pm Frugal Bookstore 57 Warren St. (Dudley Square), Roxbury “Poetry is a Bridge” is a new space for bilingual poets, translators of poetry from one language to another, language-swapping rappers, code-switching wordsmiths, and anyone who likes to share and delight in what our languages can do when we bring two or
- [Freelance Solidarity Project - Frequently Asked Questions](https://nwu.org/freelance-solidarity-project-frequently-asked-questions/) - What is the Freelance Solidarity Project? The Freelance Solidarity Project is a group of freelance media workers who have formed a distinct entity within the National Writers Union to organize for better working conditions. We currently have multiple active campaigns at unionized digital media companies and are building a sustainable community and movement in which
- [JOHN HODGE TESTIFIES TO MA LEGISLATURE FOR MALC](https://nwu.org/john-hodge-testifies-to-ma-legislature-for-malc/) - NWU-BOSTON TESTIFIES TO LEGISLATURE FOR MALC As a part of the Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition (MALC) June 4th testimony in support of an amendment to the Massachusetts Independent Contractor Law, Steering Committee Member John L. Hodge presented oral and written testimony to the House and Senate Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development. This amendment to
- [RESOURCE FOR SOUTH SHORE WIRTERS](https://nwu.org/resource-for-south-shore-wirters/) - RESOURCE FOR SOUTH SHORE WRITERS Authors Without Borders (AWB) is a regional consortium of book writers and authors, founded in 2007 by four authors whose mission is to jointly market their books and assist other writers in navigating the course to publication. "I like to help writers avoid some of the pitfalls I experienced,"
- [COME TO A WRITER MEET-UP THURSDAY, JULY 11](https://nwu.org/come-to-a-writer-meet-up-thursday-july-11/) - WRITER MEET-UP THURSDAY, JULY 11 How would you like to spend a relaxed and congenial evening sharing a free meal with a handful of NWU colleagues, and having the chance to read aloud for five minutes from a work-in-progress? No critiques, no "workshopping" -- simply an opportunity to share a sample of your writing with
- [The Joys of Revision](https://nwu.org/the-joys-of-revision/) - THE JOYS OF REVISION by Charles Coe Some avid readers who've never tried to write think their heroes just crack their knuckles, sit down and out pours an uninterrupted stream of perfect, sparkling poetry or prose. Nothing could be further from the truth. The serious writer knows it usually takes multiple drafts to
- [The Beiging of America - Monday, February 4, 2019](https://nwu.org/the-beiging-of-america-monday-february-4-2019/) - "THE BEIGING OF AMERICA" PORTER SQUARE BOOKS FEBRUARY 4, 2019 Our Boston chapter will be curator of a reading and discussion of The Beiging of America: Personal Narratives About Being Mixed Race in the 21st Century, edited by Cathy J. Schlund-Vials and Tara Betts, at Porter Square Books on February 4, 2019, from 7 to 9 pm.
- [E-Book Price-Fixing Settlement with Publishers Leaves Collusion Against Writers Unpunished](https://nwu.org/book-division/position-papers-and-resources/dept-of-justice-e-book-price-fixing-settlement-with-publishers-leaves-collusion-against-writers-unpunished/) - Submitted on October 3, 2012 - 11:51am The anti-trust settlement approved September 7 in the Department of Justice case against major publishers, which accused them of colluding with Apple to fix prices for e-books through "agency pricing," resolves some of the pricing and revenue-sharing disputes between e-book publishers and distributors. However, the National Writers Union
- [Thanks To Our Generous Book Party Sponsors!](https://nwu.org/thanks-to-our-generous-book-party-sponsors/) - Barbara Beckwith Janice Zarro Brodman Charles Coe Christopher Kenneally Barbara Mende Zephyr Press
- [Books Published by NWU Boston Members in 2018](https://nwu.org/books-published-by-nwu-boston-members-in-2018/) - Larry Constantine, Distant Sons (Gesher Press). A saga of immigrants, identity, and interfaith love. From tiny Frauenkirchen in nineteenth-century Austria-Hungary to tight-knit German-speaking neighborhoods of urban America, this historical fiction tells the dramatic story of two women from different worlds in different times, facing questions of love, commitment, fulfillment, and survival Alison Downs, Ladybird Adrift –
- [Writers' Day Camp - February 16, 2019](https://nwu.org/writers-day-camp-february-16-2019/) - WRITERS' DAY CAMP SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2019 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. BROOKLINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 40 WEBSTER PLACE, BROOKLINE This is Charles Coe, inviting you to join me for our next WRITERS' DAY CAMP, a writing workshop happening Saturday, February 16th from 10 to 3 at the Brookline Community Foundation, 40 Webster Place, Brookline (Brookline
- [Don't Miss Our Incomparable Annual Winter Book Party!](https://nwu.org/dont-miss-our-incomparable-annual-winter-book-party/) - Readers at Our 2018 Book Party WHAT: A celebration of our book authors and a chance to socialize with old and new friends. WHEN: Sunday, January 27, 2019, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. WHERE: The Dance Complex, 536 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge GUESTS OF HONOR: NWU-Boston members who have published books in 2018. SPEAKERS: Some of these
- [WRITERS' DAY CAMP](https://nwu.org/writers-day-camp/) - WRITERS' DAY CAMP SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 2019 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. BROOKLINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 40 WEBSTER PLACE, BROOKLINE This is Charles Coe, inviting you to join me for our next WRITERS' DAY CAMP, a writing workshop happening Saturday, January 19th from 10 to 3 at the Brookline Community Foundation, 40 Webster Place, Brookline (Brookline Village).
- [Reportback: Charles Coe's Writers' Day Camp, September 15, 2018](https://nwu.org/reportback-charles-coes-writers-day-camp-september-15-2018/) - REPORTBACK: CHARLES COE'S WRITERS' DAY CAMP by Barbara Beckwith and Barbara Mende Nine writers from different backgrounds and genres - essays, poetry, memoir and more - enjoyed a four-hour workshop on September 15 that came with a vegan lunch prepared by poet/writer/chef Coe himself. The workshop was a fundraiser for our Boston NWU
- [Charles Coe's Writers Day Camp](https://nwu.org/charles-coes-writers-day-camp-2/) - CHARLES COE'S WRITERS DAY CAMP SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. BROOKLINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 40 WEBSTER PLACE, BROOKLINE (Brookline Village) Boston Chapter Co-chair Charles Coe is offering a “Writers Day Camp” that will feature writing prompts, shared insights about the business and the craft, and workshopping of writing submitted
- [Charles Coe's Writers Day Camp](https://nwu.org/charles-coes-writers-day-camp/) - CHARLES COE'S WRITERS DAY CAMP SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. BROOKLINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 40 WEBSTER PLACE, BROOKLINE (Brookline Village) Boston Chapter Co-chair Charles Coe is offering a "Writers Day Camp" that will feature writing prompts, shared insights about the business and the craft, and workshopping of writing submitted to him
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- [Authors Coalition Survey](https://nwu.org/authors-coalition-survey/) - [civicrm component="profile" gid="24" mode="create" hijack="1"]
- [Poet's Day Camp](https://nwu.org/poets-day-camp/) - POET'S DAY CAMP On Saturday, March 24th from 10 to 3, Co-Chair Charles Coe will conduct "Poet's Day Camp," a fundraiser for the Boston Chapter. The day will feature writing prompts and exercises, workshopping of completed poems, and practice reading your work in public. Location TBA. For more information: charles52@comcast.net
- [Contract Resources For Members](https://nwu.org/grievance-and-contract-division/contract-resources/) - Guide to Book Contracts Appendix on Academic Press Contracts NEW: E-Books and E-Right Addendum Agent Agreement Guide to Agent Agreements Collaboration Contract Collaboration and Ghostwriting Guide Negotiating a Collaboration Agreement Sample Work-for-Hire Contract Work-for-Hire Glossary Work-for-Hire Guide Overview of E-book Contract Amendments Negotiating Contracts Over the Phone A member's letter to an editor Sample return
- [Concursos de Abril 2018](https://nwu.org/concursos-de-abril-2018/) - IV CERTAMEN DE MICRORRELATOS HAY ESPERANZA (España) (01:04:2018 / Relato, poesía / Diploma y publicación / Abierto a: sin restricciones por nacionalidad o residencia) II CONCURSO DE RELATOS CORTOS DE TIERRA DE LARA (España) (01:04:2018 / Relato / 250 € y publicación / Abierto a: sin restricciones por nacionalidad o residencia) I CONCURSO BIENAL DE
- [I Concurso de microrelatos de Zonaereaders](https://nwu.org/i-concurso-de-microrelatos-de-zonaereaders/) - Concurso promocionado por Kobo. El hecho de presentar un relato a este concurso implica la aceptación de las bases que exponemos a continuación. ¿Quién puede presentarse? Para poder presentarse al concurso, es necesario darse de alta en la web de ZonaeReader, todos tus libros en uno solo, es decir, registrarse (de forma gratuita) como usuario
- [Concursos Literarios](https://nwu.org/escritores-en-espanol/concursos-literarios/) - Estas son las convocatorias para concursos literarios para escritores en español al rededor del mundo, y a los que pueden ser elegibles los miembros de nuestro sindicato. Las listas se actualizan diariamente y está organizada por fechas de vencimiento. Se agradece la información de todo concurso que no esté incluido en estas listas. Por favor envíen esta
- [Concursos de Junio 2018](https://nwu.org/concursos-de-junio-2018/)
- [V PREMIO INTERNACIONAL DE POESÍA COVIBAR-CIUDAD DE RIVAS (España)](https://nwu.org/v-premio-internacional-de-poesia-covibar-ciudad-de-rivas-espana/) - 30:04:2018 Género: Poesía Premio: Edición Abierto a: sin restricciones por nacionalidad o residencia Entidad convocante: Cooperativa Covibar y Ediciones Vitruvio País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 30:04:2018 BASES La Cooperativa Covibar y Ediciones Vitruvio convocan el «V Premio internacional de poesía Covibar-Ciudad de Rivas», con la organización de la Asociación
- [ XXXI CONCURSO LITERARIO INTERNACIONAL DULCINEA 2018 (España)](https://nwu.org/xxxi-concurso-literario-internacional-dulcinea-2018-espana/) - 24:04:2018 Género: Poesía, cuento Premio: 500 €, diploma y publicación Abierto a: sin restricciones por nacionalidad o residencia Entidad convocante: Acción Cultural Miguel de Cervantes País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 24:04:2018 BASES BASES del XXXI CONCURSO LITERARIO INTERNACIONAL DULCINEA 2018 ACCIÓN CULTURAL MIGUEL de CERVANTES PARTICIPANTES Cuantos autores españoles
- [BECAS PROGRAMA NACIONAL DE ESTÍMULOS DE COLOMBIA PARA ESCRITORES COLOMBIANOS 2018 (Colombia)](https://nwu.org/becas-programa-nacional-de-estimulos-de-colombia-para-escritores-colombianos-2018-colombia/) - 03:04:2018 Género: Libro ilustrado, novela, crónica, narrativa, biografías, cuento, traducción Premio: Beca de hasta $ 15.000.000 Abierto a: escritores colombianos Entidad convocante: Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia País de la entidad convocante: Colombia Fecha de cierre: 03:04:2018 BASES Con el objetivo de apoyar los procesos de escritores, ilustradores, talleristas e investigadores colombianos, el
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- [Concursos de Marzo 2018](https://nwu.org/concursos-de-marzo-2018/) - II PREMIO DE NOVELA DE CIENCIA FICCIÓN CIUDAD DEL CONOCIMIENTO (España) (01:03:2018 / Novela / 2.100 € y edición / Abierto a: sin restricciones) V PREMIO NACIONAL DE CRÓNICA PERIODÍSTICA PEDRO RIVERO MERCADO (Bolivia) (01:03:2018 / Crónica periodística / Bs. 30.000, invitación y publicación / Abierto a: personas de nacionalidad boliviana o extranjeros residentes en
- [VIII CONCURSO LITERARIO BIBLIOTECA POPULAR BECK-HERZOG (Argentina)](https://nwu.org/viii-concurso-literario-biblioteca-popular-beck-herzog-argentina/) - 31:03:2018 Género: Relato Premio: $ 2.500, un libro y diploma Abierto a: argentinos mayores de 16 años Entidad convocante: Biblioteca Popular Beck-Herzog País de la entidad convocante: Argentina Fecha de cierre: 31:03:2018 BASES ORGANIZADO POR LA BIBLIOTECA POPULAR BECK-HERZOG “De raíces e inmigrantes” En adhesión a los 150 Años de la fundación de
- [X CERTAMEN LITERARIO DEL AGUA DE RELATO CORTO Y CUENTO INFANTIL EMASESA (España)](https://nwu.org/x-certamen-literario-del-agua-de-relato-corto-y-cuento-infantil-emasesa-espana/) - 31:03:2018 Género: Relato, infantil y juvenil Premio: 1.200 € y edición Abierto a: mayor de edad Entidad convocante: EMASESA País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 31:03:2018 BASES EMASESA convoca el X Certamen Literario del Agua en las modalidades de Relato Corto y Cuento Infantil en torno a la temática del
- [V PREMIO DE CREACIÓN LITERARIA "VILLA DE LIBRO" - PREMIO DE NOVELA 2017 (España)](https://nwu.org/v-premio-de-creacion-literaria-villa-de-libro-premio-de-novela-2017-espana/) - 31:03:2018 Género: Novela Premio: 15.000 € y edición Abierto a: sin restricciones Entidad convocante: Diputación de Valladolid País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 31:03:2018 BASES BASES DEL V PREMIO DE CREACIÓN LITERARIA “VILLA DE LIBRO” PREMIO DE NOVELA 2017 (Aprobadas por el Consejo de Administración en sesión celebrada el día
- [XVII CONCURSO DE RELATOS CORTOS PARA ADULTOS ASOCIACIÓN CULTURAL "EL CARPIO" (España)](https://nwu.org/xvii-concurso-de-relatos-cortos-para-adultos-asociacion-cultural-el-carpio-espana/) - 31:03:2018 Género: Relato Premio: 150 € y diploma Abierto a: mayores de 16 años Entidad convocante: Asociación Cultural "El Carpio" País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 31:03:2018 BASES LA ASOCIACIÓN CULTURAL “EL CARPIO” ORGANIZA: XVII CONCURSO DE RELATOS CORTOS PARA ADULTOS BASES: 1. - PARTICIPANTES Podrán participar cuantas personas lo
- [CERTAMEN DE RELATOS SOBRE PERSONAS MIGRANTES Y REFUGIADAS (España)](https://nwu.org/certamen-de-relatos-sobre-personas-migrantes-y-refugiadas-espana/) - 02:03:2018 Género: Relato, viñeta Premio: Cena Abierto a: sin restricciones por nacionalidad o residencia Entidad convocante: Plataforma Ongi Etorri Errefuxiatuak-Arrigorriaga País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 02:03:2018 BASES Tema Persona Migrante y Refugiada Modalidades » Cuento corto: La extensión del relato no superará una (1) página con un mínimo exigible
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- [Concursos de Mayo 2018](https://nwu.org/8202-2/) - IV CERTAMEN DE MICRORRELATOS "JAVIER TOMEO" (España) (02:05:2018 / Microrrelato, infantil y juvenil / 150 € y diploma / Abierto a: sin restricciones) II PREMIOS DE RELATOS HISTÓRICOS CABALLEROS DEL REY FERNANDO (España) (15:05:2018 / Relato, infantil y juvenil / 150 €, vale para libros y diploma / Abierto a: autores españoles o residentes en
- [II PREMIOS DE RELATOS HISTÓRICOS CABALLEROS DEL REY FERNANDO (España)](https://nwu.org/ii-premios-de-relatos-historicos-caballeros-del-rey-fernando-espana/) - 15:05:2018 Género: Relato, infantil y juvenil Premio: 150 €, vale para libros y diploma Abierto a: autores españoles o residentes en España Entidad convocante: Asociación Cultural Comparsa Caballeros del Rey Fernando País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 15:05:2018 BASES Ponemos en marcha la segunda edición de un premio que tiene
- [XVI PREMIO DE POESÍA CARMEN MERCHÁN CORNELLO – CAZALLA DE LA SIERRA 2018 (España)](https://nwu.org/xvi-premio-de-poesia-carmen-merchan-cornello-cazalla-de-la-sierra-2018-espana/) - XVI PREMIO DE POESÍA CARMEN MERCHÁN CORNELLO – CAZALLA DE LA SIERRA 2018 (España) 19:05:2018 Género: Poesía Premio: 1.200 €, edición y 20 ejemplares Abierto a: sin restricciones por nacionalidad o residencia Entidad convocante: Asociación Cultural “Carmen Merchán Cornello” País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 19:05:2018 BASES “Dije a la
- [I CONCURSO INTERNACIONAL DE POESÍA, SONETO Y MICRORRELATO MARINO (Argentina)](https://nwu.org/i-concurso-internacional-de-poesia-soneto-y-microrrelato-marino-argentina/) - 31:05:2018 Género: Poesía, microrrelato Premio: Placa de cemento y diploma Abierto a: mayores de 16 años, sin restricciones por nacionalidad o residencia Entidad convocante: Centro Cultural Kemkem País de la entidad convocante: Argentina Fecha de cierre: 31:05:2018 BASES BASES DEL I CERTAMEN INTERNACIONAL DE POESÍA, SONETO Y MICRORRELATO MARINOS El Centro Cultural Kemkem,
- [II CONCURSO DE MICRORRELATOS "LA RADIO EN COLECTIVO/VALENCIA ESCRIBE" (España)](https://nwu.org/ii-concurso-de-microrrelatos-la-radio-en-colectivo-valencia-escribe-espana/) - 31:05:2018 Género: Microrrelato Premio: Diploma y premio sorpresa Abierto a: mayores de 14 años Entidad convocante: programa La Radio En Colectivo de Mislata Radio y Valencia Escribe País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 31:05:2018 BASES El programa La Radio En Colectivo de Mislata Radio, con la colaboración de Valencia Escribe,
- [XI PREMIO INTERNACIONAL DE POESÍA BLAS DE OTERO (España)](https://nwu.org/xi-premio-internacional-de-poesia-blas-de-otero-espana/) - 30:05:2018 Género: Poesía Premio: 5.500 € Abierto a: mayor de 18 años, sin restricciones por nacionalidad o residencia Entidad convocante: Ayuntamiento de Bilbao País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 30:05:2018 BASES Primero.—Beneficiarios Podrán concurrir a este premio cualquier persona, de cualquier nacionalidad o lugar de residencia, mayor de 18 años.
- [CERTAMEN LITERARIO FLOR NATURAL ADULTOS 2017 (España)](https://nwu.org/certamen-literario-flor-natural-adultos-2017-espana/) - 20:05:2018 Género: Poesía Premio: 750 € Abierto a: sin restricciones Entidad convocante: LXXI Fiesta de la Vendimia de la ciudad de Requena (Valencia) País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 20:05:2018 BASES La LXXI Fiesta de la Vendimia de la ciudad de Requena (Valencia) convoca entre todos los poetas y escritores
- [IV CERTAMEN DE MICRORRELATOS "JAVIER TOMEO" (España)](https://nwu.org/iv-certamen-de-microrrelatos-javier-tomeo-espana/) - 02:05:2018 Género: Microrrelato, infantil y juvenil Premio: 150 € y diploma Abierto a: sin restricciones Entidad convocante: Asociación Literaria Poiesis y la publicación Compromiso y Cultura País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 02:05:2018 BASES Con el fin de promover la creatividad literaria y abordar la reflexión sobre el compromiso de
- [PREMIO DE LITERATURA SOR JUANA INÉS DE LA CRUZ 2018 (México)](https://nwu.org/premio-de-literatura-sor-juana-ines-de-la-cruz-2018-mexico/) - 30:04:2018 Género: Novela, obra publicada Premio: 10.000 dólares estadounidenses y presentación Abierto a: escritoras de cualquier nacionalidad, con una novela publicada en primera edición entre enero de 2017 y abril de 2018 Entidad convocante: Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara País de la entidad convocante: México Fecha de cierre: 30:04:2018 BASES Con el propósito
- [XIX PREMIO DE ENSAYO MIGUEL DE UNAMUNO 2018 (España)](https://nwu.org/xix-premio-de-ensayo-miguel-de-unamuno-2018-espana/) - 30:04:2018 Género: Ensayo Premio: 6.000 € Abierto a: mayores de 18 años, sin restricciones por nacionalidad o residencia Entidad convocante: Ayuntamiento de Bilbao País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 30:04:2018 BASES BASES 1. El Ayuntamiento de Bilbao convoca la XIX Edición del Premio de Ensayo Miguel de Unamuno. 2. Podrán
- [XVII CONCURSO NACIONAL DE CUENTO JUAN JOSÉ ARREOLA (México)](https://nwu.org/xvii-concurso-nacional-de-cuento-juan-jose-arreola-mexico/) - 30:04:2018 Género: Cuento Premio: $ 150.000 y edición Abierto a: escritores mexicanos que residan en el país o en el extranjero Entidad convocante: Universidad de Guadalajara, la Unidad de Vinculación con la Red Universitaria y la Editorial Universitaria País de la entidad convocante: México Fecha de cierre: 30:04:2018 BASES XVII CONCURSO NACIONAL DE
- [XVIII PREMIO INTERNACIONAL GERARDO DIEGO DE INVESTIGACIÓN LITERARIA (España)](https://nwu.org/xviii-premio-internacional-gerardo-diego-de-investigacion-literaria-espana/) - 30:04:2018 Género: Ensayo Premio: Edición y 50 ejemplares Abierto a: sin restricciones por nacionalidad o residencia Entidad convocante: Fundación Gerardo Diego País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 30:04:2018 BASES Poesía española de los siglos XX y XXI EL PREMIO El Premio Internacional Gerardo Diego de Investigación Literaria sobre poesía española
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- [XXVI PREMIO JUAN MARCH CENCILLO DE NOVELA BREVE (España)](https://nwu.org/xxvi-premio-juan-march-cencillo-de-novela-breve-espana/) - 30:04:2018 Género: Novela Premio: 12.000 € Abierto a: sin restricciones Entidad convocante: Fundación Bartolomé March País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 30:04:2018 BASES 1 ) LA FUNDACIÓN BARTOLOMÉ MARCH CONVOCA LA XXVIa EDICIÓN DEL PREMIO JUAN MARCH CENCILLO DE NOVELA BREVE, DOTADO CON 12.000 EUROS. EL PREMIO Y SU DOTACIÓN
- [I PREMIO DE POESÍA "ROSTROS" PARA AUTORES CON ROSTRO (Colombia)](https://nwu.org/i-premio-de-poesia-rostros-para-autores-con-rostro-colombia/) - 30:04:2018 Género: Poesía Premio: Edición Abierto a: poetas de todos los países de Latinoamérica, incluida España Entidad convocante: Grupo Rostros País de la entidad convocante: Colombia Fecha de cierre: 30:04:2018 BASES De la convocatoria 1) El I Premio de poesía «Rostros» para autores con un rostro está abierto a poetas de todos los
- [I CONCURSO DE CUENTOS UCRONÍAS PERÚ 2018 (Perú)](https://nwu.org/vi-certamen-literario-distrital-sra-nilda-mabel-biscaichipy-argentina/) - 29:04:2018 Género: Relato Premio: 600 PEN y publicación Abierto a: sin restricciones Entidad convocante: Ucronías Perú País de la entidad convocante: Perú Fecha de cierre: 29:04:2018 BASES El presente concurso se regirá por las siguientes bases: 1. Podrán presentarse todos aquellos relatos escritos en castellano que puedan ser calificados como ucronías, las cuales
- [II CONCURSO INTERNACIONAL DE ENSAYO HISTÓRICO PANAMÁ VIEJO 2019 (Panamá)](https://nwu.org/ii-concurso-internacional-de-ensayo-historico-panama-viejo-2019-panama/) - 27:04:2018 Género: Ensayo Premio: US$ 3.000, pergamino, edición y 30 ejemplares Abierto a: sin restricciones Entidad convocante: Patronato Panamá Viejo País de la entidad convocante: Panamá Fecha de cierre: 27:04:2018 BASES Con motivo de la celebración en agosto de 2019 del 500 aniversario de la fundación de la ciudad de Panamá, acontecimiento que tuvo
- [XVIII PREMIO CASA DE AMÉRICA DE POESÍA AMERICANA (España)](https://nwu.org/xviii-premio-casa-de-america-de-poesia-americana-espana/) - 27:04:2018 Género: Poesía Premio: 5.000 €, edición y 20 ejemplares Abierto a: autores nacionales de cualquiera de los países de América Entidad convocante: Casa de América País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 27:04:2018 BASES La Casa de América convoca el XVIII Premio Casa de América de Poesía Americana con el
- [II CERTAMEN INTERNACIONAL DE POESÍA MARIBEL SANSANO (España)](https://nwu.org/ii-certamen-internacional-de-poesia-maribel-sansano-espana/) - 27:04:2018 Género: Poesía Premio: Placa conmemorativa, tarjeta de regalo por valor de 150 € y edición Abierto a: sin restricciones por nacionalidad o residencia Entidad convocante: Maribel Sanano Antón y Ámbito Cultural de El Corte Inglés "Ciudad de Elche" País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 27:04:2018 BASES Maribel Sanano Antón con
- [XXXIX PREMIO DE PERIODISMO JULIO CAMBA (España)](https://nwu.org/xxxix-premio-de-periodismo-julio-camba-espana/) - 27:04:2018 Género: Periodismo Premio: 6.000 € Abierto a: escritores de artículos periodísticos publicados en cualquier medio de comunicación impreso o digital de cabeceras reconocidas, entre el 1 de enero y el 31 de diciembre de 2017 Entidad convocante: Afundación y Ámbito Cultural de El Corte Inglés País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre:
- [20º CONCURSO DE CÓMIC ROZASJOVEN 2018 (España)](https://nwu.org/20o-concurso-de-comic-rozasjoven-2018-espana/) - 26:04:2018 Género: Cómic Premio: 300 € Abierto a: entre 14 y 30 años Entidad convocante: Concejalía de Juventud del Ayuntamiento de Las Rozas País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 26:04:2018 BASES CONCURSANTES Podrán participar en este certamen de manera individual o colectiva, jóvenes no profesionales, entre 14 y 30
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- [I PREMIO LITERARIO DE POESÍA KRELIA 2018 (España)](https://nwu.org/i-premio-literario-de-poesia-krelia-2018-espana/) - 23:04:2018 Género: Poesía Premio: 300 € y publicación Abierto a: mayores de edad Entidad convocante: Asociación de Creadores Literarios de Álava Krelia País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 23:04:2018 BASES La Asociación de Creadores Literarios de Álava, Krelia, convoca el I Premio de Poesía Krelia con las siguientes bases: 1 Podrán
- [XVII CONCURSO DE CUENTOS BREVES SANTIAGO EN 100 PALABRAS (Chile)](https://nwu.org/xvii-concurso-de-cuentos-breves-santiago-en-100-palabras-chile/) - 23:04:2018 Género: Cuento Premio: $ 2.000.000 y publicación Abierto a: personas con domicilio estable en Chile y chilenos viviendo en el extranjero Entidad convocante: BHP / Minera Escondida, Metro de Santiago y Fundación Plagio País de la entidad convocante: Chile Fecha de cierre: 23:04:2018 BASES BASES DE LA DECIMOSÉPTIMA VERSIÓN DEL CONCURSO DE CUENTOS
- [VI CERTAMEN LITERARIO "UN SONETO PARA SORIA" (España)](https://nwu.org/vi-certamen-literario-un-soneto-para-soria-espana/) - 23:04:2018 Género: Poesía Premio: Figura representativa y libro Abierto a: sin restricciones Entidad convocante: Círculo Amistad Numancia País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 23:04:2018 BASES El Círculo Amistad Numancia de la ciudad de Soria convoca el VI Certamen Literario: “Un Soneto para Soria”, a fin de seleccionar y premiar un
- [I CONCURSO DE NOVELA CORTA AUTORES INDIES EN ESPAÑOL 2017-2018 (EE.UU.)](https://nwu.org/i-concurso-de-novela-corta-autores-indies-en-espanol-2017-2018-ee-uu/) - 22:04:2018 Género: Novela Premio: 1.000 dólares estadounidenses y publicación Abierto a: mayores de edad, sin restricciones por nacionalidad o residencia Entidad convocante: Pinar Publisher LLC País de la entidad convocante: EE.UU. Fecha de cierre: 22:04:2018 BASES Pinar Publisher LLC. y su revista digital Autores Indies (en lo adelante el Patrocinador) convoca al Primer concurso
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- [24º PREMIO CIUTAT DE CASTELLÓ DE TEATRO (España) ](https://nwu.org/24o-premio-ciutat-de-castello-de-teatro-espana/) - 09:02:2018 Género: Teatro Premio: 3.000 €, edición y 25 ejemplares Abierto a: sin restricciones Entidad convocante: Ayuntamiento de Castellón de la Plana País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 09:02:2018 BASES 1) Puede concurrir a esta convocatoria cualquier obra teatral inédita, escrita en valenciano o castellano, y sin límite de extensión. No
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- [XII CERTAMEN LITERARIO CARTAS DE AMOR SAN VALENTÍN (España)](https://nwu.org/xii-certamen-literario-cartas-de-amor-san-valentin-espana/) - 08:02:2018 Género: Carta Premio: 150 €, diploma y publicación Abierto a: mayor de 15 años Entidad convocante: Foro de Creación y Lectura de la Biblioteca “Valentín Andrés” de Grado/Grau (Asturias) y la Asociación Cultural Valentín Andrés País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 08:02:2018 BASES El Foro de Creación y Lectura
- [III CERTAMEN DE POESÍA FEMENINA "CINTA VARGAS" (España)](https://nwu.org/iii-certamen-de-poesia-femenina-cinta-vargas-espana/) - 07:02:2018 Género: Poesía Premio: 400 € Abierto a: mayores de 16 años Entidad convocante: Agrupación PSOE de Aljaraque País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 07:02:2018 BASES Municipio de Aljaraque- Huelva. BASES • Participantes: Podrán concurrir a este certamen todas las autoras y autores mayores de 16 años, siendo el idioma
- [XXX CERTAMEN DE POESÍA BLAS INFANTE 2018 (España)](https://nwu.org/xxx-certamen-de-poesia-blas-infante-2018-espana/) - 04:02:2018 Género: Poesía, infantil y juvenil Premio: 500 € Abierto a: sin restricciones Entidad convocante: Centro Andaluz Blas Infante del Baix Llobregat País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 04:02:2018 BASES Bases del XXX Certamen de Poesía "Blas Infante" 1. El Certamen de Poesía "Blas Infante", tiene un carácter abierto a
- [XI CONCURSO LITERARIO DÉCIMA AL FILO 2018 (Cuba)](https://nwu.org/xi-concurso-literario-decima-al-filo-2018-cuba/) - 03:02:2018 Género: Poesía Premio: Obra de arte, diploma, colección de libros y publicación Abierto a: mujeres de cualquier nacionalidad Entidad convocante: El Grupo Décima al filo, la sección de literatura de la Casa de Cultura Luz Palomares García y la Dirección Municipal de Cultura en Guáimaro, el Frente de Afirmación Hispanista, A. C. de México,
- [10° PREMIO NACIONAL DE LITERATURA PARA JÓVENES FENAL-NORMA 2018 (México)](https://nwu.org/10-premio-nacional-de-literatura-para-jovenes-fenal-norma-2018-mexico/) - 02:02:2018 Género: Novela, infantil y juvenil Premio: $ 100.000 y edición Abierto a: mayores de 18 años, de cualquier nacionalidad residentes en la República mexicana Entidad convocante: Instituto Cultural de León, Feria Nacional del Libro de León (FeNaL) y Norma Ediciones País de la entidad convocante: México Fecha de cierre: 02:02:2018 BASES 1.
- [V PREMIO "ANTONIO REYES HUERTAS" DE RELATOS CORTOS](https://nwu.org/v-premio-antonio-reyes-huertas-de-relatos-cortos/) - 02:02:2018 Género: Relato Premio: 1.300 €, diploma y publicación Abierto a: mayores de 18 años, sin restricciones por nacionalidad o residencia Entidad convocante: Ayuntamiento de Campanario (Badajoz) País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 02:02:2018 BASES El Ayuntamiento de Campanario (Badajoz) CONVOCA El V Premio “Antonio Reyes Huertas” de Relatos Cortos
- [II PREMIO INTERNACIONAL DE CUENTO "LAS DALIAS"](https://nwu.org/ii-premio-internacional-de-cuento-las-dalias-espana/) - 01:02:2018 Género: Relato Premio: 3.000 € y publicación Abierto a: sin restricciones Entidad convocante: Las Dalias de Ibiza País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 01:02:2018 BASES 1. Podrá participar en el II PREMIO INTERNACIONAL DE CUENTO “LAS DALIAS” cualquier persona que lo desee con un cuento en castellano. 2. Cada participante
- [V CERTAMEN LITERARIO DE BOADILLA DEL MONTE (España)](https://nwu.org/v-certamen-literario-de-boadilla-del-monte-espana/) - 01:02:2018 Género: Poesía, relato Premio: 1.000 € Abierto a: mayores de 16 años Entidad convocante: Ayuntamiento de Boadilla del Monte País de la entidad convocante: España Fecha de cierre: 01:02:2018 BASES DECRETO DEL CONCEJAL DE CULTURA POR EL QUE SE HACEN PÚBLICAS QUE HAN DE REGIR LAS BASES PARA EL V CERTAMEN LITERARIO
- [How NYC’s “Freelance Isn’t Free Act” Works for You](https://nwu.org/chapters/new-york/how-nycs-freelance-isnt-free-act-works-for-you/) - Freelance writers in New York City or anyone who works for a client in New York City, has a valuable new business resource: the Freelance Isn’t Free Act, NYC Local Law 140 of 2016, which went into effect on May 15, 2017. The Grievance and Contract Division, under the direction of NYC member and National
- [Invitation to a Book Launch Party!](https://nwu.org/invitation-to-a-book-launch-party/) - Book Launch for Sex Rules!: Astonishing Sexual Practices and Gender Roles Around the World. Stereotype-busting sexual, romantic and relationship practices.
- [NWU-Boston Authors Published in 2016](https://nwu.org/nwu-boston-authors-published-in-2016/) - Books by NWU Boston Members published in 2016 JOURNALISM/ESSAYS/MEMOIR Rachael Evelyn Booth, Wishing on a Star – My Journey Across the Gender Divide. Chronicles the life of a girl born in the ’50s who was forced to live as a boy because of her anatomy. When praying, puberty, and wishing on a star didn’t correct her
- [Our 2017 Boston Chapter Book Party](https://nwu.org/our-2017-boston-chapter-book-party/) - Read more about it here (photos by Gordon Webster)
- [Black Lives Have Always Mattered - Reading, October 24, 2017](https://nwu.org/black-lives-have-always-mattered-reading-october-24-2017/) - Left to right: Ellin Sorin, Lisa Braxton, Boston Chapter co-chair and moderator Charles Coe, Bettye Kearse, James Kates. Four writers featured in Black Lives Have Always Mattered, an anthology of poetry and prose published by 2leaf Press, read from their work at Porter Square Books in Cambridge. The event drew an overflow
- [UPTOWN Magazine, October 18, 2017](https://nwu.org/grievance-and-contract-division/writer-alerts/uptown-magazine-october-18-2017/) - UPTOWN Magazine – a national publication with regional editions in Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. – has not been paying all of its freelance writers. Some writers remain unpaid since October 2014. Together five writers, now represented by the National Writers Union, are owed $18,825 for work published by UPTOWN over the past three years. The NWU has
- [Experiencing the Public Good](https://nwu.org/experiencing-the-public-good/) - By John L. Hodge My wife and I gained some important insights about America by visiting the Netherlands. During our recent two-month stay there, we saw the workings of an important societal glue that is often missing here - the concept and practice of the public good. The people we talked to, including
- [September Readings by Co-Chair Charles Coe](https://nwu.org/september-readings-by-co-chair-charles-coe/) - Saturday, September 16, 2017 Boston 2017 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE CELEBRATION 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT Emerson Media Art Gallery 25 Avery StreetBoston Charles invites you to join him and his nine colleagues for a celebration of their work together. Come meet them and the community members who helped make their work possible. Music, film screenings, light
- [Writing Buddies](https://nwu.org/writing-buddies/) - by Barbara Beckwith I write alone, and that's the way I like it. But I still need a writing buddy. She's like a boss who's never bossy, a therapist who will listen to my craziest ideas, a defending lawyer -- she's always on my side, and a proofreader who sends no bills for services. Over
- [Self-Presentation: A Writer's Dilemma](https://nwu.org/self-presentation-a-writers-dilemma/) - by Barbara Beckwith At a recent literary event, where I milled about with writers, editors and agents, any one of whom could help advance my career, I realized, after being asked by several people "What do you write?" that I'd forgotten to prepare a "sound bite." The longer I write, in fact, the harder it
- [Do It Yourself?](https://nwu.org/do-it-yourself/) - by Barbara Mende Coordinator, Grievance and Contract Division Have you sent book proposals to dozens of agents and publishers and received no response? Are you in a hurry to get your book in front of readers? Then you’ve probably thought of self-publishing. Self-publishing gives you control over your work. You can choose your book’s design,
- [Don't Give Up Too Soon](https://nwu.org/dont-give-up-too-soon/) - Don't Give Up Too Soon by John Hodge NWU Boston Steering Committee Member It is so easy to get discouraged and give up too soon. The last of several "letters to the editor" that I sent to The New York Times was in March of last year. None were published. I gave up and decided
- [Twelve Tips on Finding and Keeping a Mentor](https://nwu.org/twelve-tips-on-finding-and-keeping-a-mentor/) - The dictionary defines a mentor as “a wise and loyal advisor.” For writers, it’s often a more experienced writer who volunteers to give you feedback on your writing and/or advice or your writing career. How do you find and keep one? Here are some tips from National Writers Union/Boston Chapter members Barbara Beckwith, Charles Coe,
- [Make Your Voice Heard, April 28, 2017](https://nwu.org/make-your-voice-heard-april-28-2017/) - REPORTBACK: MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD Matthew Bernstein (L), Co-chair Barbara Beckwith, & Virginia Marshall "What intrigues you - or makes you throw down your newspaper?" asked Matthew Bernstein at our May "Make Your Voice Heard" panel and roundtable. As Boston Globe Letters editor, he likes tough, literate, witty pieces and looks
- [Our unforgettable NWU-Boston Book Party, January 29, 2017](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/recent-nwu-boston-events/our-unforgettable-nwu-boston-book-party-january-29-2017/) - See photos from our Book Party here A THOUGHTFUL AND PROVOCATIVE BOOK PARTY KEYNOTE by Charles Coe. Co-Chair, NWU-Boston Craig Lambert, this year’s Book Party keynote speaker, really got the audience’s blood flowing. Craig is author of Shadow Work: The Unpaid, Unseen Jobs That Fill Your Day. Shadow work includes all of the unpaid tasks we
- [For members only](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/for-members-only/) - eNews Winter 2016 Autumn 2016 Summer 2016
- [Our Annual Winter Book Party - 2017 edition](https://nwu.org/our-annual-winter-book-party-2017-edition/) - Join us at our Annual Book Party celebrating books published by our members during 2016. WHEN: Sunday, January 29, 2017, 2:00-5:00 pm (note the new date) WHERE: Durrell Theater at the Cambridge Family Y, 820 Mass Ave, Central Sq, Cambridge About a block from the Red Line Central Square T-stop Street and city lot parking
- [How Your Book Is Sold: Booksellers' panel January 10, 2016](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/recent-nwu-boston-events/how-your-book-is-sold-booksellers-panel-january-10-2016/) - by Barbara Beckwith, Boston Co-Chair Two bookstore owners — Jeff Mayersohn of Harvard Book Store in Cambridge (MA) and Willard Williams of Toadstool Bookshops of NH, and Stephen Williamson, a marketing professional representing independent publishers' titles (New England Book Reps) spoke about how they deal with writers, and the best ways for writers to deal
- [Query tutorial with agents and editors, May 25, 2016](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/recent-nwu-boston-events/query-tutorial-with-agents-and-editors-may-25-2016/) - Amaryah Orenstein, Women's National Book Association/Boston Chapter co-president, reported: The first-ever NWU/WNBA-Boston Query Tutorial was a smashing success! Forty-five writers sat down for ten-minute one-on-one sessions, where they received a full critique of what worked, what didn't and what was missing from their query letters. Attendees said they greatly appreciated the advice about reshaping their
- [Meet the Agents: Amaryah Orenstein and Katherine Flynn](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/recent-nwu-boston-events/meet-the-agents-amaryah-orenstein-and-katherine-flynn/) - May 13, 2015 Notes by Barbara Beckwith Literary Agents Seek Love -- of the literary, not carnal sort, that is. Amaryah Orenstein of GO Literary and Katherine Flynn of Kneerim, Williams & Bloom look for fiction writing to love and for non-fiction ideas that compel them. Or for a combination: "I love books that
- [Writers Night Out - Third Monday of Every Month](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/writers-night-out-third-monday-of-every-month/) - Our periodic gatherings (almost always the third Monday of the month, but watch this page for changes) are taking place at CHRISTOPHER'S at 1920 Massachusetts Avenue in Porter Square between 6 and 8 p.m. Drop in for some or all of the time (see directions). Meet and chat with NWU colleagues in a fun, relaxed
- [Open Steering Committee meetings](https://nwu.org/chapters/boston/open-steering-committee-meetings/) - Curious about what goes on at Steering Committee meetings? If you would like to witness or contribute to the process of running our NWU Chapter, why not come to a Steering Committee (SC) meeting. If you have a project you want to initiate or some expertise to share, please come and tell us about it.
- [Members helping members](https://nwu.org/members-helping-members/) - SERVICES FOR WRITERS: HIRE A FELLOW WRITER Call on these members for vital writing services. And if you can offer a service for a fee, email a short description of what you offer to bostonchapter@nwu.org. . John Amiard (Oberteuffer) offers Self-Publishing Support Services. Getting your book into print by establishing your own imprint can be
- [Octubre 2016](https://nwu.org/octubre-2016/) - Octubre 2016
- [Heart & Soul magazine, August 10, 2016](https://nwu.org/grievance-and-contract-division/writer-alerts/heart-soul-magazine-august-10-2016/) - Heart & Soul continues to cheat its former writers, some of whom remain unpaid for years. Since the Writer Alert posted in April 2013 reporting that H&S had yielded to pressure from the NWU and the UAW and had started reimbursing writers in installments, three more NWU members have come to the union for help. Together
- [Nielsen BookScan](https://nwu.org/grievance-and-contract-division/new-gcd-sub-page/nielsen-bookscan/) - NIELSEN BOOKSCAN ANALYSIS TOOLS GIVE YOU MARKET INSIGHT THAT INFORMS YOUR BUSINESS DECISIONSNielsen BookScan US operates the world's first continuous retail sales monitoring service for books, with purchase information representing sales through a majority of the major retailers each week. In a typical week, sales of over 500,000 different print ISBNs are collected, coded and
- [Evolution Magazine, January 4, 2016](https://nwu.org/grievance-and-contract-division/writer-alerts/evolution-magazine-january-4-2016/) - A National Writers Union member has filed a grievance against Evolution magazine and its publisher, Darnell Davis. The NWU member is owed $300 for a cover story that appeared in the November 2014 edition. While Evolution’s publisher has made several commitments to pay the writer, payment still has not been received more than a year after the article was
- [Barringer Publishing (October 12, 2015)](https://nwu.org/grievance-and-contract-division/writer-alerts/barringer-publishing-october-12-2015/) - Writer Alert: Barringer Publishing (October 12, 2015)Barringer Publishing in Naples, Fla., is refusing to comply with its own contract for the children’s book Rosa Linda and Her Little Pelusita written by a National Writers Union (UAW 1981) member and published on January 30, 2014. The termination clause in the contract reads: “After one year from date of publication,
- [Thank you for your Application](https://nwu.org/member-benefits/press-pass/thank-you-for-your-application/) - Thank you for applying for a press pass.Your application has been received and will now go through the approval process. Once approved, you will receive an email with a link for payment.
- [DC Chapter Brunch](https://nwu.org/dc-chapter-brunch/)
- [Strategic Vision](https://nwu.org/chapters/strategic-vision/) - Writers, Wordsmiths, Intellectual Workers, & Citizens Who Want a Voice No matter how one approaches looking at life today, one point is obvious. Wage earners are struggling as much as they’ve ever struggled in the past century or so. At the same time, unions in the United States are at their lowest ebb in at

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