ASJA, founded in 1948, is the nation's professional association of independent nonfiction writers. Information is power and ASJA members share inside information via an ongoing confidential survey of magazine payment rates, book advances, contract provisions as well as candid evaluations of individual editors. ASJA Freelance Writer Search matches members with lucrative writing projects with corporations, publishers and nonprofit organizations that have ranged from the DuPont Company to the Harvard School of Public Health, Reader's Digest and the Pew Charitable Trusts. The ASJA Grievance Committee's mission is to educate writers on how to advocate for ethical treatment and their contractual rights regarding payment, acceptance kill fees, etc. ASJA's Annual Writers Conferences attract the nation's leading writers, editors, agents and publishers for candid and wide-ranging discussions of markets and trends in book and magazine publishing and new media. Contact ASJA to reach the writers America reads, or for professional comment on media-related issues: * Writing contracts * Electronic Rights * Copyright Issues * Freelance earnings * Censorship Issues * New Media * 1st Amendment Issues * Journalistic Ethics * Publishing Industry