In March, we distributed £1.94m to authors, publishers, and visual artists through our Member organisations (PLS, @alcs.co.uk, @dacs.org.uk & @picsel-collective.bsky.social).
For insight into CLA & the creative ecosystem: https://bit.ly/3P4UlrI
#CreativeEcosystem #Copyright #Licence
Got questions about our recent distribution? George has the answers 👇
Graphic for the Foyle Young Poets Award, with the text 'Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award. Submit your poems at foyleyoungpoets.org.' Images of a keyboard, pen, pencil and pair of glasses, with the top edge of a notebook, in orange blue and green. Logos for The Poetry Society, Foyle Foundation and Arts Council England.
Graphic showing photos of the Foyle Award judges 2026: John McAuliffe and Rachel Long. Their names in black text, as well as the words 'Meet the judges'. At the bottom, the text 'Foyle young poets of the year award 2026'. Images of a keyboard, pen, and pair of glasses, with the top edge of a notebook, in orange blue and green.
Calling all poets aged 11-17: the 2026 Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award is now open for entries! We are delighted to have the fantastic poets John McAuliffe and Rachel Long as judges. Visit foyleyoungpoets.org for more details on how to enter.
#FoyleYoungPoets
God bless @alcs.co.uk Patron Saint of Photocopiers and academic books ❤️📚
"The [short story] form can contain a lot of ambiguity and is comfortable with that... it gives a lot of trust to the reader."
We spoke to Hannah Webb about winning the Royal Society of Literature VS Pritchett Prize: www.alcs.co.uk/news/interview-with-v-s-...
We love to hear this! 🥰
So grateful to you, ALCS - makes all the difference to one’s confidence
We just paid 112,111 writers their share of £34,137,132 💸
Get answers on your most pressing questions about our latest distribution: www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-distribution-q...
#BookSky #WritingWednesday
Our office will be closed a little early for the long weekend as our team take a break after a busy period making sure writers are paid 🤓 We'll be closed from Thu 2 to Mon 6 Apr. Do bear this in mind if you need to speak to us
Thank you @alcs.co.uk - another welcome windfall!
Happy @alcs.co.uk distribution day/week!
If you’re a scholar or writer based in the UK, look into joining ALCS. I became a member during the @ucu.org.uk Great Strike of 2022-3 & this time each year I couldn’t be more grateful to past me for doing so.
Private copying money from around the world generates huge income for our members, which many of you received last week 💰
This report provides support for the Smart Fund in the UK which we'll continue campaigning for with BECS @dacs.org.uk @directors-uk.bsky.social
@picsel-collective.bsky.social
Love this, what a great use of your earnings Swati 🩵
Thanks to @alcs.co.uk for my annual swimming lessons
I've signed up for a nature writing course at Moniack Mhor in May, to explore what to do with my work from the abandoned PhD. I nearly cancelled it this month, due to finances, but a surprise payment from @alcs.co.uk landed on the day the balance was due. Like support from my past writing self. 💜
Thanks to @alcs.co.uk for my recent payout. If you're a writer and are not signed up, make sure you do it asap! You'll be very glad each March (and sometimes September too) when a royalty payment arrives www.alcs.co.uk/how-it-works...
Thank goodness for @alcs.co.uk , because this has been a pretty poor month book-sales-wise (not complaining as money is tight for everyone). Thank you for all you do for writers x
Happy @alcs.co.uk statement/payment week!
UK authors, if you haven't already signed up, you really should. I get a nice little chunk of payment every spring, for no effort at all bar the initial signup. (There is a signup fee, but it's deducted from the first payment they pass on to you!)
A cute little brown and white dog with a very sore paw.
Absolutely delighted to receive a surprise payment from the @alcs.co.uk - the same day as my lovely wee dog needed an emergency vet appointment (with a huge unexpected bill)! Thank you so much to the ALCS ✨
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Oh no beautiful thing, we wish her much better soon 💔
If you write for TV or radio, we made this for you! Isobel talks you through your statement and what makes up your ALCS payment
youtube.com/shorts/-6yCFOu2L48
Couldn’t have put it better, Philip 🙌
For anyone who doubts the importance of upholding copyright law in the fight against AI scraping the work of writers without permission or recompense, just ask a writer who received a payment via @alcs.co.uk this week how they feel… 😁😁😁😁
Thanks for everything you do for us writers @alcs.co.uk 🩷
If you've published a book in the UK you *must* register for ALCS. It's literally free money!
Aw hope this lovely creature is on the mend 😻
