Interested in membership?

Interested in membership?

To be eligible as a member, a writer must have published a textbook, nonfiction or scientific work of about 200 printed pages. The writer can be the sole or a joint author, so long as he or she personally satisfies the 200-page clause. Members of a team working on a single nonfiction book or a nonfiction series may be admitted as Association members.

The Board of Directors of the Association decides on who is admitted as a member.

Application form (in Finnish) can be downloaded on the this website or be requested from the Association office (toimisto@suomentietokirjailijat.fi).

The Association of Finnish Nonfiction Writers

• offers advice on publishing contracts and copyright issues
• offers legal advice on disputes over copyright
• negotiates model traditional and digital publishing contracts for its members’ use
• represents nonfiction writers in the field of cultural politics and on copyright issues
• organises training in nonfiction writing, events and members’ meetings
• publishes a newsletter and literature on nonfiction writing
• offers members a chance to apply for a fixed-term grant to work at, for example, the Villa Lante in Rome and the Villa Karo in Benin
• maintains a register of experts on nonfiction topics