Organization for Transformative Works

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Organization for Transformative Works

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We believe that fanworks are transformative and that transformative works are legitimate. Learn more at: https://www.transformativeworks.org/

The Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) is a non-profit organization established by fans to serve the interests of fans by providing access to and preserving the history of fanworks and fan culture in its myriad forms. The Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) is a nonprofit organization established by fans to serve the interests of fans by providing access to and preserving the history of fanworks and fan culture in its myriad forms. Our projects include Archive of Our Own, Legal Advocacy, Fanlore, Transformative Works and Cultures and Open Doors. We envision a future in which all fannish works are recognized as legal and transformative and are accepted as a legitimate creative activity. We are proactive and innovative in protecting and defending our work from commercial exploitation and legal challenge. We preserve our fannish economy, values, and creative expression by protecting and nurturing our fellow fans, our work, our commentary, our history, and our identity while providing the broadest possible access to fannish activity for all fans. The OTW will preserve the record of our history as we pursue our mission while encouraging new and non-mainstream expressions of cultural identity within fandom.

10/12/2026

The 2025 Annual Report is now available. You can read it, and all earlier annual reports, on the OTW website: https://otw-news.org/yckk5r6k

10/10/2026

Applications for Social Media Moderators, , Organizational Culture Roadmap, Policy & Abuse, and Specified Language Volunteers are still open - check out our volunteering page for more information: otw.org/volunteer!

Do you have experience with research or social media? Would you like to assist AO3 users? Do you enjoy brainstorming solutions to problems? Would you like to wrangle AO3 tags? Can you translate from another language to English? The is recruiting at: https://otw-news.org/ycksnmzr

10/08/2026

In Amy2 discusses shipping out donation gifts, having a donation gift shed, and reminding you to read your emails from the . Read more at https://otw-news.org/yhr4jtmn

10/07/2026

🤖 Have you seen this cute little robot around in our reels? That's our mascot Archie and he badly needs you to draw him a costume!

From now until 10/30 you can submit Halloween costumes on Facebook by tagging our account Organization for Transformative Works or on Instagram by tagging .

Our Top 5 illustrations will be shared on 10/31. Happy drawing! 🖼️🖌️

Do you have experience with research or social media? Would you like to assist AO3 users? Do you enjoy brainstorming sol...

10/07/2026

10/05/2026

In September's newsletter, we celebrated the 's 19th anniversary, completed four imports, and published their annual general issue. Check out our latest news post for details: https://otw-news.org/2p8rchw3

10/04/2026

🤔 Have you ever wondered what the term "beta reader" means and where it comes from? Have you ever beta-read a fic for someone else?

👉 Check out our TikTok at tiktok.com/ for more explainers like this!

10/02/2026

's July releases included the big switch to 1.0, filters for user Collections pages, and a fix for a bug that caused blank word counts! Find out more about those and other changes in our latest release notes post: https://ao3-news.org/v-1-4-0

09/30/2026

The Big Bang, Baby Challenge, a fanfiction and fanart archive, is being imported to via . For more information, please refer to our latest news post: https://otw-news.org/yr8nt7y3

09/28/2026

In September’s Signal, the OTW has become a Chamber of Progress partner, a closer look at sports fandom + tips for you on managing your OTW News by Email subscription. Read more at https://otw-news.org/2p9bm38r

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