Consultation fair pay rates writing commissions to authors

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Consultation fair pay rates writing commissions to authors

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The Chain Table of Literary Organizations hereby presents its fourth fair pay proposal and invites comments from all stakeholders by Saturday, May 16, 2026. Please use the fill-in form. Feedback by the Chain Table based on the responses received will be done by July 1 at the latest.

The fourth fair pay proposal is based on the report by HTH Research. This proposal is accompanied by a calculation model to concretely calculate the fair pay rates per assignment. The documents were created on the basis of individual discussions with stakeholders and experts in the field and a survey of the literary organizations affiliated with the national network VLAM 21.

Draft fair pay Calculation Model Writing Assignments to Authors

Draft fair pay Rate Guidelines Writing Assignments to Authors

We welcome comments by May 16, 2026 using the consultation form below. The chain table will process all input and provide feedback no later than July 1.

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