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Welcome!
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. Founded in 2007, we seek to give fans control and ownership of their own creations and a means to preserve the history of their fanworks and fandoms. You can learn more about us, and our projects, using the links below.
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Archive of Our Own
(AO3)
AO3 is a non-profit, non-commercial archive for transformative fanworks; created by and for fans of books, music, art, games, shows, movies, real-person fiction (RPF), and other fandoms. It runs on
open-source archiving software
Fanlore
Fanlore is a fandom wiki devoted to preserving the history of transformative fanworks and the fandoms from which they have arisen.
Legal Advocacy
Legal Advocacy is a team of legal professionals committed to protecting and defending fanworks from commercial exploitation and legal challenges. They also strive to educate fans about developments in law that could affect fandom.
Open Doors
Open Doors offers shelter to at-risk fannish projects and archives. Through several subprojects, they preserve different kinds of fanworks and artifacts of fan culture.
Transformative Works and Cultures
(TWC)
TWC is an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles about transformative works and fan communities.
For media inquiries, questions about donations or membership, or questions about any OTW project,
send a message to the relevant committee
. If you aren’t sure who to contact, select Communications and they’ll forward your message to the correct committee as needed.
The Organization for Transformative Works has not received any National Security Letters or FISA court orders, and we have not been subject to any gag order by a FISA court.
The Organization for Transformative Works is a U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. 228 Park Ave S #18156 New York, New York 10003-1502, USA. All rights reserved.
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