Austin Editors Guild

Texas Tribune is looking for a copy editor.

Copy Editor The Texas Tribune is seeking a copy editor.

SAVE THE DATE -- Next AEG meeting (at long last!) is Wednesday, October 23. Details to come.
Topic: Beyond the Style Guide--Share your favorite grammar reference books and what tricky grammar issues you have to look up every single time!

For APA Style users: The seventh edition of the publication manual will be out in October and it has at least one major change: only 1 space after a period.

APA Style Blog: The Seventh Edition of the Publication Manual Is Available for Preorder! We are thrilled to announce that the seventh edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is available for preorder! Many, many updates are included. But first, let us say thank you. Over the last 10 years, you’ve...

ACES has an in-depth editing boot camp in San Antonio on Sept. 4 in conjunction with the Excellence in Journalism conference. See the link for more info.

Editing Boot Camps ACES has a new set of boot camps lined up for 2019 -- some full-day, and some pairings of boot camps that can be taken individually or as two in one day. Register online.

The 2019 AP Stylebook launches today!

Today is the day! The 2019 AP Stylebook goes on sale today, with over 200 new and updated entries.
Stylebook editor Paula Froke will review the highlights and answer your questions in our launch day at 2:30 p.m. EDT today.

If you're looking for a part-time, book-related gig...

How would you like to edit this?!

A Medieval Book That Opens Six Different Ways, Revealing Six Different Books in One Technology has come so far that we consider it no great achievement when a device the size of a single paper book can contain hundreds, even thousands, of different texts.

For our writers out there!

Announcing the Eighth Annual Observer Short Story Contest Send us your stories, writers!

If you've done more traditional copyediting in the past, such as for print, how has your job description changed either in that same position or as you've moved elsewhere?

The evolution of the “copy editor”: From a 1923 definition to today ACES rebranded itself last year to acknowledge that for so many of its members, the old name, the American Copy Editors Society, was meaningless. Many of their titles don’t include “copy editor”; many don’t include either word.

The 2018 AP Stylebook is now out and offers a new chapter on polls and surveys.

AP Stylebook 2018 Offers New Guidance for Polls and Surveys - Copyediting.com It’s an exciting day for word slingers around the world: The 2018 edition of The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law goes on sale this morning! As with previous editions, this update includes several hundred new and revised entries. This year, though, journalists and editors will ...