ASA Contract Templates

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ASA Contracts

ASA Members

ALL the ASA contracts listed below are available for FREE download by ASA members. To access the contracts, you must log in by clicking the "Member Log In" button in the left hand menu (please contact the ASA on 02 9318 0877 or email if you do not have your password). The Contracts can then be downloaded from the ASA Contracts - Members Only page of the website (NB: this link will not work unless you are logged in).

Non-Members

If you are not a member of the ASA, but would like to purchase any of the Contracts Clisted below, you may order them online via PayPal (you do not need a PayPal account to utilise this facility), or by downloading an order form. If you have any questions, please contact the ASA office on 02 9318 0877, or email. Contracts are only available in PDF. You will receive your contract directly from the ASA shortly after you purchase it via Paypal.

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Free Papers: A number of ASA Papers are available free for everybody. Click here to access free ASA papers.

Joint authorship & agreement

The Joint Authorship & Agreement Contract sets out the terms and conditions which the ASA recommends for writers and/or illustrators who are thinking of working together. Members FREE. Non-members $11.00.

pERFORMANCE AND APPEARANCE AGREEMENT

The ASA Performance and Appearance Agreement covers authors' performances and appearances including lectures, television and radio, panels, online sessions, readings and performance poetry. Members FREE. Non-members $11.00.

Model publishing agreement template

The ASA Model Publishing Agreement Template sets out the basis for a fair and equitable publishing agreement, for writers and illustrators. (NB: this publication replaces the previous ASA publications "Minimum Approved Contract" and "Illustrator's Contract"). Members FREE. Non-members $11.00.

Commissioned works agreement

by Ken Methold
The ASA Commissioned Works Agreement discusses nature of work, timeframe, ownership and cut-off clauses. Includes recommended contract. Members FREE. Non-members $11.00.

GHOSTWRITING agreement

by Rob Pullan
The ASA Ghostwriting Agreement discusses what to agree, timeframe, ownership and termination clauses. Includes recommended contract. Members FREE. Non-members $11.00.

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