ACES: The Society for Editing

ACES: The Society for Editing
Founded1997; 27 years ago (1997)
FounderPam Robinson, Hank Glamann
TypeProfessional association
FocusAdvocacy and training for editors
Location
  • United States
OriginsDeveloped from copy editors' meetings at American Society of News Editors (ASNE)
Area served
United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and English-language editors worldwide
MethodConferences, webinars, publications, online resources
Members
5,083
Key people
Neil Holdway, president
Employees
4
Volunteers
≈50
Websiteaceseditors.org
Formerly called
American Copy Editors Society

ACES: The Society for Editing is a professional association of international scope for editors who work on every kind of content, including newspapers, magazines, websites, books, scholarly journals, and corporate communications.

As of 2019, the group offered:

  • an annual meeting, the ACES conference
  • an annual virtual conference
  • member networking opportunities
  • a newsletter
  • scholarships (via the affiliated ACES Education Fund)
  • regional workshops
  • a website that offers educational materials, news, job listings, and an editors-for-hire board

ACES was formerly known as – and, as of 2018, is still legally incorporated as – the American Copy Editors Society, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation.