Copyright for Speculative Fiction Writers: Protecting Worlds, Characters, and Ideas
Sat, Sep 19
|Zoom Meeting
I will be providing an introduction to Copyrights for writers and non-lawyers. This will be an online informational session and no legal advice will be provided.
Time & Location
Sep 19, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PDT
Zoom Meeting
About the event
Copyright for Speculative Fiction Writers with Grace Carlson
Sep 19
Online | 10:00—11:00 AM PT
Speculative fiction writers build impossible worlds, invent unfamiliar technologies, and imagine futures that don’t yet exist—but copyright law was written for our current reality. Knowing how those laws apply to your stories can help you protect your work, avoid costly mistakes, and write with greater confidence.
This one hour webinar, will untangle copyright fundamentals specifically for speculative fiction writers. Using clear examples, we’ll discuss what copyright does (and doesn’t) protect, how characters and worldbuilding fit into the law, where inspiration ends and infringement begins, and what writers should know when submitting to magazines, anthologies, or shared world projects.
This webinar is informational in nature and does not constitute legal advice.