Our Projects

The OTW has five projects. Each represents an area of the OTW’s mission that we want to protect, advocate for, or promote. Our projects are:

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 developed by the OTW.

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 who are 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.