ACES: The Society for Editing
| Founded | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Founders | Pam Robinson, Hank Glamann |
| Type | Professional association |
| Focus | Advocacy and training for editors |
| Location | |
| Origins | Developed from copy editors' meetings at American Society of News Editors (ASNE) |
Area served | United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and English-language editors worldwide |
| Method | Conferences, webinars, publications, online resources |
| Members | 5,083 |
Key people | Heather E. Saunders, president |
| Employees | 4 |
| Volunteers | ≈50 |
| Website | aceseditors |
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 2025, the group offered:
- an annual in-person 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.