 Dues for all levels of membership are $95 for the first year and $80 per year following.As a unified body, the SCBWI acts as a powerful force to effect important changes within the field of children's literature, promoting new copyright legislation, equitable treatment of authors and artists, censorship and fair contract terms.In 2015 there were more than 22,000 members worldwide, in over 80 regional chapters writing and illustrating in all genres for young readers from board books to young adult (YA) novels, making it the largest children's writing organization in the world.