Its founders and first members were Aleksandar Belić, Borivoje Popović, Dobrosav Ružić, Dragomir Janković, Dragoljub Pavlović, Dragutin Ilić, Živojin Dačić, Jovan Skerlić, Lujo Vojnović, Ljubomir Jovanović, Milan Milićević, Milovan Glišić, Milorad Mitrović, Milorad Pavlović-Krpa, Nikola Vulić, Pavle Popović, Petar Odavić, Radoje Domanović, Rista Odavić, Simo Matavulj (as president) and Stanoje Stanojević.

[2] Notable signatories to the initiative included Isidora Sekulić, Ivo Andrić, Jovan Popović, Milan Vukasović, Branko Lazarević and others.

[2] Isidora Sekulić was elected as the first post-war president while Oskar Davičo was its first secretary.

[2] It established two separate regional sections for the Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo, second of which declared its intention to constitute itself as an independent organization in 1970.

[3] The Association of Writers of Serbia states its main goals as gathering Serbian authors in the same community, protecting the professional interests of its members, working on their interpersonal relationships, working on relations with publishers and the general public, making their job(s) easier and helping its members or their families who are in poverty.