SOGEM (Sociedad General de Escritores de México) is the Mexican Writers' Guild. Besides giving the usual protection to the copyright of authors, it has the oldest School of Creative Writing (Escuela de Escritores) in Mexico. Some of the young authors that have come out of the school are Mario González Suárez, Alejandra Bernal, José Ramón Ruisánchez, Alberto Chimal, Gerardo de la Cruz, Guillermo Vega and Gonzalo Soltero.