The German Academy for Language and Literature has the legal form of a registered association (eingetragener Verein). The Academy is a public sector organization supported by private sponsors. Its organs are: 1. the General Assembly, which has the final say on the election of new members, elects the Executive Committee and commissions and plays an advisory role on all matters concerning the Academy; 2. The Executive Committee, which forms the board of the Academy according to Academy bylaws; 3. The Board of Trustees, which advises and supports the Academy. Comprised of Academy members, a series of committees, which include the commissions, have also been set up to deal with specific duties.
Günter Blamberger, László Földenyi, Daniel Göske, Claire de Oliveira, Ilma Rakusa, Marisa Siguan (Chair) und Anja Utler
Daniel Göske, Susanne Lange, Gabriele Leupold (Chair), Ernst Osterkamp, Ulf Stolterfoht, Anne Weber and Frank Witzel
Elisabeth Edl, Peter Eisenberg, Rüdiger Görner, Maja Haderlap, Felicitas Hoppe, Joachim Kalka, Lothar Müller, Judith Schalansky und Michael Walter
Anne Bohnenkamp-Renken, Heinrich Detering, Maja Haderlap, Felicitas Hoppe, Michael Krüger, Ilma Rakusa, Klaus Reichert (Chair), Monika Rinck und Daniela Strigl
Anna Bers, Heinrich Detering (Chair), Felicitas Hoppe, Ursula Krechel, Daniela Strigl
Ursula Bredel, Christa Dürscheid, Elisabeth Edl, Peter Eisenberg, Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen, Helmuth Feilke, Rita Franceschini, Nanna Fuhrhop, Andreas Gardt (Chair), Thomas Gloning, Valentin Groebner, Felicitas Hoppe und Jürgen Schiewe
Peter Eisenberg, Peter Gülke, Ursula Krechel, Olga Martynova, Christoph Möllers