- Inkspot: The Writer's Resource
http://www.inkspot.com/
- "An award-winning resource and community for writers of all ages and levels of experience." Notable features include the Community Events Newsletter and informative chat rooms.
added June 19, 2000
- Joiner Center
http://omega.cc.umb.edu/~joiner/
- The William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences at the University of Massachusetts at Boston sponsors various literary activities including a writing workshop, readings, exchange programs with Vietnamese writers, and co-publications with such independent publishers as Curbstone Press.
added July 6, 2000
- League of Canadian Poets
http://www.poets.ca/
- added February 26, 2001
- Literary Agents, Book Publishing-Writers' Resources
http://manuscriptdepot.com/
- "Manuscript Depot is a special Web hosting service for writers. We use the powerful commumications network of the Internet and World Wide Web to market the writing of both beginning and established writers and authors."
added June 21, 2000
- Literary Arts
http://www.literary-arts.org/
- Not-for-profit based in Portland, Oregon. Sponsors prizes, fellowships for writers and publishers, lecture series, and a Poetry in Motion project.
added May 30, 2000
- MacArthur Fellows
http://www.macfdn.org/programs/fel/fel_overview.htm
- added April 6, 2000
- MacDowell Colony
http://www.macdowellcolony.org/
- The largest and oldest artists' colony in the United States, the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire was founded in 1907 to provide a place where creative artists could find freedom to concentrate on their work.
added July 20, 2000
- Misc.Writing
http://www.scalar.com/mw/
- Created by and for writers, "misc.writing (mw) is a UseNet newsgroup that provides a forum for discussion of writing in all its forms - scholarly, technical, journalistic, artistic and mere day-to-day communication. It is a venue for professional writers, would-be professionals and all those who write to communicate."
added June 19, 2000
- National Writers Union
http://www.nwu.org/
- Trade union for freelance writers who work for American publishers or employers. Offers grievance resolution, health insurance, press passes, libel insurance, and other services for its members.
added April 6, 2000
- Nebraska Center for Writers
http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/NCW/
- Links and resources galore for writers.
added April 6, 2000
- New York Foundation for the Arts
http://www.nyfa.org/
- The New York Foundation for the Arts enables contemporary artists to create and share their works and provides the broader public with opportunities to experience and understand the arts. The Foundation accomplishes this by providing responsive leadership and advocacy, offering financial and informational support and building collaborative relationships with others who are committed to the arts in New York State and throughout the United States.
added March 31, 2000
- Novelists, Inc.
http://www.ninc.com/
- NInc. was organized to serve the needs of multi-published authors of popular fiction.
added March 31, 2000
- PEN American Center
http://www.pen.org/
- U.S. center for the international organization of poets, prose writers, and editors. Sponsors many programs that promote writers, including Prison Writing, Freedom-To-Write, and the Open Book Committee for writers of color. The PEN American Center sponsors several prestigious literary awards and publishes a directory of Grants and Awards for writers.
added April 6, 2000
- PEN Center USA West Literary Awards
http://www.pen-usa-west.org/
- PEN West honors writers through an array of literary awards given annually in recognition of outstanding literary achievement by writers living west of the Mississippi. Winners in the categories of fiction, creative and research-based nonfiction, poetry, journalism, children's literature, translation, drama, teleplay, and screenplay receive $1,000 cash prizes and are honored at the Literary Awards Festival in Los Angeles.
added July 20, 2000
- Pew Fellowships in the Arts
http://www.pewarts.org/index.html
- Offers fellowships in fiction and poetry.
added April 6, 2000
- Poetry Slam Incorporated
http://www.poetryslam.com/
- Get info on the National Poetry Slam and slam venues across the country.
added January 9, 2001
- Poetry Society Awards
http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa-awards.html
- Twelve cash awards given each year. Two are for books of poetry: the Norma Farber First Book Award and the William Carlos Williams Award.
added April 6, 2000
- Poets & Writers magazine
http://www.pw.org/
- Poets & Writers assists authors in their search for career-related information, outlets for their work, opportunities for professional advancement and community with other writers.
added March 31, 2000
- ShawGuides Writers Conferences
http://writing.shawguides.com/
- On-line Guide to over 700 writer's conferences worldwide. Find the perfect topic, the perfect time, or the perfect venue.
added June 19, 2000
- St. Marks Poetry Project
http://www.poetryproject.com/
- Founded in 1966, the Poetry Project is now one of the premier forums for innovative poetry in the United States. Housed in the landmark St. Mark's Church in the center of New York City's East Village, the Poetry Project offers three weekly reading series, writing workshops, a bimonthly Newsletter, an annual literary magazine, The World, an Annual New Year's Day Marathon Reading, tape and document archives, and general support for poets. A CLMP member!
added June 20, 2000
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