[GMU Creative Writing Web Guide]

General Resources

Reference Materials

Grants and Fellowships

Print Journals

E-Journals

Writing Conferences

Publishing and Presses

Organizations

Books About Writing

Writing Blogs

G E N E R A L . R E S O U R C E S


AWP: The Association of Writers & Writing Programs Since 1967, AWP has supported writers & writing programs around the world. They support over 25,000 writers at over 400 member colleges & universities & 86 writers' conferences & centers.

Zuzu's Petals Literary Resource With 10,000+ organized links to helpful resources for writers, artists, performers, and researchers, presents some of the best links and information for the online creative community.

The Authors Guild From 1919 on, the Guild has worked on behalf of its members to lobby for free speech, copyrights and other issues of concern to authors and to bring authors the latest news in the publishing industry via the Guild Bulletin.

PEN American Center is the largest of the 141 centers of International PEN, the world's oldest human rights organization and the oldest international literary organization. International PEN was founded in 1921 to dispel national, ethnic, and racial hatreds and to promote understanding among all countries.

LitLine.org The Independent Literary Community consists of noncommercial literary presses and magazines, literary centers, writers conferences and festivals, writers who publish with noncommercial literary presses and magazines, service organizations which support the community, and independent bookstores which are the chief purveyors of noncommercial press books. 

Web del Sol WDS is a collaboration on the part of scores of dedicated, volunteer editors, writers, poets, artists, and staff whose job it is to acquire and frame the finest contemporary literary art and culture available in America, and abroad, and to array it in such a manner that it speaks for itself.

Nebraska Center for Writers An on-line resource for writers of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction that provides information, advice, and links of interest to writers and readers across the state and beyond. Gives a listing of literary centers, links to writers' colonies, writers' conferences, creative writing programs, readings and writers.

Laurahird.com A guide to the best international literary magazines; information on writing prizes, small publishers, and funding; film/book reviews and profiles; real people's recipes and more.

Poetry Society of America Readings, seminars, and competitions intended to challenge and inspire.