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- Advanced Creative Writers of Williamsburg - Writing and discussion group in the community of Williamsburg. All are welcome to read and critique others' writing.
www.icflorida.com/community/groups/creative
- African American Online Writers Guild - Information resource and networking organization formed to educate, inform, support and encourage aspiring and published African American writers while promoting the Internet as a tool for research and fellowship among the writing community.
www.blackwriters.org
- American Night Writers Association - To encourage, assist, and motivate its members to write, and if they desire, to publish their work. A network for LDS women interested in writing. Arizona.
anwa.ldsweb.net
- Area 4 Pennwriters - A Pennsylvania based multi-genre networking organization for writers. Central Pennsylvania.
www.area4pennwriters.org
- Association of American Publishers - The AAP, with some 200 members located throughout the United States, is the principal trade association of the book publishing industry.
www.publishers.org
- Austin Hispanic Writers - Read poetry and short prose by members of Austin Hispanic Writers. Also link to articles from "Voces En Celebracion," the group's quarterly newsletter.
www.hyperweb.com/ahw
- Baltimore Writers Alliance - An organization to foster the growth of writers. Site has a newsletter.
www.baltimorewriters.org
- Bay Area Editors' Forum - California association of freelance and in-house editors, proofreaders, and indexers for book publishing and technical fields.
www.editorsforum.org
- Black Americans in Publishing (BAIP) - Employee-based trade association dedicated to increasing the presence, and supporting the efforts of African Heritage women and men in the publishing industry.
www.bwip.org
- Boulder Writers Alliance - Nonprofit group for communications professionals, helping members find work and gain skills. Boulder, Colorado, USA.
www.bwa.org
- CA Readings/Workshops - The California Readings/Workshops Program provides matching fee money to pay poets, fiction writers, and literary performance artists for giving readings and writing workshops in a wide variety of community settings.
www.pw.org/rw/caguide.htm
- California Writers Club, Redwood Branch - Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, Marin counties. Monthly meetings, speakers, conferences, workshops, local writers resources.
www.redwoodwriters.org
- Cassell Network of Writers - Free how-to tips for serious freelance writers and book authors, news items, referral service for freelance jobs, markets for Network members.
www.writers-editors.com
- Central Indiana Writers Association - Not-for-profit orginiazation of writers and photographers in Indiana ranging from beginners to widely published authors. Attend monthly meetings, workshops, seminars.
www.geocities.com/centralindianawritersassociation
- Chicago Women in Publishing - CWIP is a nonprofit organization for professionals in the publishing industry.
www.cwip.org
- Choctawhatchee Wordsmiths - Collections of poetry and short stories by the members of the Choctawhatchee High School Wordsmiths club.
wordsmiths.berthall.com
- Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association - CAPA's members include aspiring, self-published or published authors, writers, agents, publishers, and other book-industry people who meet at the Tunxis Community College in Farmington CT.
www.aboutcapa.com
- Cookeville Creative Writers' Association - Information for writers in the Upper Cumberland region of Middle Tennessee on all areas of writing for publication.
ccwa0.tripod.com
- Eloquent Isermans Enterprising Inkslingers' Overture - Minnesota based creative writing group. Funny, tongue in cheek humor, with a professional website.
www.geocities.com/mattiserman/eieio/eieio_index.htm
- Fiction Writers of Central Arkansas - Writing resources and information for fiction writers in central Arkansas.
mywebpages.comcast.net/fwca
- Fishtrap Inc. - Fishtrap is a writers group with the goal of serving Western writers and writing.
www.fishtrap.org
- Florida Writers Association - Statewide, nonprofit organization dedicated to the support and networking of both aspiring and published writers in any genre.
www.floridawriters.net
- Frozen Ink Writer's Group - A writer's group from Tok Alaska who dabble in different creative writing styles throughout the year.
www.frozenink.com
- Gulf Coast Writers Association - Non-profit literary organization established for over 12 years by writers to help fellow writers. We publish our own Quarterly Magazine, which accepts submissions by our members The Magnolia Quarterly Review .
gcwriters.org
- Heartland Romance Authors - HeRA supports writers in a stages of their career. A Northwest Missouri chapter of the Romance Writers of America.
hera.romance-central.com
- Heartland Writers Guild - Not-for-profit multi-genre organization devoted to giving our members the tools to market their writing.
www.webcurrent.com/Heartland_Writers
- Heartland Writers Guild - Sponsors of the biennial Heartland Writers Conference, HWG is a not-for-profit multi-genre organization devoted to helping its members market their writing.
www.heartlandwriters.org
- Key West Authors' Cooperative - A regional coalition of writers working cooperatively to publish poetry and short fiction written in and about the Florida Keys. Features authors' biographys and excerpts from our anthologies.
keywestauthorscoop.com
- Las Poetas - Latina writers group based in Kansas City, Missouri, since 1997. Site includes poetry, upcoming events, resources and poet profiles.
www.geocities.com/kclaspoetas
- League Of Vermont Writers - An organization supporting writers and those interested in writing in varied genres.
www.together.net/~trzepacz/lvw
- Ledig House International Writers' Colony - Hudson Valley New York writers colony offers fellowship awards to writers from all genres. See website for application information. Award consists of room and board.
www.artomi.org
- Michigan Outdoor Writers Association - Non-profit organization comprised of outdoor writers, columnists, editors, photographers, cartoonists, radio and television broadcast journalists, video producers, book authors, lecturers and public relations specialists.
www.mioutdoorwriters.org
- Michigan Writers, Inc. - A non-profit cooperative effort to support writers and editors by providing professional services and opportunities for education, publication and interaction with peers.
www.michwriters.org
- MichiganWriters - Fiction and Non-fiction writer's. Tell stories, to learn and to become better writers. This group is at the present online only.
groups.yahoo.com/group/MichiganWriters
- Naperville Writers Group - The Group offers a steady outlet and support for writers of Naperville, IL, and nearby towns.
www.napervillewritersgroup.org
- National Association of Science Writers - Fosters the dissemination of accurate information regarding science through all media normally devoted to informing the public.
www.nasw.org
- National Association of Women Writers - Where women unite to write. As women writers we seek to encourage, teach, inspire, motivate, and entertain.
www.naww.org
- National Writers Union - The union for freelance writers working in U.S. markets.
www.nwu.org
- Nebraska Center for Writers - The on-line resource for writers of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction, providing information, advice, and links of interest to writers and readers across the state and beyond.
mockingbird.creighton.edu/NCW
- New England SCBWI - Professional organization dedicated to serving the people who write, illustrate, or share a vital interest in childrens literature.
nescbwi.org
- New Writers Guild - Guild for new writers. The goal is to promote and encourage new writers. Also offers inhouse editing and script registration service.
newwritersguild.freeservers.com
- NWU NJ - National Writers Union New Jersey Local web site.
www.homestead.com/NWUNJ/index.html
- Pen Women, Nob Hill, San Francisco Branch - National League of American Pen Women, Nob Hill, San Francisco Bay Area Branch. Members Roster. Soul-Making Literary Contest. CCSF Scholarship. Conference/Retreat.
members.aol.com/PenNobHill/index.html
- Poets & Writers Online - Nonprofit organization that fosters the professional development of writers and promotes communication throughout the U.S. literary community.
www.pw.org
- Prolific Writers Network - A network of published and non published wordsmiths.
www.prolificwriters.org
- Puget Sound Science Writers Association - A forum for professional writers including information, articles, links for medical and science writers.
www.psswa.org
- Red River Romance Writers - Chapter of the Romance Writers of America, serves members along the Red River Valley and Texoma Region of North Texas and Southern Oklahoma.
www.literary-websites.org/rrrw
- Richard Hugo House - Seattle members organization providing support, advice, and a variety of programs for writers and the local community.
www.hugohouse.org
- Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers - An organization for writers of novel length fiction in the Rocky Mountain region.
www.rmfw.org
- Round Table Writers of Central Florida - The RTWG offers information and advice about writing and writers as well as independent sites where beginning writers have the best chance of being published.
members.aol.com/RTWritersGroup
- San Diego Christian Writers Guild - Countywide Christian writers group in the United States. For new and experienced writers to become published authors. Hosts an annual conference in the fall and monthly critique group meetings.
www.sandiegocwg.org
- San Diego Writers' Cooperative - Posts writing and writing related events in San Diego County. A collection of San Diego's talented writers, editors and small press publishing houses. Our calendar of events will keep you informed of all the best local events.
www.sandiegowriters.org
- Society of American Business Editors and Writers, Inc. - Members of the Society have joined together in the common pursuit of the highest standards of economic journalism, through both individual and collective efforts.
www.sabew.org
- Southeastern Writers Association - Non-profit organization supporting, instructing and enhancing the careers of writers. SEW's annual conference offers a week of intensive study under highly qualified instructors.
www.southeasternwriters.com
- Southwest Dreamers - Writing group based in Southern Utah. Poets and writers from all over are welcome.
groups.yahoo.com/group/southwestdreamers
- SouthWest Writers - SWW, a national organization supporting education, workshops, conferences, contests, writing business and marketing.
www.southwestwriters.com
- SpacecoasT Authors of Romance - Published and unpublished authors in Brevard County, Florida, share the love of romance.
www.authorsofromance.com
- The American Communication Association - ACA was created to promote academic and professional research, criticism, teaching, practical use, and exchange of principles and theories of human communication.
www.americancomm.org
- The Berkshire Writers Room - A site for writers of western Massachusetts and beyond. Our members meet monthly in the following genres: fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, writing for children, and scriptwriting.
www.berkshire.net/~allie
- The Colorado Springs Fiction Writer's Group - Aids aspiring and established writers in improving the quality of their craft by offering a critique group, online research, editing services and monthly articles.
www.csfwg.org
- The Des Moines Area Writers Network - DAWN is a small group of Central Iowa Writers that meets once a month to share writing and ideas.
www.desmoineswriters.org
- The Eclectic Quill - Writers group located in the Gilmer/ Longview TX area welcoming writers of all genres, skill levels, published or unpublished, ages 25+.
www.angelfire.com/tx5/eclecticquill/index.html
- The Hollywood Writer's Society - The Hollywood Writers Society (in Calif.) serves as an active networking system that contributes to its members success, professional development, and enhanced survival as a writer.
home.earthlink.net/~thws
- The Hudson Valley Writers' Center - A not-for-profit organization with a mission to promote the appreciation of literary excellence and to stimulate and nurture the creation of literary works in all sectors of the population.
www.writerscenter.org
- The Living Room Project - A Chicago-based community of writers, playwrights, poets, and short story writers who meet to discuss their work.
www.thelivingroomproject.com/default.asp
- The Long Island Writers' Guild - Dedicated to the development of each writer's voice and talent, and to the collection of literary treasures in anthologies.
www.geocities.com/LIWritersGuild
- The National Writers Association - A resource for readers, writers, film producers, agents and editors. Invites amateur and professional writers a line to join.
www.nationalwriters.com
- The Polidori Society Writers Archive - The homepage/archive of the Polidori Society, a national organization of amateur writers. Read and submit a story, or find out more about our organization.
www.polidori.net
- The Scribblers of Brevard - A writer's club located in Melbourne, Florida. The club publishes an anthology each year in October. Membership includes novices and published authors.
www.geocities.com/brevardscribblers
- The Web Writer-Table of Contents - The Web Writer is a guide to online non-fiction writing. The content is geared towards those working in New York.
www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/8390/TOC.htm
- The Wordos - Community of writers that live in Eugene Oregon or in the surrounding area. Workshop is held every Tuesday night at Tsunami Books.
community-2.webtv.net/RVagle/THEWORDOS
- The Writer's Center - Non-profit writing organization dedicated to promoting participation in the creation, distribution, and enjoyment of literature. The designated Literary Resource Center for Maryland.
www.writer.org
- Tulane Literary Society - An online source for information such as readings, open-mike events, lectures, etc., and information about Tulane Review, our literary and art publication.
www.tulane.edu/~litsoc
- Washington Independent Writers - Members share a common interest in improving their skills, finding new opportunities, sharing experiences and improving the working conditions of the profession.
www.washwriter.org
- Web Writing Women - OWFI Online Chapter - A group of writers whose goals are to become successful, published authors. Affiliated with the Oklahoma Writers Federation.
www.webwritingwomen.com
- Willamette Writers - Writer's organization located in Portland, Oregon. Offers monthly meetings, newsletter and a yearly writing conference.
www.willamettewriters.com
- Williamsburg Writers Workshop - Senior writers helping writers on way up. Contests. Writing courses. Ghost writing assignments
writerxy.com
- Wisconsin Regional Writers' Association - Wisconsin writers can find resources and fellowship to improve their writing craft. Includes information on local groups, conferences, and competitions.
www.wrwa.net
- Writer's Way Workshops of DC - News and selections from the District of Columbia's writing group. Find out about our workshops and readings and sample our work.
dcwritersway.org
- Writers Guild of America - The WGAw represents writers in the motion picture, broadcast, cable and new media industries.
www.wga.org
- Writers Guild of America, East - Promoting and protecting the professional and artistic interests of writers and others in movies, TV, radio and news. Online script registration enables writers to record when they wrote their material.
www.wgaeast.org
- Writers Monthly - Magazine publishing new writers and offering resources for writers from Southern California. It provides help with self-publishing, writing, editing, and a writing coach/ column.
www.writersmonthly.com
- Writers' Center of Indiana - A community-based literary arts organization serving writers and readers throughout Indiana.
www.indianawriters.org
- Your Union - An independent voice for change in the National Writers Union.
www.yourunionnews.com
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