Creative Writing: Web Resources

Industry news and information for authors. Links to copyright forms.

The preeminent Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse providing students, researchers and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge.

Duotrope is an established, award-winning writers' resource, and we're here to help you spend less time submitting so you can focus on writing. Whether you're an experienced writer or just getting started... whether your creative leanings are literary or genre, factual or poetic... our listings cover the entire spectrum.

Every Writer's Resource started as Every Lit Mag. The site is about writers, and writing. It is about a passion for publishing and helping those writers and editors that dedicate themselves to a passion.

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.

A useful article on writing a cover letter for a literary magazine by the managing editor of the Missouri Review.

The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. It exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience.

A glossary of poetry terms.

Poets & Writers, Inc., is the primary source of information, support, and guidance for creative writers. Founded in 1970, it is the nation's largest nonprofit literary organization serving poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers.

An interesting discussion of literary snobbery and high-brow literature.

A reflection on the writing life and the many obstacles to finding time in ones schedule for the writing life.

A list of websites to help with research in the Humanities.

A list of frequently asked questions concerning literary journals.

An interesting interview with Glimmer Train Stories on getting published in a literary magazine.

A curated academic search-engine, indexing 4,505 free ejournals in the arts & humanities.