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USEFUL RESOURCES FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS


The Scottish Writers website is FREE to join. It is all about offering writers an opportunity to promote their work - published or unpublished.

Poetry Kit - A major poetry writers resource site with an average of over 3000 unique visitors each day. Numerous listings including publishers, competitions, courses, funding, events, festivals and magazine listings. It also holds a Who's Who in Poetry and a listing of significant poets on the internet.

Laura Hird's Official Website - Laura Hird is one of the rising, young stars of the alternative lit scene in Scotland. She also runs one of the most interesting web-site's going, jam-packed with articles, features, writer's showcases, reviews, links, you name it.

Poetry Super Highway Online Magazine Links - This is an invaluable resource, lovingly put together by Rick Lupert, with links to 500+ online magazines.

Budding HTML Gurus - If you want to build a web-site and are fed up with the limitations of programmes like Front Page etc, then this is the ideal place to learn basic HTML coding. As an online resource you can't beat it. It's simple and it's free.

Author.co.uk - A very useful site for UK writers with all sorts of information, including contact details for writer's circles and loads of links

The People's Poet - The brain child of Paula Brown. A new venture in publishing. All sorts of projects on the go. Recently published the anthology, 'Listening To The birth Of Crystals'.

Bluechrome Publishing - Bluechrome are responsible for publishing my novel, 'Stealing Heaven From The Lips Of God' and my second poetry collection, 'Dropping Ecstasy With The Angels'. They launched only a few years ago and now have a substantial catalogue.

The Poetry Society

The Poetry Society (USA)

Infinity Junction - Publisher, bookseller, online sales, various services to writers and other publishers, editing, layout, opportunities, and more. Comprehensive and popular website.

Incwriters.com - is part of The Incwriters Society (UK) whose aim is “To create Literature networks which are sustainable and provide members with a one-stop shop of literary resources”.

Liverpool Hope University Writers' Centre - The Writing Centre at Liverpool Hope is a resource for all kinds of writing. It aims to link students and staff with wider writing communities.

Writers' Arena - an international website for aspiring writers. Offering information, advice and showcasing.

Terrible Work - This site contains reviews, news, listings, critique & comment on new poetry, word-art, creative texts & related literary entertainments.

Expressions - A monthly newsletter with up-to-date information on paying markets for writers and artists - visit us every month.

Oak Leaf Circle - An online guide to all things pagan/ wiccan, run by the people who used to publish The Little Red Book. Very interesting and useful resource with lots of links and contacts.

Shadow Poetry - A World of Poetry at Your Fingertips: Offers Poetry Contests, Chapbooks, SP Quill Quarterly Magazine, Publication, Community of Poets, Interactive Poetic Activities, and Educational Tools for learning poets everywhere!

Write Words - a writing community, with site experts who give advice and feedback on prose, poetry, stage, screen and other writing; all the latest jobs, competitions and opportunities for writers; a fully searchable and constantly updated director of publishers, agents, magazines, and more; online writing groups and a library of classic texts to browse.

InternetTIPS.com - helps anyone learn how to write a book, e-book or create a members' website. Regular articles, downloads, ebooks, tools and web directory. Moderated by professional published plain English author and web designer.

PoemHunter.Com Online Poetry Database - Poems from poets all around the world. Thousands of poems and poets. Online poetry search engine.

East Coast Arts News - listings of cultural and arts events and news.

Clot - is a poetry magazine listing service. Here you can find information on a number of poetry (and poetry related) magazines, together with links to their websites where available

Brady Magazine - an online directory, dedicated to putting writers on the map. Not only do we provide an extensive amount of resources to writers, we also provide many services to personally help writers succeed.

The Write Coach - One to one coaching and workshops to build confidence, increase motivation,release blocks, increase creativity and assist writers to become more successful. Free competitions, free ezine and free introductory consultaion available.

Recollections/ Capturing Memories - Articles, resources, workshops, Living Legends e-course, free lifewriting consultation and free family story writing ezine offered at this site. Do you want to breathe new life into the telling of your family tales and have fun doing it? Ask me your questions or subscribe to Living Legends today!

Writing.Com - We're an online community for writers of all ages, interests and skill levels. Anyone may create a free portfolio and exchange feedback with other writers. We were amongst Writer's Digest's 101 "Best Websites For Writers, 2005" and have thousands of writers within our community.

The Writer's Postage Chart - This chart gives detailed costs for mailing manuscripts among most of the English-speaking nations. It is not meant as a substitute for postal office weighing, but for close estimates of what it will cost you to mail a manuscript.

The South - Focussed on poetry, fiction and documentary writing, The South develops talent, audiences, readers and communities through innovative projects including events, special commissions and community and educational projects. Our new friendship scheme, The South A.L.N. - the active literature network, helps individuals, organisations and local authorities stay in touch with new developments and make new contacts.

SEALION (South East Active Literature Online) - The listings guide to literature events of all types across South East England.

The Compulsive Reader - Reviews of books by some of the hottest writers working today, exclusive author interviews, literary news and criticism. It's a haven for book lovers.

Lavender Mist - is a poetic haven, created and designed by my son over 4 years ago. Poets from all around the globe post and respond to poetry. It is an interactive web site. Membership is totally free, letting the author post up to 30 poems. Many authors have been with me since the day Lavendar Mist was launched, it is a peaceful haven for the written word.

Fire In The Head - led by poet and author Roselle Angwin, is an inspiring programme of creative and reflective writing courses with a holistic and environmental emphasis. Mentoring available.

Write this Moment - is a web community for creative non-fiction writers, which launched in October 2004. The site focuses on providing a jobs board featuring paying writing opportunities. If you're a writer of non-fiction, you'll find WriteThisMoment.com a useful resource with plenty of features on site to include a forum, resources library, member profiles and news feeds to help you in your work.

Poetics 101 - An online AFFORDABLE poetry class & workshop.

Oldham Libraries - Readers & Writers - Information on what is going on in local, regional and national writing and reading circles, including news of events, courses, competitions; links to useful web sites and recommendations of contemporary reads from all around the world.

Speculative Literature Foundation - contains lists of publishers and magazines and many other resources for writers, teachers, scholars, and readers of speculative literature.

Long Story Short School of Writing - Write Like A Lover! workshop makes your writing spritzing with juice, lively and kicking.

Askaboutwriting.net - is a news and resource site for writers of all abilities everywhere. It updates on Saturdays. Included is news of competitions and opportunities and many other writing happenings.

Poetry Enterprises - Writing Prompts, Teaching Reading, Writer's Workshops & Teacher Lesson Plans

National Association Of Writers Groups - Do you belong to a writing group? Are you a short story writer, a novelist, a playwright, a poet, or a non-fiction writer? Then there's something for you on the NAWG website.Read about our Competitions, our Festival of Writing, and our Link magazine. You can see if there is a writing group in your area. The National Association of Writers' Groups has something for everyone who writes.

Clive Pyne Book Indexing Services - Professional freelance back-of-book indexing services for reference, scholarly and trade non-fiction books. On time service; to your specifications; at competitive rates. Subjects: Biology, Business, Computers, Technology, Environment, Spirituality, New Age, Self-help. An index makes the difference between a good and a very good book.

Todays-Woman Writing Community - A supportive online writing community for both men and women over 18. We have many features, such as a poetry and story board , authors interviews , calls for submission , interactive forums, dictionary , classifieds, regular columns , writing lessons , book store , book reviews and many more features.

NorthernPros.com - offers an extensive variety of helpful tools for beginning and seasoned writers. Whether you're writing a novel, a book of poems, or your first screenplay, NorthernPros can help perfect your writing and get it noticed!

Authors' Coalition - is a group of writers helping writers

Short Fiction - A fresh new showcase for authors to join and post their short stories, and for readers to enjoy and contribute feedback. Includes forum and writers resources

We Are Writers is a community for writers; regular competitions are to be held and within the forum people are able to talk about writing and have access to many other writers' resources.