Academy of American Poets http://www.poets.org
The Academy of American Poets was founded in 1934 to support American poets
at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary
poetry. The largest organization in the country dedicated to the art of poetry,
the Academy sponsors programs nationally. These include the Academy Fellowship,
the Wallace Stevens Award, the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, the James Laughlin
Award, the Walt Whitman Award, the Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Award, the
Harold Morton Landon Translation Award, poetry prizes at 178 colleges and universities,
a national series of poetry readings and poets' residencies, and the American
Poets Fund and the Atlas Fund, which provide financial assistance to poets
and non-commercial publishers of poetry, respectively. The Academy also sponsors
National Poetry Month (April), an annual celebration of the richness and vitality
of American poetry; the Online Poetry Classroom, an educational resource and
online teaching community for high school teachers; and the Poetry Audio Archive,
a collection of audio recordings of poetry readings. Additionally, the Academy
maintains one of the liveliest and most comprehensive poetry sites on the Internet,
at www.poets.org. Their publishers archive [http://www.poets.org/npm/rguide.cfm]
contains a categorical index of poetry publishers, periodicals, and other organizations,
including poetry publishers, periodicals, educational organizations, publishing
organizations, literary arts organizations, library organizations, and distributors.
Association of Writers and Writing Programs http://www.awpwriter.org
Since 1967, The Association of Writers and Writing Programs has
supported writers & writing programs around the world, and now supports
over 24,000 writers at over 370 member colleges & universities & 125
writers' conferences & centers. Their website includes elink, information
on careers, grants, awards, and conferences for writers; advice on the art
of writing; back issues of the Writer's Chronicle; AWP news; and documents
useful to directors and teachers of writing programs and conferences; content
and awards listings; "The Writer's Bookshelf" for sale of writing-industry
guides; and information about their annual conference.
Council of Literary Magazines and Presses http://www.clmp.org
The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses serves one of the most active
segments of American arts and culture: the independent publishers of exceptional
fiction, poetry and prose. As the service organization to these publishers,
the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses guides literature through the
business of publishing. CLMP is a service organization exclusively dedicated
to serving and supporting literary publishers, and does not have the resources
to directly assist writers; on their website, however, is a list of links that
may be useful to writers [http://www.clmp.org/links/4].
NYFA Source http://www.nyfa.org
Free of charge and open to artists across America, the New York Foundation
on the Arts has created NYFA Source, the most extensive national database of
awards, services, and publications for artists of all disciplines. Artists,
arts organizations, and the general public can access information on over 2,600
arts organizations, 2,700 award programs, 2,100 service programs, and 700 publications
for individual artists nationwide, with more programs added every day. NYFA's
former Visual Artist Information Hotline, a popular information service used
by more than 38,000 visual artists last year, was expanded to create NYFA Source.
NYFA Source will also enable arts funders, researchers and policymakers to
acquire information about patterns and trends in artists' support.
Poets & Writers, Inc. http://www.pw.org 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. Their
publications and programs include
Poets & Writers Magazine, which provides the most
comprehensive listing of literary grants and awards, deadlines,
and prize winners
available in print;
Poets & Writers Online, which includes a searchable database
of over 4,800 listings from A Directory of American Poets and
Fiction Writers,
advice on topics such as copyright, publishing, and finding a writers
conference; along with links to over 1,000 Web sites of interest
to writers; The Readings/Workshops Program, which sponsors
more than 1,000 literary events—on average three
events per day—throughout New York and California, as well
as in Chicago and Detroit; matching grants (restricted
to the payment of writers' fees) to a variety of organizations;
P&W's Information Services program which offers resources to
writers including publishing advice and A Directory of American
Poets and
Fiction Writers, which lists names, addresses, and publication
credits for more than 7,400 authors; The Writers Exchange
Contest; and The Practical Writer, a book published to
help writers make intelligent choices
at all stages
of their careers. As a co-founder of the Literary Network, Poets & Writers continues to champion
the cause of freedom of expression and advocates on behalf of writers for public
funding of literature and the arts.
