Arts Writers Resources Organizations

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• The Amateur Writers Guild - A place to meet fellow writers, chat, post your work, and read others. Includes a message board and java chat.
• Cat Writers' Association, Inc. - An organization of professionals writing, publishing and broadcasting about cats. A newsletter, MEOW, is published quarterly and available to members only.
• Circle of Crones - A workshop community for writers, poets, artists and photographers. We offer occasional contests with prize packs.
• Fellowship of Authors and Artists - To promote and encourage the use of writing and all art forms as a means of therapy and self-healing.
• 6' Ferrets Writers' Group - Provides tips for those interested in setting up groups, as well as ideas for exercises and events for existing groups.
• International Black Writers' and Artists - Primarily oriented toward membership, but includes links, references, and newsletter.
• International PEN - Worldwide association of writers. Exists to promote friend- ship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere, to fight for freedom of expression and represent the conscience of world literature.
• International Writers Guild Club - Text messaging club for those who love to write, where they can share ideas and works to get critique.
• Media Guilds International - An umbrella organization for broadcast and non-broadcast media people, Literati World Writers is a major peer group that networking and involvement in charity events.
• A Novel Approach - An online writing group dedicated to helping serious writers and poets perfect their craft. Critique group for fiction and poetry.
• Public Safety Writer’s Association - Offers both new and experienced writers the chance to meet at an annual conference, network through the organization’s website and newsletter and compete in an annual writing competition.
• Story Circle Network - Non-profit organization comprised of women who want to explore and share personal stories. Includes a calendar of events, information about contests, FAQ, and mailing lists.
• SWET: Society of Writers, Editors & Translators - Membership is defined less by occupation than by a desire to share experience, information, and expertise involving English writing and publishing. Based in Tokyo, Japan.
• Teachers & Writers OnLine - A nonprofit organization founded by a group of writers and educators who believed that writers could make a contribution to the teaching of writing.
• Unheard Words - An online writer's group for new writers of colour. A place to share work, thoughts and ideas, and to access writer's resources.
• Voices Writers' Collective - Barbados Writers' Collective, meets each month for encouragement, networking and readings. Offers arts news and Caribbean writing opportunities for all genres.
• Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers - An organization for Indigenous Native American and non-native writers, storytellers, filmmakers and journalists.
• Writer's Critique - Free site for writers who wish to start or join a private critique group. Along with our critique forums, they offer links to other writing sites and reviews.