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Associations and Professional Societies provide publications,
newsletters, job lists, and more for writers developing expertise
in a niche market. Please let us know if you discover a site in
this category that we haven't found.
American Society of Business Publication
Editors
- http://www.asbpe.org
Founded in 1964, the American Society of Business Publication
Editors (ASBPE) is the professional association for full-time
and freelance editors and writers employed in the business,
trade, and specialty press.
Alaska Chapter of RWA
- A local chapter of the Romance Writers of America, meeting
in the Anchorage area. RWA is an international non-profit organization
founded in 1980 to promote excellence in the romance genre.
Since then, RWA has grown to over 8200 members. Approximately
1500 of those members are published in book-length romance fiction.
http://www.geocities.com/alaska_rwa/
American Library Association
- The ALA provides leadership for the development, promotion,
and improvement of library and information services and the
profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and
ensure access to information for all.
http://www.ala.org/
American Medical Writers Association
- AMWA Home page with a wealth of information including publications
as well as links to other medical and scientific information,
workshops, and conferences.
http://www.amwa.org/
American Society Of Business Press Editors
- Founded in 1964, the ASBPE is the professional association
for full-time and freelance editors and writers employed in
the business, trade, and specialty press.
http://www.asbpe.org/
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- ASCAP, a performing rights organization of composers, lyricists,
songwriters and music publishers. Award-winning website: music
database, legislative, licensing, membership, music business
information.
http://www.ascap.com/
American Society Of Indexers
- Writers, freelance and salaried indexers, librarians, editors,
publishers, and organizations employing indexers find useful
insights.
http://www.asindexing.org/
American Society Of Journalists And Authors
- Founded in 1948, the ASJA is the nation's leading organization
of independent nonfiction writers. Our membership consists of
more than 1,000 outstanding freelance writers of magazine articles,
trade books, and many other forms of nonfiction writing, each
of whom has met ASJA's exacting standards of professional achievement.
http://www.asja.org/
American Society Of Newspaper Editors
- Founded in 1922, this is the nation's oldest and largest newspaper
editors group. Directing editors of daily newspapers and editors
of major sources of news for daily newspapers throughout the
Americas are eligible for membership.
http://www.asne.org/
American Writers Guild
- A new writing community just for writers like us. All novelist,
poets, storywriters, and so on, are welcome to join the community.
We encourage new members. When you are a member, you can share
your writing and get other people's reviews and opinion, share
questions, share tips, and recommend your favorite writings.
If you want to become an assistant manager, you are welcome
to become one. You will be my partner in managing this community,
and we will keep improving the community and encourage members
to participate and write. To join the community, point your
browser to:
http://beta.communities.msn.com/AmericanWritersGuild/
Association Of Authors' Representatives
Association Of Teachers Of Technical Writing
Australian Writers Guild
- If you are serious about becoming a writer in Australia it
is essential that you join the Australian Writers' Guild to
increase your bargaining power and to give you access to industry
information as well as a wide range of other services. Put simply,
membership of the AWG is the best investment you can make in
your career.
http://www.awg.com.au/
Authors Licensing And Collecting Society
Black Writers Alliance
- The pre-eminent online organization for Black writers, the
Black Writers Alliance educates, informs and encourages creative
black writers while promoting fellowship among the writing community.
http://www.blackwriters.org/
BlackAuthors.Com
- We are reconstructing our website. Your request for lists
of authors, links, book clubs, amongst others inspired us to
make additions to the site. Feel free send information on black
authors, book clubs etc.
http://www.blackauthors.com/
Canadian Authors Association
- Canada's national writing association offers the type of support
only a large national association can give you combined with
the friendliness of local branches. "Writers Helping Writers"
is more than a motto - it expresses our commitment to beginning
and established writers alike.
http://www.canauthors.org/national.html
CANSCAIP
- The Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators,
and Performers is a group of professionals in the field of children's
culture with members from all parts of Canada. For twenty years,
CANSCAIP has been instrumental in the support and promotion
of children's literature through newsletters, workshops, meetings
and other information programs for authors, parents, teachers,
librarians, publishers, and others. CANSCAIP also has some 900
friends - teachers, librarians, parents and others - who are
also interested in aspects of children's books, illustrations
and performances.
http://www.interlog.com/~canscaip/
Catholic Writer's Association
- The CWA is a network of Catholic writers devoted to communicating
the Catholic Faith through literature. Catholics interested
in writing and critiquing fiction, poetry, plays and scripts,
and non-fiction articles are welcome to join.
http://www.trincomm.org/cwa/
Colorado Authors' League
- Incorporated on January 14, 1932, to "foster the art
and craft of authorship," the Colorado Authors' League
(CAL) is one of the oldest professional writers' organizations
in the western United States. Today CAL includes more than 200
specialists, whose work embraces every branch of fiction and
nonfiction.
http://www.coloradoauthors.org/
Construction Writers Association Home Page
- http://www.constructionwriters.org/
A group of professional business press editors and newspaper
journalists, writing for and about the construction industry,
recognized the need for a professional organization that would:
* Lend prestige and professional status to specialist editors
and writers whose business is to cover news of activities and
to report on developments in construction, the largest, most
dynamic industry in the world.
* Enhance the public's image regarding the construction industry
through authoritative, accurate, and unbiased reporting of construction
activities and developments.
* Help improve the quality of reporting, writing, editing and
photography that appears in the construction business press,
press releases concerning construction events, and marketing
material promoting construction services and products.
* Provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and information
sources among professional journalists and public relations
professionals serving the construction industry.
* Establish an interactive communications network that links
the construction business press with design and construction
firms, equipment manufacturers and distributors, materials producers
and suppliers, building trades and construction unions, professional
and technical societies, trade associations, and government
information offices.
Council of Science Editors (CSE)
- http://councilscienceeditors.org
CSE's purpose is to serve members in the scientific, scientific
publishing, and information science communitiesby fostering
networking, education, discussion, and exchange and to be an
authoritative resource on current and emerging issues in the
communication of scientific information.
Education Writers Association
- http://www.ewa.org/
The Education Writers Association (EWA) is the national professional
organization of education reporters. EWA was organized in 1947
by a group of newspaper reporters with the intent of improving
education
reporting to the public.
Electronic Literature Organization
- ELO was established in order to support the writing, publishing
and reading of text-based work made originally for interactive
media: work that embraces, extends and enhances existing literary
traditions, and we expect, work that will create new ones.
http://www.eliterature.org/
Electronically Published Internet Connection
- EPIC is a professional organization of published authors,
established to provide a strong voice for electronic publishing.
http://www.epicauthors.org/
European Federation Of Freelance
Writers
Freelance Writing Organization
- International
- Free access and information to the world of creative writing,
journalism, poetry, screenplay writing and more.
http://www.fwointl.com/
Garden Writers Association
of America
- http://www.gwaa.org/
The Garden Writers Association (GWA) is an organization of over
1800 professional communicators in the lawn and garden industry.
No other organization in the industry has as much direct contact
with the buying public as GWA.
General Practitioner Writers Association
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.
http://www.heartlandwriters.org/
Horror Writers Association
- The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is a worldwide organization
of writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting
the interests of writers of Horror and Dark Fantasy. It was
formed in the 1980's with the help of many of the field's greats,
including Joe Lansdale, Robert McCammon, and Dean Koontz. HWA
now has members throughout the United States, Canada, South
America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Australia.
http://www.horror.org/
Houston Writers League
HTML Writers Guild
- The Guild is the world's largest international organization
of Web designers. Membership is open to anyone with an interest
in web authoring and a desire to improve his or her skills.
http://www.hwg.org/
International Association
of Business Communication
International Women's Writing Guild
- Founded in 1976, this is a network for the personal and professional
empowerment of women through writing. As such, it has established
a remarkable record of achievement in the publishing world,
as well as in circles where lifelong learning and personal transformation
are valued for their own sake. The Guild nurtures and supports
holistic thinking by recognizing the logic of the heart - the
ability to perceive the subtle interconnections between people,
events and emotions - alongside conventional logic.
http://www.iwwg.com/
Maryland Writers' Association
- A non-profit organization established for the purpose of helping
new and experienced writers produce superior works and get them
published.
http://www.marylandwriters.org/
Minnesota Writers
National Association
Of Science Writers
- There are many reasons to join the National Association of
Science Writers, including a subscription to Science Writers,
our printed quarterly review, access to our online jobs page,
where you'll find an archive of job ads etc., access to online
and printed versions of our membership directory containing
contact information for all 2,000 NASW members, and many other
benefits.
http://nasw.org/
National Association of Women Writers
- NAWW is where women unite to write. Features an online member
portfolio that includes a photo, a bio, a writing sample, and
a web site link, a free weekly e-magazine, a bimonthly printed
Writer's Guide, an online link library, and much more.
http://www.naww.org/
National Speakers Association
- If you're a new consultant, move out of obscurity with a membership
to the National Speakers Association. Established in 1973, it's
the leading organization for experts who speak professionally.
NSA has over 4,000 members that include experts in a variety
of industries and disciplines. NSA members reach audiences as
trainers, educators, humorists, motivators, consultants, authors
and more. There are 37 state and regional NSA chapters throughout
the US. Visit the site to find all that NSA offers, including
the CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) designation, which
can make you more marketable by signifying achievement through
a proven record of speaking experience.
http://www.nsaspeaker.org/
National Union Of Journalists
National Writers Association
- The most exciting place on the web for readers, writers, film
producers, agents and editors. No matter what it is you're looking
for, the National Writers Association is taking great strides
to bring it to you. Since 1937 NWA has been led by some of the
strongest and innovative leaders in the writing community. Now
in a new age Executive Director, Sandy Whelchel envisions a
continuation of this tradition combined with modern advancements
to benefit all.
http://www.nationalwriters.com/
National Writers Union
- The National Writers Union (UAW-AFL-CIO) is the trade union
for freelance writers of all genres (journalism, books, poetry,
technical, business, instructional, electronic) working in U.S.
markets. We are committed to improving the economic and working
conditions of freelance writers through the collective strength
of our members. We are a modern, innovative union offering grievance-resolution,
industry campaigns, contract advice, health & dental plans,
member education, job banks, and much more.
http://www.nwu.org/
North Carolina Writers' Network
- Founded in 1985 as a nonprofit organization, the North Carolina
Writers' Network unites poets, fiction writers, essayists, playwrights,
technical writers, and journalists of all ages, backgrounds
and skill levels.
http://www.ncwriters.org/
Northwest Christian Writers Association
NZ Writers' Website
- An excellent site with many resources and links but (for obvious
reasons) a bias towards writers in New Zealand.
http://www.nzwriters.co.nz/
Ottawa Independent Writers
- The OIW promotes all genres of writing and local area writers.
Our focus is on the business of writing and networking. We promote
these aims through our monthly meetings, occasional seminars,
newsletters, and web pages.
http://www.storm.ca/~oiw/
Pen And Brush Club
- An organization of professional women in the arts: writers,
painters, sculptors, musicians, and artists in crafts. It is
the oldest organization of women in the arts in the United States
and recently celebrated its Centennial. Pen and Brush was founded
in 1892 by Janet and Mary Lewis, painter-sisters who invited
a group of eight writers and three other artists to their studio.
Now it has a membership close to 300.
http://www.penandbrush.org/
Poetry Society Of America
- Since its founding in 1910, PSA Members have included such
poets as Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Edna St. Vincent Millay,
Marianne Moore, and Wallace Stevens. Current PSA Members include
John Ashbery, Louise Glück, Rita Dove, Brenda Hillman, Yusef
Komunyakaa, Stanley Kunitz, Sharon Olds, Robert Pinsky, and
James Tate. To join PSA's expanding community of poets and readers,
visit the PSA Membership page.
http://www.poetrysociety.org/
Professional Writers Of Prescott
- Published and non-published writers of fiction and non-fiction,
novels, short stories, magazine and newspaper articles. Anyone
who takes serious the craft of putting words to page (or screen
as the case may be) and living within the general Prescott area.
We meet once a month with programs and speakers to aid in the
craft of writing. We sponsor writing contests and events, and
provide a forum for writers to network.
http://www.angelfire.com/az/PWP/
Romance Writers Of America
- A non-profit professional/educational association of 8,200
romance writers and other industry professionals. RWA provides
its members with the wonderful opportunity to share experiences
with other writers, to gain insights into publishing, as well
as the art and craft of writing, and to meet industry professionals.
Together, we are a strong and determined voice; a voice for
romance with the media, and a voice for writers to the publishing
industry.
http://www.rwanational.com/
The Society for Scholarly
Publishing Home Page
- http://www.sspnet.org
The mission of SSP is to advance scholarly publishing and communication,
and the professional development of its members through education,
collaboration, and networking among individuals in this field.
SSP provides the opportunity for interaction among members in
all aspects of scholarly publishing, including journal and book
publishers, librarians, manufacturers, and web editors.
The Society for Technical Communication
- http://www.stc.org
STC is an individual membership organization dedicated to advancing
the arts and sciences of technical communication. It is the
largest organization of its type in the world. Its 25,000 members
include technical writers and editors, content developers, documentation
specialists, technical illustrators, instructional designers,
academics, information architects, usability and human factors
professionals, visual designers, Web designers and developers,
and translators - anyone whose work makes technical information
available to those who need it.
Society membership provides opportunities for ongoing learning
and professional networking. Through the efforts of a small,
full-time staff and a large network of volunteers, STC promotes
the public welfare by educating its members and industry about
issues concerning technical communication.
- http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/
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