Resources on the Web (updated February 18, 2009)
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Poetry
Creative Nonfiction
Romance
Sci -Fi, Mystery
Horror
Songwriting

Publishers
Grammar & Language
Southern Writers
Screenwriting
Copyright Law

Children's Literature

Online Literary Magazines
Eclectic Sites
Quotes

Editors
Booksellers
Regional Writing Groups

Contests

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Poetry

Academy of American Poets

Rhyme Zone Rhyming Dictionary
Poets & Writers Online
Canadian Poetry Association
Knopf  Poetry Center 
Poetry Society of America
National Endowment for the Arts
Online Rhyming Dictionary
Zuzu's Petals Literary Resource
League of Canadian Poets
Poetry Slam International 

Poetry Daily - sign up for a poem-a-day
Black Sunshine - Knoxville poetry slammers
Famous Poets and Poems
Asheville Poetry Review

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Creative Nonfiction 

Writing Your Memoirs-Senior Resource Guide
Memoirs: Reading & Writing

How to Write a Better Weblog
Creative Nonfiction
Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction
Etude: New Voices in Nonfiction


 

 

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Romance

Smoky Mountain Romance Writers

Romance Writers of America: The Voice of Romance
Byron Romance Port
Romance Reader

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Sci-Fi, Mystery, and Horror

Science Fictions Writers, Inc.
Pittsburgh Worldwrights
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America
Horror Writers' Association
Science Fiction Writing Activity

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Songwriting

The Muse's Muse: A Songwriter's Resource

National Academy of Songwriters & Songwriters Guild of America
Song Writing Frequently Asked Questions
Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI)
American Society of Composers, Authors, & Publishers
Broadcast Music, Inc.
National Music Publishers Association
Fotosearch.com


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Screenwriting

Writers Guild of America
Scrnwrit
Screenwriter Utopia
Writing for Film
Hollywood Network's Lounges

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Copyright Law

U.S.Copyright Office

American Intellectual Property Law Association
Copyright & Fair Use

Tennessee Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Cool Copyright: Copyright in a Global Information Economy

Copyright Law in the United States

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Grammar & Language

Grammar Lady: Whom 'Ya Gonna Call?
An Online English Grammar
Dr. Grammar
Banished Words

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Publishers

University of Tennessee Press

Celtic Cat Publishing
Iris Press
Random House
Harper Collins
Hougton Mifflin
Warner Books
Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America
University of North Carolina Press
Simon & Schuster
Penguin Putnam
Little Brown & Co.
Bantam Books
Oxford University Press
Handbook of Ezine Publishing

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Eclectic Sites

Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest - "It was a dark and stormy night...."
The Writer's Almanac hosted by Garrison Keillor
Blogger: Create Free Blogs (Web logs)
California Fiction
Scribbling Women
The Translator's Home Companion 
Cat Writers' Association, Inc.
Writers Net: Resource for Writers, Editors, Publishers & Agents
Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA)
Author Helper
Blithe House Quarterly: A Site for Gay Fiction
Southern Scribe: Our Culture of Storytelling
Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology
Poets Against War
Knoxville Sports and Tourism Corporation  (KSTC)

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Southern Writers
Kentucky Authors
Tenn Authors of Adult Fiction, Poetry & Drama, 1970-90
Sharyn McCrumb

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Booksellers
A Common Reader
Davis-Kidd Booksellers
Barnes and Noble
International Cooperative of Used & Rare Booksellers
Borders
Amazon Books
Book People: The Largest Bookstore in Texas

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Literary Magazines Online

New Millennium Writings and Writing Awards
Public Scrutiny
Arts & Letters Daily: an updated report of news and reviews
American Media Columnists : links to over 600 newspaper and magazine columnists 
The Missouri Review
The Mississippi Review 
Writers' Digest 
Hungry Mind Review: Top 100 Books 
Two Lines: A Journal of Translations 
Ploughshares 
Renaissance Magazine 
Cyber Oasis: New Writings for a New World
Kudzu: A Digital Quarterly
Cortland Review
Salon
Literal Latte
New England Review 
Metropulse
Southern Scribe: Our Culture of Storytelling
Coelacanth Magazine
The Sun Magazine
Moontown Cafe

Duotrope
Alimentum: The Literature of Food
Appalachian Heritage: A Literary Quarterly of the Appalachian South
Contrary Magazine
Stone's Throw Magazine
The Smoking Poet
Passager
Still: The Journal

 

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Quotes

Book of Quotes
Mark Twain Quotations
Quoteland
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Quotable Women

Editors

Erin Brown
Knoxville Editorial Services, Chris Hebert

Children's Literature

The Children's Book Council
http://www.cbcbooks.org

Publishers Weekly
http://www.publishersweekly.com/
(Click on Newsletters and then Children's Bookshelf for an online newsletter; click on Reviews and then Children's for reviews of books in children's lit; click on Bestseller Lists and then Children's for top listings)

Writer's Digest Children's/YA Article Index
http://www.writersdigest.com/Childrens/

The School Library Journal
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/

The Center for Children's and Young Adult Literature at the University of Tennessee
http://www.sis.utk.edu/ccyal/

Harold Underdown's Purple Crayon site (for information about writing, illustrating and publishing children's books)
http://www.underdown.org/

Jacketflap
http://www.jacketflap.com/

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Regional Writing Groups

Chattanooga Writers Guild
Canadian Writers
Young Pens  a writers' guild for teens of East Tennessee
Tennessee Writers Alliance
Tennessee Mountain Writers

Tennessee Outdoor Writers Association
Writers' Group of the Triad -  from the Greensboro NC area

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Contests

New Page: Guide to Literary Contests
Market List
Bellevue Review
Arts & Letters Daily
Poets & Writers Grants and Awards
Writing Contests
OnceWritten.com
Open Directory
Duotrope Digest
Blogalicious

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