The Everything Creative Writing Book_ All you need to know to write novels, plays, short stories, screenplays, poems, articles, or blogs

Take heart from hearing how other authors—including many famous ones— have dealt with having work rejected and gone on to success. http://thesaurus.referencecom and http://dictionary.reference.com Online sources of synonyms and definitions. www.thewritermama.com Writing-related columns by experts, an online community for moms who write, online workshops. www.write4kids.com Information on many aspects of writing and publishing books for children from the Children’s Book Insider , a newsletter for children’s writers. www.writersdigest.com The website for the world’s largest writers’ magazine; provides writers’ guidelines, market updates, classes, contests, conference lists, and more. www.writersmarket.com A comprehensive database of markets that purchase articles, personal essays, and short stories. Writing Programs Associated Writing Programs Mail Stop 1E3 George Mason University Fairfax, VA 22030-4444 703-993-4301 www.awpwriter.org Funded in 1967 by fifteen writers, this organization now serves 20,000 writers through 320 college and university creative writing programs and sixty writers’ conferences and centers in the United States, Canada, and the UK.

Gotham Writers’ Workshop 555 Eighth Ave., Suite 1402 New York, NY 10018 212-974-8377 or 877-974-8377 www.writingclasses.com (online writing courses) New York City’s largest private creative writing school offers ten-week classes and workshops on the premises, in exotic locations, and online. Includes screenwriting and songwriting classes. Writers Online Workshops 4700 East Galbraith Road Cincinnati, OH 45236 513-531-2690, ext 11330, or 800-759-0963 www.writersonlineworkshops.com Writer’s Digest , the world’s largest writers’ magazine, provides online workshops for writers that focus on business writing, children’s writing, fiction, poetry, magazines, nonfiction, short stories, and more. Writers’ Workshops and Colonies For a complete listing of upcoming conferences and workshops, see current writers’ magazines, the Association Writers & Writing Programs’ Directory of Conferences and Centers (see “Writing Programs,” above), or the ShawGuides, which also provide information on writing colonies: ShawGuides, Inc. P. O. Box 231295, Ansonia Station New York, NY 10023 212-799-6464 www.shawguides.com

Byrdcliffe Arts Colony 34 Tinker Street Woodstock, NY 12498 845-679-2079 www.woodstockguild.org Djerassi Resident Artists Program 2325 Bear Gulch Road Woodside, CA 94062-4405 650-747-1250 www.djerassi.org Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico P. O. Box 1891 Taos, NM 87571 575-758-2413 www.wurlitzerfoundation.org HillHouse Farms 894 Odd Fellows Hall Road Pulaski, TN 38478 931-424-9029 www.hillhousewriters.com MacDowell Colony 100 High Street

Peterborough, NH 03458 603-924-3886 www.macdowellcolony.org Ragdale Foundation 1260 North Green Bay Road Lake Forest, IL 60045 847-234-1063 www.ragdale.org Ucross Foundation 30 Big Red Lane Clearmont, WY 82835 307-737-2291 www.ucrossfoundation.org Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow 515 Spring Street Eureka Springs, AR 72632 479-253-7444 www.writerscolony.org Yaddo P. O. Box 395—Union Avenue Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-0395 518-584-0746 www.yaddo.org

Writing Guilds The Authors Guild 31 East 32nd Street, 7th Floor New York, NY 10016 212-563-5904 www.authorsguild.org The largest U.S. society of published authors. Provides industry news, copyright information, and assistance to members. Writers Guild of America Writers Guild of America, West (for writers living west of the Mississippi) 7000 W. Third Street Los Angeles, CA 90048 323-951-4000 or 800-548-4532 www.wga.org Writers Guild of America, East (for writers living east of the Mississippi) 555 West 57th Street, Suite 1230 New York, NY 10019 212-767-7800 www.wgae.org Represents published writers in motion pictures, broadcasting, cable, and new media. Provides an online mentoring service, script registration, lists of agents, industry news, and more.