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The Writer's Loft: Literary Organizations
The links on this page are given as choices only. Please visit these organizations and cross-match their mission statements to your own writing goals. Then take the next step of joining a group that best fits your needs.
Tennessee Writers Alliance
The mission of the Tennessee Writers Alliance is to support the work of Tennessee writers and to enhance the role of literary arts in Tennessee culture by promoting interaction among writers and writing organizations, developing and serving a multicultural audience, and providing opportunities for the professional and artistic development of writers in Tennessee.
Timeless Hemingway
Timeless Hemingway was founded in September, 1998. Originally conceived as a "fan site," Timeless Hemingway has grown to become one of the premiere web sites pertaining to the life and works of Ernest Hemingway. Part of its appeal stems from the fact that its content caters to a wide and diverse audience from those generally interested in Hemingway, to students researching Hemingway, to professional scholars with more advanced needs.
American Booksellers Association
The ABA is a not-for-profit organization which was founded in 1900 expressing a devotion to meeting the needs of its core members of independently owned bookstores with retail storefront locations. Achieving this through advocacy, education, research, and information dissemination, the ABA actively supports free speech, literacy, and programs that encourage reading. The association also hosts the annual ABA Convention in conjunction with BookExpo America each spring.
American Library Association
The American Library Association (ALA) was founded in 1876 in Philadelphia. Its mission is “to provide 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.” A network of affiliates, chapters, and other organizations enables ALA to reach a broad audience.
Associated Writing Programs
Since 1967 the Association of Writers & Writing Programs has fosted literary talent and achievement, advanced the art of writing as it is essential to a good education, and has served the teachers, makers, students, and readers of contemporary writing.
Appalachian Writer's Association
In 1983 the Appalachian Writers Association was founded to promote the works of new authors and to celebrate established writers. This program enabled the preservation of the Appalachian literary heritage. The organization seeks members across Appalachia who write in a wide range of genre and disciplines. Members are people from all experiences, stages of career, and ages, as well.
Horror Writers Association
The Horror Writers Association is a worldwide organization of writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting dark literature and the interests of those who write it. The association was formed in the late 1980s with the help of many of the greats of this field, such as Dean Koontz, Robert McCammon, and Joe Lansdale.
iUniverse.com
iUniverse, one of the largest book publishing companies in the United States, provides individuals with a simple, fast and affordable way to publish, market, and sell fiction and non-fiction books.
Knoxville Writer’s Guild
The Guild's goal is to facilitate a broad, egalitarian community among area writers; to provide a forum for information, support, and sharing among writers; to help members improve and market their writing skills; and to promote writing and creativity in the wider community.
Modern Language Association
The Modern Language Association, founded by teachers and scholars, promotes the study and teaching of language and literature.
Mystery Writers of America
Mystery Writers of America is the premier organization for mystery writers and other professionals in the mystery field. This organization watches developments in legislation and tax law, sponsors symposia and mystery conferences, presents the Edgar Awards, and provides information for mystery writers. Membership in MWA is open to published authors, editors, screenwriters, and other professionals in the field.
National Association of Science Writers
The National Association of Science Writers was established in 1934 by a group of science reporters to join forces to improve their craft and encourage conditions that would promote good science writing. Formally incorporated in 1955 with a charter to "foster the dissemination of accurate information regarding science through all media normally devoted to informing the public," its officers have included both freelancers and employees of most of the major newspapers, wire services, magazines, and broadcast outlets in the country. It also welcomes members who are the public information officers on science from government labs, universities and other institutions. The main goal of NASW is to fight for the free flow of science news.
National Writer’s Union
The National Writers Union is the only labor union representing freelance writers in all genres, formats, and media. Members are united in the fact that they work independently.
North Carolina Poetry Society
The NCPS is an all-volunteer organization aiming to foster the writing of poetry; to encourage the study, writing, and publication of poetry; to develop a public taste for the reading of and appreciation of poetry; and to expose diverse populations to poetry.
North Carolina Writers' Network
Through programs that offer ample opportunities for professional growth in skills and insight, the North Carolina Writers' Network serves writers at every stage of development. NCWN builds audiences for literature, advocates for the literary arts and for literacy, and provides information and support services.
Oxford University Poetry Society
The Oxford University Poetry Society is the primary forum at Oxford University for readers and writers of poetry.
PCCC Cultural Affairs
The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College has received nternational recognition for many of its activities including the Distinguished Poets Series, the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards, the Paterson Poetry Prize, the Paterson Fiction Prize, and the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People.
Poetry Society of America
The Poetry Society of America intends to challenge and inspire through readings, seminars, and competitions.
Publishers Marketing Association
Publishers Marketing Association (PMA), founded in 1983, is a trade association of independent publishers that serves book, audio, and video publishers located in throughout the world. With a mission to advance the professional interests of independent publishers, PMA provides cooperative marketing programs, education, and advocacy within the publishing industry.
Rainy Day Corner Publishing
Website created for writers and those who wish to become writers. Advice for topics about which to write, how to write, and other advice can be found here. Certain guidelines must be met for this publishing website, which are listed on the website.
Romance Writers of America
Romance Writers of America is a national non-profit genre writers' association which was founded in Houston, Texas, in 1980 by 37 charter members. The organization organizes writing conferences geared to nurture the careers of romance writers, creating a nationwide network of romance writing peers that share information and support each other.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer's of America
Founded in 1965 by Damon Knight, Science Fiction Writers of America, in 1992, officially changed its name to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. The organization has brought together the most successful and daring writers of speculative fiction throughout the world. It has grown in numbers and influence and is now widely recognized as one of the most effective non-profit writers' organizations in existence. Over 1200 science fiction and fantasy writers, artists, editors, and allied professionals are members. Each year Nebula Awards are presented for the science fiction or fantasy best short story, novelette, novella, and novel of the year.
Society of Environmental Journalists
Improving the quality, accuracy, and visibility of environmental reporting to advance public understanding of environmental issues is the mission of the Society of Environmental Journalists.
Small Press Center
The Small Press Center was founded to support and provide information to small independent publishers and to draw public awareness to independent publishers.
Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators
Formed in 1971 by a group of Los Angeles-based writers for children, the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators is the only international organization to offer a variety of services to people who write, illustrate, or share a vital interest in children’s literature. Acting as a network for the exchange of knowledge between writers, illustrators, editors, publishers, agents, librarians, educators, booksellers and others involved with literature for young people, this is the largest children's writing organization in the world with more than 19,000 members worldwide, in over 70 regions.
Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative
State of Tennessee
The State of Tennessee's official website. Information about the state and its procedures can be found here.
Tennessee Arts Commission
The mission of the Tennessee Arts Commission is to allow access to and participation opportunities of the arts to the citizens of Tennessee.
Tennessee Humanities Council
Humanities Tennessee a not-for-profit corporation was incorporated in 1973 to promote public understanding of the humanities in Tennessee by conducting its own programs and by offering services and grants in support of the humanities programs of other organizations.
The Academy of American Poets
Founded in 1934, the Academy of American Poets was designed to support American poets and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry. The Academy sponsors programs nationally including 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 Association of Writers and Writing Programs
Founded in 1967, the mission of The Association of Writers & Writing Programs is to foster literary talent and achievement, to advance the art of writing as essential to a good education, and to serve the makers, teachers, students, and readers of contemporary writing. This organization supports the growing presence of writers in higher education and thereby foster new generations of writers and new audiences for literature.
The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry
The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry is an organization that awards exeptional poets of the society and encourages excellence in english poetry all over the world.
The International Women's Writing Guild
The Guild was founded in 1976, admist three major movements in society: the human potential movement, the new age with the notion of transformation through spiritual practice, and the women's movement. The Guild fused these movements under the umbrella of writing. The guild stated that through writing, one will access and activate their potential, raise their consciousness and experience the transformation of their former self, and find their voice and become an empowered and authentic woman/person. The guild's way became generic, accessing human potential without becoming clinical
accessing the spiritual without becoming institutional or a cult,
and accessing the pro-Women's Movement without becoming politicized.
The National League of American Pen Women
Promoting development of the creative talents of professional women in the arts, The National League of American Pen Women consists of local Branches, State associations and Members-At-Large. The League has more than 5,000 members with more than 200 Branches throughout the United States and the Panama Canal Zone.
The Tennessee Writer's Alliance
The mission of the Tennessee Writers Alliance is to support the work of Tennessee writers and to enhance the role of literary arts in Tennessee culture by: 1) promoting interaction among writers and writers' organizations; 2) developing and serving a multicultural audience; and 3) providing opportunities for the artistic and professional development of writers of Tennessee.
The Write Stuff
Since 1996 The Write Stuff has been a writing club for young adult writers between the ages of thirteen and twenty-three. There is a monthly newsletter, penpal service, and members may have a panel of peer critics critique their writing.
The Writer's Guild of America
In 1912, the Authors Guild was first organized as a protective association for writers of books, short stories, articles, etc. The Writers Guild of America is now the sole collective bargaining representative for writers in the motion picture, broadcast, cable, interactive and new media industries. With numerous affiliation agreements with other U.S. and international writing organizations, it is in the forefront of the debates concerning economic and creative rights for writers.
Western Writers of America
Western Writers of America, Inc., was founded in 1953 to promote the literature of the American West and bestow Spur Awards for distinguished writing in the western field.Authors who wrote traditional western fiction were the founders of the organization, but over time the organization attracted historians and other nonfiction authors, young adult and romance writers, and writers interested in regional history.
Writersdisplay.com
Writersdisplay.com is a company designed to fit the needs of both writers and publishers. Their aim is to give writers immediate opportunity to have their work read, assessed, selected, published, distributed and sold. For the publisher the aim is to give all types opportunities available for rapid evaluation and appreciation of the works of writers as well as the means of directly contacting them.
WritersNet
Created in 1994, this is a website creating relationships between editors, publishers, writers, and literary agents. Published and unpublished writers are given a chance to receive writing assignments from editors and publishers.
Xlibris
Xlibris is a publishing service that provides the tools that a writer needs to become his or her own publisher. The writer retains all rights to the work and is free to take it elsewhere at any time.
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