23. Writing resources, associations, digests

What can we say? We'd like you to visit only our site, but if you must venture off, we'd like to at least guide you to those sites we have deemed resourceful enough for your high standards.
Writers' Groups and Associations
Writers' Digests / Calls for Submission / Guidelines
Writers' Resources / Links of Interest


Writers' Groups and Associations
Alexandra Writers' Centre Society (Calgary)(http://www.alexandrawriters.org/)
Burnaby Writers' Society(http://www.bws.bc.ca/)
Canadian Authors' Association(http://www.canauthors.org/)
Canadian Federation of Poets(http://www.federationofpoets.com/)
Federation of BC Writers(http://bcwriters.com/)
Interior Authors' Group (Kamloops)(http://interiorauthorsgroup.com/)
League of Canadian Poets(http://www.poets.ca/)
North (Vancouver) Shore Writers' Association(http://www.nswriters.bc.ca/)
Pandora's Collective(http://www.pandorascollective.com/)
Quesnel Wordspinners Society(www.quesnelarts.ca/qwg.html)
Richmond Writers' Group(http://groups.msn.com/richmondwriters)
Slocan Writers' Guild(http://www.slocanwritersguild.ca/)
Shuswap Association of Writers(http://www.saow.ca/)
Shuswap Lake International Writers' Festival(http://www.shuswapwritersfest.ca/)
Shuswap Lake Festival of the Arts(http://www.artsfestivalshuswap.ca/)
Writers Guild of Canada(http://www.writersguildofcanada.com/)


Writers' Digests / Calls for Submission / Guidelines
Most of the links listed here are Canadian digests, but for an international selection, here is the NEWpages.com Guide to Literary Magazines.
Antigonish Review (Antigonish NS)Canada's Eclectic Review(http://www.antigonishreview.com/)
Arc (Ottawa)Canada's National Poetry Magazine(http://tinyurl.com/eo8jx)
Ascent Aspirations Magazine (Nanoose Bay BC)(www.ascentaspirations.ca/guidelines.htm)
Beyond Magazine (Calgary)Exploring What it Means to be Truly Human(http://beyondmag.squarespace.com/submission/)
Brick (Toronto)A Literary Journal(www.brickmag.com/submissions.html)
Broken Pencil (Toronto)the magazine of zine culture and the independent arts(www.brokenpencil.com/about/submit.php)
Canadian Literature (Vancouver)A Quarterly of Criticism and Review(www.canlit.ca/submit/index.html)
Capilano Review (North Vancouver)(www.thecapilanoreview.ca/submissions.php)
Contemporary Verse 2 (Winnipeg)A Fine Tradition of Poetry(www.contemporaryverse2.ca/submit_guidelines.html)
Dalhousie Review (Halifax)(http://dalhousiereview.dal.ca/subm1.html)
dANDelion (Calgary)(www.dandelionmagazine.ca/?q=node/14)
Danforth Review (Toronto)literate ~ canadian ~ rocking the free world since 1999(www.danforthreview.com/submissions.htm)
Descant (Toronto)(www.descant.on.ca/submit.html)
Essays on Canadian Writing (Saskatoon)(www.ecw.ca/submission_info.htm)
Event (New Westminster)The Douglas College Review(http://tinyurl.com/qomlm)
Exile (Toronto)The Literary Quarterly(www.exilequarterly.com/submit.html)
Feathertale Review (Ottawa)A confusing and disorganized forum for writers, poets and artists to showcase their genius.(www.feathertale.com/Submissions/index.htm)
The Fiddlehead (Fredericton)Canada's longest living literary journal.(www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/Fiddlehead/submission.html)
Filling Station (Calgary)(www.fillingstation.ca/submissions.shtml)
Geist Magazine (Vancouver)Canadian Ideas, Canadian Culture(www.geist.com/about/guidelines.php)
Grain (Saskatoon)(www.grainmagazine.ca/submissions.htm)
level (Montgomery AL)Socially Conscious Poetry(http://www.levelpoetry.com/submissions.html)
Lichen Arts & Letters Preview (Whitby ON)(http://lichenjournal.ca/guidelines.html)
Malahat Review (Victoria)(http://web.uvic.ca/malahat/guidelines.htm)
Matrix Magazine (Montreal)Art Essays Fiction Photography Poetry Etc.(http://alcor.concordia.ca/~matrix/submit.html)
Neo-opsis (Victoria)Science Fiction Magazine(www.neo-opsis.ca/guidelines.htm)
The New Quarterly (Waterloo)Canadian Writers & Writing(http://tinyurl.com/s7xe2)
On Spec (Edmonton)the canadian magazine of the fantastic(www.onspec.ca/guidelines.php)
Other Voices (Edmonton)Journal of the Literary and Visual Arts(www.othervoices.ab.ca/submit.htm)
Pine Beetle Review (Vernon BC)A Forum for Creative Expression in the North Okanagan(www.pinebeetlepress.com/submit)
Poetry Canada Magazine (Toronto)Culture Diversity Inspiration (www.poetrycanada.com/guidelines.htm)
Poets & Writers Magazine (New York)From Inspiration to Publication(www.pw.org/mag/guidelines.htm)
Prairie Fire (Winnipeg)A Canadian Magazine of New Writing(www.prairiefire.ca/guidelines.html)
Prism International (Vancouver)contemporary writing from Canada and around the world(http://prism.arts.ubc.ca/submit/index.htm)
Queen's Quarterly (Kingston)A Canadian Review(www.queensu.ca/quarterly/qqguide.htm)
Quills (Victoria)Canadian Poetry Magazine(www.quillspoetry.com/submit.html)
Qwerty (Fredricton)Frenetic action, then a smooth strike against a blank page.(www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/QWERTY/submit.php)
Room of One's Own (Vancouver)Celebrating 30 years of the best in women's literature and criticism.(www.roommagazine.com/submit.html)
Storyteller Magazine (Ottawa)Canada's Short Story Magazine(www.storytellermagazine.com/guidelines.htm)
Sub-TERRAIN Magazine (Vancouver)A Literary Magazine(http://www.subterrain.ca/subterrain/guidelin/index.htm)
THIS Magazine (Toronto)Because Everything is Political(www.thismagazine.ca/contact/writersguide.php)
Vallum (Montreal)Contemporary Poetry(http://tinyurl.com/8n2jc)
W (Vancouver)The Kootenay School of Writing Magazine(http://www.kswnet.org/fire/announcementtargetpage.cfm?showannouncement=w13CfS.htm&announceID=66)
West Coast Line (Burnaby)writing images criticism(www.westcoastline.ca/guide.HTM or PDF)


Writers' Resources / Links of Interest

Publlish your own book: http://www.blurb.com/
CBC Radio's "Canada Reads" Debate(www.cbc.ca/canadareads/poetry.html) Poetry vs. Prose. Susan Musgrave's response to the question, "What makes something a poem and not paragraph?"
Editorial Eye Press(www.eeicommunications.com/eye/eyeindex.html) Index of articles for anyone who aspires to excellence in writing, editing, design, and publishing.
The Elements of Style(www.bartleby.com/141) This classic reference ... gives in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style and concentrates attention on the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated.
Freedom to Read(http://www.freedomtoread.ca/) Site of the Freedom of Expression Committee, which monitors censorship issues in Canada, organizes the annual Freedom to Read Week, and produces an information kit each year on issues of intellectual freedom.
Library and Archives Canada(www.collectionscanada.ca/index-e.html) Information about the collection and services; and direct access to online resources.
Poetry Ireland(www.poetryireland.ie/resources/advice.html)Advice to a Poet
Quillblog(www.quillandquire.com/blog)Daily updates from the blog division of Quill & Quire, Canada’s magazine of book news and reviews.
The Routes of English(www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/routesofenglish/index.shtml)History and Development of the English Language
Today in Literature(http://www.todayinliterature.com/)A daily calendar of engaging stories about literary history.
The Word Detective(http://www.word-detective.com/)Words and Language in a Humorous Vein
Writer's Block Archive of Articles(www.writersblock.ca/archive/index.htm)The Web Resource for Communication Professionals
Writers' Tips(http://www.writingclasses.com/InformationPages/index.php/PageID/269) WritingClasses.com provides tips for writers from George Orwell, Strunk & White, Elmore Leonard, Ronald Knox, Billy Wilder, and more.
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