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Writing Aids | Databases | Reference Sites | Gateway Sites | Professional AssociationsGeneral Sites  | Author Interviews  Discussion Groups/Forums  | Literary Biography/Literary Criticism Writing for Children Fiction | Non-Fiction | Poetry  Screenwriting | Newsletters/Journals | Author Web Sites

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Writing Aids
Barlteby.com Literacy Education Online Sentence Patterns
Dictionary.com Merriam-Webster Online Sentence Punctuation
YourDictionary.com Online Citation Guide Sentence Structure
Grammar and Writing Guide Research Paper Guide
Indispensable Writing Sources Roget's Thesaurus Back To Top

Databases
MLA Bibliography  Academic Search Premier ProQuest
Humanities Index  FirstSearch Back To Top

Reference Sites
Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation Literary Calendar American Heritage Book of English Usage
Glossary of Literary Terms Literary Marketplace American Universities
Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples Writers' Center at Colorado State University APA-Online
Guide to Grammar and Writing Writer's Guide Automatic Math Solutions
Handbook of Rhetorical Devices Writing Lab at Purdue University Back To Top

Gateway Sites
BookWire Literary Resources on the Net Write Market
George Mason University Graduate Creative Writing Program Links Modern English Collection -- Electronic Text Center WritersNet
Great Writers on the Web Luminarium Zuzu's Petals Literary Resource
Internet Public Library - Literature Poets and Writers
Internetbookinfo.com Tarver Library Mercer University Creative Writing Links
Literature and Books Voice of the Shuttle- Creative Writing Back To Top

Professional Associations
Academy of American Poets Modern Language Association Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc.
Association of Authors and Publishers National Writer's Union Society for Critical Exchange
Association of Literary Scholars and Critics Pen American Center Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
Bread Loaf Writer's Conference PennEnglish- Calls for Papers Writers Guild of America
Michener Center for Writers Poetry Society of America Back To Top

General Sites
BooksandAuthors.net Language, Literature, and Culture Online Library of Literature
Essential Comparative Lit. and Theory LitKicks Poets & Writers, Inc
English Literature and Rhetoric LitLine Trace Online Writing Centre
English Resources LitLinks Virtual Reference Library--Literature
EServer.org- Accessible Writing WSUI AM 910
Essays on the Craft of Dramatic Writing Nebraska Center for Writers Back To Top

Author Interviews
Atlantic Online Interviews Eye on Books Voice of Shuttle- Interviews
Author Interviews on the Web FreelanceWriting.com - Author Interviews Writer's Review
BookPage  Interviews on Writers Write
Bookworm  Kelly Writers House
Center for Book Culture.org Page One Literary Newsletter Website Back To Top

Discussion Groups/Forums 
Official Misc. Writing Web Site Online Writery Writer's BBS
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Literary Biography/Criticism 
American Writers Guide to Literary and Critical Theory Voice of the Shuttle -- Web Page for Humanities Research
American Writers II Literature and Literary Criticism
Approaches to Reading and Interpretation Online Literary Criticism Collection
Authors on the Web Pulitzer Prizes Back To Top

Writing For Children
Children's Literature Web Guide Purple Crayon  SmartWriters.com
Creative Writing for Teens Jill Morris...Tips for Writing for Children Writing for Children
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Fiction
Fiction Writers Connection Harvard Classics- The Shelf of Fiction Write Page
Fiction Writers Page Index of Online Fiction Writing Site
Fiction Writers Resource Page Science Fiction and Fantasy World
FictionAddiction.net StoryQuarterly Back To Top

Non-Fiction
Creative NonFiction George Mason Nonfiction Universe Writer's Digest- Nonfiction Tips
4 NonFiction.com Nonfiction- Bartleby.com
Freelance Writing Virtual Writer- Non-fiction Back To Top

Poetry
Academy of American Poets Poetry Archives Prose and Verse Criticism of Poetry
Contemporary American Poetry Archive Poetry Pages Sonnet Central
Electronic Poetry Center Poetry Portal The Atlantic Online: Poetry Pages
Facture- Poetry & Poetics Poetry Society of America Twentieth Century Poetry in English
Glossary of Poetic Terms Poets' Corner
Poet Links Poets House Back To Top

Screenwriting
Done Deal Playwrights on the Web Wordplay
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Newsletters/Journals
AGNI  Early Modern Literary Studies Mississippi Review
Atlantic Online Emergency Almanac Narrativity
Ayn Rand Newsletter Georgia Review Paris Review (Limited number available for free)
Australian Humanities Review Global City Review Southwest Review
Black Warrior Review Independent Reader Literary Review Topic Magazine
Boston Review Indiana Review
Clackamas Literary Review Iowa Review
Diagram Journal X Back to Top

Author Web Sites

Note: This is a new section we're just beginning to develop, which we think will be both helpful and interesting to you.  As we continue expanding it, we hope that you will help us by ADVISING US of any site you may know of or find that is devoted to a specific author (not necessarily created by the author) so we may include it in our links here.  Such sites can contain not only fascinating but very relevant information pertaining to a writer's work and life that may not be found anywhere else.  Also, there are often times important additional materials, such as interviews and bibliographies, important to fuller studies or knowledge of the writer and the work.  Note that we list authors alphabetically by last name, not under genre categories.

Allen, Woody Faulkner, William Stone, Oliver
Ashbery, John (Electronic Poetry Center site) Fitzgerald, F. Scott Updike, John - The Centaurian site (developed and maintained by Dr. James Yerkes)
Dean, Debra Kang Morrison, Toni Whitman, Walt
Dickens, Charles Peacock, Molly
Dickinson, Emily Steinbeck, John Back to Top