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Funding

State Arts Agencies/Regional Arts Organizations
Funding for individuals and organizations.

Foundation Center
The leading web site on philanthropy serving grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public.

Nonprofit Finance Fund
Loans for facilities projects and for other growth-related needs and planning assistance.

NYFA Source
The largest national database of information on grants, awards, services, and publications for artists in all disciplines.

Service Organizations

Academy of American Poets
584 Broadway, Suite 1208
New York, NY 10012
212/274-0343
www.poets.org

Alliance of Artists' Communities
255 South Main St
Providence, RI 02903
401/351-4320
www.artistcommunities.org
aac@artistcommunities.org

American Booksellers Association (ABA)
200 White Plains Rd.
Tarrytown, NY 10591
800/637-0037 or 914/591-2665
www.bookweb.org
info@bookweb.org

American Library Association (ALA)
Public Information Office
50 East Huron St.
Chicago, IL 60611
800/545-2433
888/814-7692 (tdd/tty)
www.ala.org
library@ala.org

American Literary Translators Association (ALTA)
The University of Texas at Dallas
Box 830688 Mail Station JO51
Richardson TX 75083-0688
972/883-2093
www.literarytranslators.org
ert@utdallas.edu

American Translators Association
225 Reinekers Lane, Suite 590
Alexandria, VA 22314
703/683-6100
www.atanet.org
ata@atanet.org

Associated Writing Programs
Mail Stop 1E3
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
703/993-4301
www.awpwriter.org
awp@awpwriter.org

Association of American University Presses
71 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010
212/989-1010
aaupnet.org

Association of American Publishers (AAP)
71 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10003
212/255-0200
www.publishers.org

Authors Guild
116 West 23rd Street, Suite 500
New York, NY 10011
212/563-5904
www.authorsguild.org
staff@authorsguild.org

Center for Book Culture
ISU Campus Box 8905
Normal, IL 61790-8905
309/438-7555
www.centerforbookculture.org

Council of Literary Magazines & Presses
154 Christopher Street, Suite 3C
New York, NY 10014-9110
212/741-9110
www.clmp.org
info@clmp.org

National Book Foundation
95 Madison Avenue, Suite 709
New York, New York 10016
212/685-0261
www.nationalbook.org
nationalbook@nationalbook.org

National Writers Union(UAW/AFL-CIO)
113 University Pl. 6th Fl.
New York, NY 10003
212/254-0279
www.nwu.org
nwu@nwu.org

PEN American Center
588 Broadway, Suite 303
New York, NY 10012
212/334-1660
www.pen.org

PEN Center USA
c/o Antioch University
400 Corporate Pointe
Culver City, CA 90230
310/862-1555
penusa.org
pen@penusa.org

Poetry Society of America
15 Gramercy Park
New York, NY 10003
212/254-9628
www.poetrysociety.org

Poets & Writers
72 Spring Street
New York, NY 10012
212/226-3586
www.pw.org
elliot@pw.org

Teachers and Writers Collaborative
5 Union Square West
New York, NY 10003-3306
212/691-6590
www.twc.org
info@twc.org

Publications

Books

Grants and Awards Available to American Writers, published by PEN American Center, 568 Broadway, New York, NY 10012-3225. Includes more than 1,000 listings of American and International awards, including deadlines and web site addresses.

Directory of Literary Magazines, published by Asphodel Press in cooperation with the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, 154 Christopher Street, Suite 3C, New York, NY 10014-2839. Includes information on more than 600 US and foreign magazines that publish poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.

Writer's Market and Poet's Market, published annually by Writers Digest Books.

Literary Agents: The Essential Guide for Writers by Debby Mayer, published by Penguin Books in association with Poets & Writers, Inc., 72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012; (212) 226-3586; http://www.pw.org.

The First Book Market: A Writer's Resource by Jason Shinder, published by Macmillan.

Magazines

The Writer's Chronicle and AWP Job List, The Associated Writing Programs, Tallwood House, Mail Stop 1E3, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030; (703) 993-4301; http://www.awpwriter.org/magazine/.

Poets & Writers, 72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012; (212) 226-3586; http://www.pw.org.

Conferences

The AWP Annual Conference. Held in the spring, the conference features seminars and workshops for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers. For more information, call (703) 993-4301 or e-mail awp@gmu.edu.

Other Literature Resources on the Web

Bookwire

Library of Congress

Poetry Daily

Society for Childrens Book Writers & Illustrators

U.S. Copyright Office

Writer's Net