Arts Associations
Awards
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Booksellers
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Dictionaries and Resources
- Acronym Finder
- All Words
- American Heritage Dictionary
- ANAGRAM Server
- Biographical Dictionary
- Cambridge Dictionaries
- Cliche Finder
- CV Writing
- DICT – Sophisticated Search Engine
- Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr
- Encyclopedia dot Com
- Familiar Quotations
- Freeality
- Garbl's Writing Style and Usage Resource
- Grammar Girl
- How to Do Things
- Infoplease
- Memorable Quotations
- Merriam-Webster OnLine Dictionary
- National Archives of Canada
- Ref Desk – Current Reference, Facts and News
- Rhyme Zone – Rhyming Dictionary
- Rhymer – Rhyming Dictionary
- Rhyming – Writer Express
- Seldom Used Words
- Songwriting Tips and Tools
- Webopedia – Computer and Internet Definitions
- Wordsmith – The magic of Words
- Wordwrights Canada – Links for Canadian Writers (recommended)
Editing and Feedback
Events & Misc
Markets
- Aesthetica
- Canadian Children’s Book Publishers
- Day Poems
- Grain Magazine
- Hit and Run
- Magazines Canada
- On Spec – The Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic
- Page Forty-Seven
- Places for Writers
- Poets and Writers (excellent source for USA writing contests)
- Prairie Fire – A Canadian Magazine of New Writing
- The Orphan Leaf Review
- Vallum Magazine – Contemporary Poetry
- Wild Sound Script Contests
- Writers Market
Publications
Southern Ontario Writers' Associations
Writer Groups
- Alberta Romance Writers' Association
- Association of Personal Historians
- Calgary Association of the Romance Writers of America
- Canadian Association of Journalists
- Canadian Authors Association
- Canadian Authors Association Toronto Branch
- Canadian eAuthors
- Canadian Farm Writers' Federation
- Canadian Journalists for Free Expression
- Canadian Poetry Association
- Canadian Science Writers' Association
- Crime Writers of Canada
- Cuisine Canada
- Editorial Freelancers Association
- Editors' Association of Canada
- Film Arts Media Entertainment of Durham
- Haliburton Highlands Writers' and Editors' Network
- InScribe Christian Writers Fellowship
- Markham Village Writers
- Pen Wag
- Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC)
- PWAC Toronto Chapter
- PWAC Toronto NetWords GTA News and Events Hub
- Romance Writers of America
- Science Fiction Writers of America
- SF Canada
- South West Writers
- Storytellers of Canada
- The Canadian Public Relations Society
- The Hong Kong Writers' Circle
- The International Women's Writing Guild
- The League of Canadian Poets
- The Mariposa Writers' Group (MWG)
- The Ontario Poetry Society
Writer Resources
- ACCESS Copyright
- All Canadian Search
- Association of Canadian Publishers
- Author Connect
- Barbara Kyle – The Writer's Life
- Canadian Writers’ Journal
- Create Your Screenplay
- DellaArte Press
- Duotrope’s Digest
- First Choice Books – Self Publishing and Selling via Bookstore (Canadian)
- Humber School for Writers
- i TOOLS – a Selection of Internet Seach Engines
- Ink Tip – Connecting Producers, Screenwriters and Agents
- Jeff Gaulin's Jobsite for Writers
- Journalism Net
- Lulu – Self Publishing and Selling via Bookstore (U.S.A.)
- Nuke Town – Gamers Writing Site
- Paul Lima – The Six-Figure Freelancer
- PEN Canada
- PoeWAR – Writers' Resource Centre
- Predators and Editors – Huge lists of Writing Sites
- Robin's Nest – Resources for Writers
- Roxanne Snider's Creative Writing Workshop
- Self Made Scholar – free onLine courses
- Self Published Authors
- Soul Asylum Poetry and Publishing
- The Fine Print of Self-Publishing
- The Next Big Writer
- The Scriptorium
- The Slot – A Spot for Copy Editors
- The Writers Guild of Canada
- The Writers Store
- The Writers' Studio Guide to Getting Published in Literary Magazines in Canada
- The Writers' Studio of Simon Fraser University
- The Writers' Union of Canada
- Toronto Writers’ Centre
- Winning Writers – Resources for poets and writers (U.K.)
- Wooden Horse
- Writer's Digest
- Writers Write
- Writing for the Web
Youth
- Amazing Kids
- Canadian Children’s Book Centre
- Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers – CANSCAIP
- Kid Pub – Books, Stories, Contests and Publishing for Kids
- SCBWI
- Stone Soup (for young writers and artists)
- The Purple Crayon
- Young Poets (sponsored by The League of Canadian Poets)
2010-2011 PWAC Toronto Chapter Professional Development Series
