Online Resources for Writers and Literary Enthusiasts

Authors Publish: a fantastic group that provides a variety of resources for authors, including newsletters with publishing opportunities, writing tips, and a monthly video lecture series

Poets & Writers

Craft Essays from Brevity

Literary Hub: source for all the news, ideas and richness of contemporary literary life

The Rumpus: online literary thought and culture

Austin Kleon's Bookshelf

Longreads - has "Best of" prose reading lists and reading lists by topic

Longform - has "Best of" prose reading lists and reading lists by topic, no longer published

Asian American Writers' Workshop: devoted to creating, publishing, developing and disseminating creative writing by Asian Americans, and to providing an alternative literary arts space at the intersection of migration, race, and social justice

The Millions: literary reviews, essays, and interviews

The Latino Author

Well-Read Black Girl

Lambda Literary: dedicated to nurturing and advocating for LGBTQ writers

WriterLink - online platform for forming, joining, and managing writing groups

NaNoWriMo - nonprofit organization that provides tools, structure, community, and encouragement to help people find their voices, achieve creative goals, and build new worlds — on and off the page. November is the official "NaNoWriMo" (National Novel Writing Month)

NaPoWriMo - poetry equivalent of NaNoWriMo. April is the official "NaPoWriMo" month

Books on Literature and the Craft of Writing

• The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr

• On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

• Why Poetry? by Matthew Zapruder

• Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style by Kurt Vonnegut and Suzanne McConnell

• A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders

• Handbook of Poetic Forms for Teachers and Writers edited by Ron Padgett

• Process: The Writing Lives of Great Authors by Sarah Stodola

• Pity the Reader by Suzanne McConnell and Kurt Vonnegut

• Write Like Hemingway by R. Andrew Wilson

• Craft in the Real World by Matthew Salesses (on teaching creative writing & multicultural lens, but also deals with craft)

• Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative by Jane Alison

• The Making of a Story: A Norton Guide to Creative Writing by Alice LaPlante

• From Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction by Robert Olen Butler

• Dr. JAC’s Guide to Writing with Depth by Joyce Armstrong Carroll, Ed.D.

• Poetry as Persuasion by Carl Dennis

• Black Women Writers at Work edited by Claudia Tate

• Madness, Rack, and Honey by Mary Ruefle

• Aspects of the Novel by E. M. Forster

• Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts by Matt Bell

• Writing Without Teachers by Peter Elbow

• Poetry as Survival by Gregory Orr

• The Therapeutic Potential of Creative Writing by Gillie Bolton

• Stories are What Save Us by David Chrisinger

• The Ekphrastic Writer: Creating Art-Influenced Poetry, Fiction and Nonfiction by Janeé J. Baugher

• The Poet's Companion by Kim Addonizio

• Brevity: A Flash Fiction Handbook by David Galef

• The Essential Poet's Glossary by Edward Hirsch

• A Dictionary of Literary Terms by J. A. Cuddon

• The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. & E. B. White

More Craft Book Lists

• 11 Books on Writing for Your Post-NaNoWriMo Slump from Barnes & Noble blog

Books and Journals on Teaching Creative Writing and Literature

• When Writing Teachers Teach Literature: Bringing Writing to Reading edited by Art Young and Toby Fulwiler

• The Pocket Instructor: Literature: 101 Exercises for the College Classroom edited by Diana Fuss & William A. Gleason

• Literary Theory: A Guide for the Perplexed by Mary Klages