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Bright Light Café Links to
Writing Organisations and Associations
Australia
ABC
Writer's Centre (Australia)
www.abc.net.au/writers/
ACT
Writer's Centre (Australia)
www.actwriters.org.au/
Australia
Council (Literature Fund)
www.ozco.gov.au
Australian Society of Authors
www.asauthors.org
Australian Writers'
Guild
www.awg.com.au
Australian Writer's
Marketplace
www.australianwritersmarketplace.com
NSW Writers' Centre
(Australia)
www.nswwriterscentre.org.au
Romance Writers of
Australia
www.romanceaustralia.com
Queensland Writers' Centre (Australia)
www.qwc.asn.au
South Australia Writers' Centre
www.sawriters.on.net
Society of
Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
www.scbwi.org
Tasmanian Writers'
Centre (Australia)
www.fearless.org.au/taswriters
The Northern
Territory Writer's Centre (Australia)
www.ntwriters.com.au/
Victorian Writers'
Centre (Australia)
www.writers-centre.org/
Asia
The Hong Kong Writers' Circle
www.hkwriterscircle.com
The Wild East Links Machine
Associated with The Hong Kong Writers
Circle
//forum.hkwriterscircle.com/pages/
Canada
Canadian Authors' Association
www.canauthors.org
Playwrights Union of Canada
www.playwrightsguild.ca/pgc/main.asp
Writers’ Guild of Canada
represents 1500 scriptwriters, and gives advice for new writers.
www.writersguildofcanada.com
Writers' Union of Canada
Association supporting Canadian writers.
www.writersunion.ca
Ireland
Irish Writers' Centre
www.writerscentre.ie/
Irish Writers' Union
www.ireland-writers.com
New
Zealand
New Zealand Society of Authors
www.authors.org.nz
United
Kingdom
Academi
The national
society of Welsh writers.
www.academi.org/main.cfm?language=english
Authors’ Licensing Collecting Society
The British rights management society for all writers.
www.alcs.co.uk/
Crime Writers’ Association
A
networking society for some 400 British crime writers sites - Membership
for published writers only, but award a Debut Dagger for the best
unpublished crime novel.
www.thecwa.co.uk/index.php
Contemporary Writers
Produced by the
British Council in association with BookTrust
www.contemporarywriters.com
The Federation of Worker Writers and
Community Publishers
British federation of writers’ groups committed to
writing and publishing based on working-class experience.
www.thefwwcp.org.uk/
Garden Writers’ Guild
Society
of British garden writers
www.gardenwriters.co.uk/index.htm
National Association of Writers in
Education (UK organisation)
www.nawe.co.uk
National Association for Literature
Development (UK organisation)
www.nald.org
National Union of Journalists
Represents
British journalists and photographers. Has a useful list of links to
media resources.
www.nuj.org.uk/front/index/php
Royal Society of Literature
Also administers
literary prizes.
www.rslit.org/index1.php
Society for Technical Communication
For technical writers and editors, content developers, academics etc.
www.stc.org
The Society of Authors
The British authors’
organization - Membership is open to those who have
had a book published, or who have an offer to publish (without subsidy by
the author).
www.societyofauthors.net/
Society of Women Writers and Journalists
United Kingdom - has regular meetings in London.
www.swwj.co.uk
The Word Pool
Useful articles on writing for
children and free monthly newsletter.
http://www.wordpool.co.uk/
The Writers Guild of Great Britain
The UK writers’ trade union,
www.writersguild.org.uk/
Writernet
UK Arts-Council funded site providing
services to writers working in performance media.
www.writernet.co.uk/index.php?id=120
Wordpool (The British Region branch)
www.britishscbwi.org/
U.S.A
Writers
Guild of America (West Coast)
www.wga.org/
Association of Authors and Publishers
(Houston, America)
www.authorsandpublishers.org/index.html)
The Authors’ Guild
The organisation
representing American writers.
www.authorsguild.org/
International Women's Writing Guild
(American organisation)
www.iwwg.com/
Science Fiction Writers of America
www.sfwa.org/
Screenwriters Online
American - offers a screenwriting competition and online master
classes.
www.screenwriter.com/insider/news.html
Society of Children's Book Writers and
Illustrators (USA)
www.scbwi.org/
Writers Guild of America
Association of writers in motion picture,
broadcast, cable and new media.
www.wga.org/
Horror Writers’ Association
Worldwide
organisation for writers of Horror and Dark Fantasy
www.horror.org/about.htm
HTML Writers Guild
Web design and
writing)
http://www.hwg.org
PEN
Fights for freedom of expression and against political censorship. It
campaigns for writers harassed, imprisoned and sometimes murdered for
their views.
www.pen.org/
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