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National Writers’ Organizations:
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Canadian Authors’ Association
Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers
Canadian Writers’ Foundation
Creative Nonfiction Collective Society
PEN Canada Professional Writers Association of Canada
Professional Writers’ Association of Canada
Playwrights Guild of Canada
The League of Canadian Poets
The Writers’ Trust of Canada
The Writers’ Union of Canada

Provincial/Territorial Writers’ Organizations:
Federation of BC Writers
Manitoba Writers’ Guild
NorthWords NWT
Prince Edward Island Writers’ Guild
Quebec Writers’ Federation
Saskatchewan Writers Guild
Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick
Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia
Writers Guild of Alberta

Funding Agencies:
Canada Council for the Arts
Canadian Heritage
City of St John’s
Dept. of Business, Tourism, Culture and Rural Dev. of Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council

Local Writing Awards and Competitions:
Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers
Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards
Provincial Arts and Letters Awards
The Winterset Award

Other Writing Awards and Competitions:
CBC Creative Non-Fiction Prize
CBC Poetry Prize
CBC Short Story Prize
Dream Quest One Writing and Poetry Contest
Far Horizons Award for Poetry
Malahat Review Novella Prize
Canadian Authors Assoc. Literary Awards
Open Season Awards

Programs, Conferences, and Festivals:
AfterWorlds Literacy Festival
International Festival of Authors
Frye Festival
Humber School of Creative & Performing Arts
Literary Arts at The Banff Centre
Maritime Writers’ Workshop
Memorial University Creative Writing Program
Piper’s Frith: Writing at Kilmory Resort
Readbythesea
The Word on the Street
The Writer’s Studio at SFU
Winterset in Summer
Writers at Woody Point

Networks, Centres, Misc.:
Backspace
Canadian Children’s Book Centre
JacketFlap
Newfoundland Writers’ Guild
[places for writers]
Teachers & Writers Collaborative
The Frost Place

Trade Magazines and Ezines:
The Atlantic
The Writer’s Chronicle
The Writer
Brick
broken pencil
Canadian Children’s Book News
Canadian Literature
Canadian Notes & Queries
January Magazine
Jeunesse
Literary Review of Canada
Montreal Review of Books
Quill and Quire
Studies in Canadian Literature
Writer’s Digest

Literary Magazines and Ezines:
Arc Poetry Magazine
Augur Magazine
The Antigonish Review
ARC: Canada’s National Poetry Magazine
Carousel
Contemporary Verse 2 (cv/2)
Dalhousie Review
Dandelion Magazine
Descant
Event Magazine
existere
Forget Magazine
The Fiddlehead
Geez Magazine
Geist
Grain Magazine
The Malahat Review
Mosaic
The Nashwaak Review
Long Con Magazine
Neo-Opsis SF Magazine
Newfoundland and Labrador Studies
The New Quarterly
On Spec
paperplates
Prairie Journal
PRECIPICe
Prism International
Public
Queen’s Quarterly
Qwerty Magazine
Riddle Fence
Room Magazine
sub-TERRAIN Magazine
Understorey Magazine
Vallum
Magazine Association of BC

Editors for Hire / Editors’ Groups
Newfoundland and Labrador Editors
Editors Canada

Publishers in Atlantic Canada / Publishers’ Groups:
Acorn Press
After Books
Association of Canadian Publishers
Bayside Movement Publishing
Blackbox Publishing House
Brandan Press
Breakwater Books
Broken Jaw Press
Boulder Publications
Conundrum Press
Canadian Committee on Labour History
Canadian Publishers’ Council
Brunswick Books
Engen Books
FernWood Publishing & Roseway Publishing
Flanker Press
Formac Publishing Company
Gaspereau Press
Goose Lane Editions
Indian Ink Publishing
Island Studies Press
Nevermore Press
Nimbus Publishing
Memorial University Press
Monster House Publishing
OC Publishing
Pottersfield Press
Rattling Books
Retromedia Publishing
Running the Goat Books & Broadsides
SSP Publications
Somewhat Grumpy Press

Ongoing Annual Workshops:
SFU Manuscript Consultations
EventBrite Online Writing Workshops

Others Links of Interest:
Association for the Arts in Mount Pearl
Canadian Independent Booksellers Association
Cape St. Mary’s Performance Series
Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage
Newfoundland & Labrador Public Libraries
Public Lending Right Commission
Access Copyright
The Association for Visual Arts
Thin Fiction
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