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Literary Organizations

Austin Poetry Co-op
The Guild was formed for discussion of poetry issues and the review of its members' work. We meet several times a month in Austin, Texas, and publish a biannual journal, The Glass Eye.

Austin Poetry Society
The local chapter of the Poetry Society of Texas in the state capital.

Missouri State Poetry Society
Affiliation, membership, state convention, contest information, and newlsetter available on site. The society is represented through chapters across the state, and publishes an annual anthology of member poems. Membership is open to all.


Resource Sites

InstantPublisher
POD publishing - Instantpublisher's unique transfer software allows individuals to submit their books from any manuscript layout software they use. Publish a perfect bound book in trade quality from 25 to 5,000 copies in about 7-10 working days for less than the cost of a saddle stitched chapbook. Use their online form for an instant price quote.

LitLine
Provides links to the Illinois Literary Network and publications like American Book Review, Mandorla and The Spoon River Quarterly, and publishers like Dalkey Archive Press.

Poetry in the Arts
PITA welcomes unsolicited submissions of poetry, prose, art and music for its online journals, Ardent!, and poetry and essays on the arts by teens to MoonCrossed 33/33—and check out their Poet & Writer Resources pages: extensive, freely accessible meta indexes of publishers, literary competitions, literary archives and other poet and writer resources.

QuotesandPoem.com
Contains a good collection of quotes from the great thinkers and poetry from many famous poets. Quotes and poems are classified based both on poet and subject.

Texas Nafas
A Texas non-profit organization devoted to actively sharing poetry and poetic writings with as many people as possible through the medium of television and video, presents video-taped readings and interviews of personalities in the poetry scene for presentation on public access TV
—and it has been doing this long before Def Poetry Jam ever did.


Workshops and Retreats

Goddard College - TLA Power of Words Conference - Aug. 6-9, 2005, at Goddard College in Plainfield, VT.  The conference, organized by the college’s Transformative Language Arts concentration, features writer and activist Grace Paley, singer-songwriter Deidre McCalla, poet-orator Thandiwe Shiprah, novelist Katherine Towler, journal therapy pioneer Kathleen Adams, and many writers, storytellers, healers, educators, artists and activists.  Discover ways to use writing, storytelling, drama, music and related arts to make a meaningful living.


Publishers

Ardent! welcomes unsolicited submissions of poetry are welcome at this innovative journal that takes risks on new talent.

Farfelu Magazine is a nonprofit publication devoted to celebrating the writers and artists who live in and around Austin, TX.

The Great American Poetry Journal is a hardcover serial poetry anthology open year-round to submissions of poems.


Zines

3 AM Magazine
Poetry, fiction, news and reviews—a magazine for the "young, literary and clued-up."

GinBender.com
An entirely online publication intended as a supplement to available print media, GinBender publishes poetry, prose, and short-short fiction, and offers literary contests.

International Poets - Call it a self published anthology or what you will, International Poets is a no cost, no donation website out of McKinney, Texas offering 40 open Blogs of six pages each (capacity of fifty poems per Blog) to national and international poets. Unpublished and published acceptable. Must be willing to submit bio, pic and sample of work for acceptance

Scrivener's Pen Literary Journal, Inc.
A quarterly e-journal that promotes the literary and visual arts. It has been our mission to promote the novice and the more seasoned, published writer. We also promote new and seasoned painters and photographers by featuring one artist per issue, displaying images of their work throughout the issue and highlighting a page with their bio, links to their Web site and sites that display their work, and a small gallery of their work.

Sol Magazine is a members only publication oriented to development of craft. Membership is free. Information about becoming a member, submissions, events, personalities and the craft are available on site.

Voices Literary Magazine has featured the work of more than 250 talented poets, artists, and photographers. Each quarterly issue is available in html and eBook format. Submissions of poetry, art (scanned or digital), and photography are accepted year-round.

Words-Myth encourages submissions of poems in any style and length, although preferably under 50 lines. The editor is also interested in short articles, reviews of poetry, interviews with poets and critical essays on poetry. "I am seeking memorable writing. That which lingers in my thoughts long after the initial reading. I am hoping for poems that are lucid, contemporary and intelligent. Notice I haven't used the word edgy once yet. Damn silly word!"


Poetry & Spirituality

Inspiritry is the Web site of award-winning poet, author, storyteller and inspirational speaker Anne McCrady. Let Inspiritry bring you back to the joys of openhearted living! Whether you are looking for a keynote speaker, motivational program, writing seminar, conference facilitator, worship leader or storytelling performance, Anne McCrady and Inspiritry can meet your needs!

Poetseers.org provides a large archive of biographical sketches and examples of the poetry for an array of poets from the ancient mystics to contemporary poets with an emphasis on the spiritual aspects of poetry.

Sri Chinmoy Poetry, is an extensive collection of uplifting and inspiring poetry by Sri Chinmoy. Includes poems selected by different poetic themes.


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