Advancing the cause. Have you something to profess? For all the healthy infusions of anarchy, many professions also inject vibrancy into the poetry ecology. Organizations champion both the rights and responsibilities of their professional members.
“Dedicated to uniting people and organizations around the world in the global promotion of poets and poetry.”
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“The Canadian poetry Association strives to be a broad based umbrella organization. It organizes poetry readings and social events; publishes anthologies, chapbooks, and the national newsletter Poemata containing markets, reviews, poetry, and other information.”
“The Federation of BC Writers is a not-for-profit organization established in 1976 to contribute to a supportive environment for writing in the province.”
British Columbia,
Canada
http://bcwriters.com/
“The League of Canadian Poets, a non-profit arts service organization, is the national association of professional publishing and performing poets in Canada.”
Post events on their event calendar. Check out the Poetry Spoken Here Webstore, the Who’s who directory of members of the league, and the benefits of membership. Students and teachers will love the offshoot site youngpoets.ca.
Canada
http://www.poets.ca
“Magazines Canada is Canada’s leading professional magazine industry association, representing over 300 of the country’s consumer titles. The member-driven, not-for-profit organization strives to serve Canadian magazines of all scope and size through ongoing advocacy and special initiatives.”
“The Manitoba Writers’ Guild was inaugurated in August 1981 at Aubigny, Manitoba, as a grassroots organization created for and by Manitoba writers. From the 20 members who joined after that first meeting, the Guild has grown to over 550. We continue to expand our services and programming to find, develop and promote literary talent all over the province.”
Check out the guild’s Show Me the Poetry project, bringing “the fun back into reading poetry.”
Manitoba,
Canada
http://www.mbwriter.mb.ca/
“The main aims of the Canadian Poetry Association are: To promote the reading, writing, publishing and preservation of poetry in Canada through the individual efforts of members; To promote communication among poets, publishers and the general public; To encourage leadership and participation from members and to encourage the formation and development of autonomous local chapters.”
Features include the Canadian Poetry Association’s magazine/newsletter POEMATA, the CanLit Search Engine, and members poetry.
“The Prince Edward Island Writers’ Guild was founded in 1989 by a group of writers who saw the necessity to unify literary programmes such as writing workshops and readings, to create a formal intersection for discussion and action, and to speak periodically as one voice for the Island’s literary community.”
The guild partners with the PEI Council of the Arts to host the annual Island Literary Awards.
Prince Edward Island,
Canada
http://www.peiwriters.ca/
“The Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF) is playing an increasingly prominent role in the life of the Quebec English-language literary community as an arts presenter and professional and community educator, as well as the representative of Quebec’s English-language writers.”
Quebec,
Canada
http://www.qwf.org/
“Founded in 1969, the Saskatchewan Writers Guild is a province-wide organization representing writers in all disciplines and at all levels of development. It is one of the largest writers organizations in Canada with a membership of over 500. The Guild’s mission is to improve the status of the writer in Saskatchewan.”
Saskatchewan,
Canada
http://www.skwriter.com/
“In July 2005 - 17 International Spoken Word artists and organizers met at The Banff Centre for the Arts, forming a lobby group and network to further the development of Spoken Word in Canada and Internationally… As a collective this group, called SWAN (Spoken Word Arts Network), will function not only as artists but also as activists. “
SWAN also has a Poets Database: “Our database of poets is sure to get your attention. We are compiling a database of poets around the world and if you are a working poet, please feel free to join.”
“The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) is a national organization which brings writers together for the advancement of their collective interests. It aims not only at embracing but also fostering diversity and inclusiveness in all their forms.” TWUC site also lists Canadian Literary Agents.
Canada
http://www.writersunion.ca
“The Writers Guild of Alberta is a provincial arts service organization that represents both professional and emerging writers in Alberta.”
Alberta,
Canada
http://www.writersguild.ab.ca/
“The Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador (WANL) is a not-for-profit organization established in 1987 to contribute to a supportive environment for writing in the province.”
Newfoundland,
Canada
http://www.writersalliance.nf.ca/
“The Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick is a community of writers, both amateur and professional, who strive to develop the craft of writing and who work to promote and encourage the literary arts in New Brunswick.”
The Federation also has a blog.
New Brunswick,
Canada
http://www.umce.ca/wfnb/
“The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia was established in 1975 to foster creative writing and the profession of writing in Nova Scotia; to provide advice and assistance to writers at all stages of their careers; to encourage greater public recognition of Nova Scotian writers and their achievements; and, to enhance the literary arts in our regional and national culture “
Nova Scotia,
Canada
http://www.writers.ns.ca/
“a place where writers from all cultures meet to discuss, debate and communicate”
“International PEN, the worldwide association of writers with 144 Centres in 101 Countries, exists to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere, to fight for freedom of expression and represent the conscience of world literature.”
See also their online magazine.
International
http://www.internationalpen.org.uk/
“The IWWG, founded in 1976, is a network for the personal and professional empowerment of women through writing and open to all regardless of portfolio. As such, it has established a remarkable record of achievement in the publishing world, as well as in circles where lifelong learning and personal transformation are valued for their own sake. “
International
http://www.iwwg.com/index.php
“NALD is the professional body for all involved in developing writers, readers and literature audiences.”
U.K.
http://www.nald.org/
“The mission of The Association of Writers & Writing Programs is to foster literary talent and achievement, to advance the art of writing as essential to a good education, and to serve the makers, teachers, students, and readers of contemporary writing.”
United States
http://www.awpwriter.org
“The Colorado Poets Association is the largest independent poetry organization in Colorado, and one of the largest in the country. The association runs readings, offer workshops and classes, and has a website listing every poetry reading in the state of Colorado, and containing links to hundreds of poetry publications and poets. It’s not only a good resource for people in Colorado wanting to know about poetry, it’s a good resource for anyone outside of Colorado wanting to know about the ‘state’ of poetry in Colorado.”
The site includes extensive world poetry links and a world-wide directory of poets.
Colorado,
United States
http://www.coloradopoets.org
“The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses serves one of the most active segments of American arts and culture: the independent publishers of exceptional fiction, poetry and prose… As the service organization to these publishers, the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses guides literature through the business of publishing.” The Literary Press and Magazine Directory is a staple publication of CLMP.
United States
http://www.clmp.org/
“The Academy is a nonprofit organization with a mission to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry. Poets.org is one of several programs presented by the Academy of American Poets.”
Poets.org also features a national poetry map, an audio directory, listening booth, Poetcast podcast, and the intriguing Life Lines project asking “readers and poets alike to share the lines most vital to them, along with notes about the precise situation that summoned them to mind.”
United States
http://www.poets.org/
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