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Djelloul Marbrook
Award-winning poet and journalist’s weblog features essays on contemporary poets, contextualized with reflections on politics and culture
Dispoet
Insightful blog about poetry and disability includes brief reviews and discussions of contemporary poets writing about the subject
Death to the Death of Poetry, an essay by Donald Hall
Poetry has been dying all its life
Daily s-Press
Dorothee Lang, editor of BluePrintReview, an English-language online literary journal based in Germany, began this blog in March 2010 to review new books of poetry and prose from small independent presses
Comstock Review: The Poet’s Handbook
Detailed guidance for poets from the Comstock Writers’ Group
Can Poetry Matter? an essay by Dana Gioia
Poetry is imprisoned in the cozy cells of academia and specialty publishers
Boston Comment
Hard-hitting essays on the state of contemporary poetry, by poet and critic Joan Houlihan
Bad Poets, a short essay by Randall Jarrell
Mr. Jarrell (1914-1965) was a leading American poet and critic
Anatomy of a Poetry Contest
See how a judge weighs poems in this essay by Virgil Suarez
An Honest Answer by Ginger Andrews, reviewed by Dr. Joseph S. Salemi
Poet and classical scholar Joseph Salemi (see bio and poems) probes the limitations of contemporary free- verse confessional poetry
An ABC of Translating Poetry, an essay by Willis Barnstone
Master poet Willis Barnstone explores the act of translation, “a friendship between poets…a mystical union between them based on love and art
Submittable
This online submissions manager is used by a growing number of contests and journals
StartBloggingOnline.com
Blogger and social media expert Mike Wallagher created this site to give writers a simple step-by-step introduction to creating their web presence
Scribendi
Proofreading and copyediting services for literary, academic, religious, or business writing
R.R. Bowker, the US ISBN Agency
R.R. Bowker is the authorized ISBN Agency in the United States, responsible for assigning ISBNs as well as providing information and advice on the uses of the ISBN system to publishers and the publishing industry in general
PDF Online
Convert your word-processed documents into PDF or HTML format with this free online service
NetManners
Essential points of online etiquette, from marketing and technology expert Judith Kallos
MagCloud
Self-publish your own magazine through MagCloud
How To Do It Frugally
Website of Carolyn Howard-Johnson, award-winning author of ‘The Frugal Book Promoter’ and ‘The Frugal Editor’, contains a wealth of advice for writers and publishers on how to generate publicity for their titles on a limited budget
Editorial Freelancers Association
National nonprofit professional association of self-employed workers in the publishing and communications industries
Capital Community College Guide to Grammar and Writing
This comprehensive, searchable grammar guide from Capital Community College in Hartford includes lessons on word usage, sentence structure, rhetoric, and writing a research paper
Book Marketing Buzz Blog
Experienced editor and publicist Brian Feinblum shares tips about turning media exposure into sales, creating your author brand, using multimedia tools to market your book, and much more
Book Marketing and Book Promotion
Book marketing and selling advice from John Kremer, author of ‘1001 Ways to Market Your Books.’ Informative website includes contact information for book buyers, publicity outlets and more
Book Editing Associates
Serving writers, literary agents, and publishers
Writing the Book on Self-Help: A Publisher’s Cautionary Tale
Wall Street Journal feature tracks some of the pitfalls of self-publishing
Writer Beware: Print on Demand Publishing Services
This page from the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America’s advice site offers a comprehensive look at the varieties and pitfalls of POD publishing
The Book Designer
This site, run by publishing and graphic design expert Joel Friedlander, gives resources to help self-publishing authors design professional-looking books
Smashwords
This website helps authors, agents, and publishers convert their books into a variety of popular e-book formats and sell them on the Smashwords site
Self-Publish and Be Damned? Not Always
Self-published author Andy Kessler shares secrets of his success in this Wall Street Journal editorial
Dancing Poetry Contest
Enter the Dancing Poetry Festival sponsored by Artists Embassy International
OwnMade AudioBooks
Create your own audiobook from your published or unpublished book
NY Times: Rise in Self-Publishing Opens the Door for Aspiring Writers
This New York Times article from July 2011 discusses trends in self-publishing and how to choose the right publishing package
MagCloud
Self-publish your own magazine through MagCloud
Jane Friedman’s Self-Publishing Links
Digital publishing expert Jane Friedman compiled this extensive list of resources about how to publish an e-book, find the right e-publishing services, and stay on top of changes in the industry
InstantPublisher.com
The best deal we’ve found for self-publishing
Indies Unlimited
Online community offers platform for self-published and small press writers to promote their books
IndieReader
IndieReader offers self-published authors an attractive, professional-looking portal to list and sell their books
Get Published Now: Molli Nickell, Publishing Consultant
Molli Nickell, a former Time-Life editor and journalist, now teaches writers to create marketing documents and make effective pitches to agents and editors
Avoiding Scams in Agent-Curated Self-Publishing
This article from David Gaughran’s self-publishing blog “Let’s Get Digital” warns about overpriced intermediaries
An Incomplete Guide to POD Publishers
Clea Saal at Books & Tales has compiled this easy-to-read comparison chart of the prices and terms of a variety of print-on-demand publishing companies
Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing
This free service allows you to self-publish your books in Amazon’s popular e-reader format
42 Miles Press Poetry Prize
Submit to the 42 Miles Press Poetry Award
With Words
With Words is a UK-based nonprofit that offers writing workshops and literary events for adults and youth, as well as an international haiku competition
Wendy Wahman Illustration
The website of children’s book illustrator Wendy Wahman includes links to animated videos of her stories
The Poetry Zone
Website features poems by teens and pre-teens
The Brown Bookshelf
This book review website is designed to raise awareness of the myriad of African-American voices writing for young readers
Student Scholarships
This website collects links to academic and vocational programs, grants, and scholarships
Quick Brown Fox: The Literary Journal of the Five Colleges
Launched in 2010, QBF publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and artwork by students at the Five Colleges in Western Massachusetts
Purdue University Online Writing Lab
This resource portal from Purdue University in Indiana features basic exercises to learn grammar, punctuation, spelling, APA and MLA citation styles, and composing resumes and business letters
Powell’s Books: Children’s Poetry
Portland’s famous bookseller offers over 1,500 books of poetry for children and young adults
