WRITERS' LEAGUE OF TEXAS
formerly the Austin Writers' League
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FAQs
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
(Questions are being added, so check here often.)
Q: How can I get my poetry critiqued
and/or published?
A: 1) Visit http://www.writersleague.org/groups.htm
and contact one of the poetry groups and go to a meeting. The best way
for writers (poets) to have their work reviewed is to network with other
writers (poets) and attend critique sessions.
(2) Visit the Writers' League to obtain guidance on using the 2004 Poet's
Market or purchase the 2004 Poet's Market from your local bookseller,
begin to read it and call the League with your questions.
(3) Subscribe to Poets & Writers magazine or visit your local library
and read each issue.
(4) Poets and Writers magazine has an excellent, in-depth website at http://www.pw.org
where you can gather an abundance of useful information.
(5) Attend any poetry reading and ask other poets how they were able to
get their work published. Read The Austin Chronicle when it comes out
on Thursdays and look for Ric Williams section, entitled "Litera."
Read the page 2 of the Life & Arts section of the Austin American-Statesman
when it comes out on Tuesdays and look at the Literary Calendar.
(6) Attend the Writers' League monthly program meetings and network with
other writers/poets and ask them about opportunities to get their work
published.
(7) Visit http://www.austinslam.com
and attend weekly poetry slams. Ask Mike Henry if he has information that
would be helpful in getting your work published.
(8) Visit http://www.borderlands.org
and submit your work to this Texas-based journal, Borderlands: Texas Poetry
Review
(9) Visit the www.writersleague.org
and look for poetry contests to entry. If you win or place in the competition,
it will be easier to get your work published. Your query letter to a potential
publisher will include information on your awards.
(10) Contact the Poetry Society of Texas at http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/PP/kqp1.html
and possibly submit your work to them.
(11) Contact Austin International Poetry Festival at http://www.aipf.org/
and make a contact with that organization about the possibilities of getting
your work published.
Q: How do I find grant information for individual
writers.
A: (1) Call a local foundation (in Austin, TX, it's the
Hogg Foundation) and make an appointment to visit their headquarters.
There is an enormous amount of documentation to peruse regarding grants
and awards available to writers. Search the Yellow Pages. In Austin TX,
it's under "Foundations - Educational, Philanthropic, Research."
(2) Borrow, from a public library, or purchase a copy of the latest version
of Grants and Awards for American Writers. We have one in our Resource
Center to use for research. You can also visit http://www.pen.org
and buy a copy from the PEN American Center. Contact PEN at 212.334.1660
or 568 Broadway, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10012.
(3) Read Poets & Writers, a magazine which comes out 6 times a year
and includes a section in the back called "Grants and Awards."
Visit their extensive website at http://www.pw.org.
(4) Visit the Writers' League of Texas website at http://www.writersleague.org/writerslinks.htm
for a number of helpful links regarding grants for writers.
(5) Read one or more of these magazines or publications and visit their
websites: Author's Guild Bulletin (http://www.authorsguild.org),
Publishers Weekly (http://www.publishersweekly.com),
Writer's Digest (http://www.writersdigest.com),
Writer's Carousel (http://www.writer.org),
Network (http://www.iwwg.org),
and The Writer (http://www.writermag.com).
(6) Attend local readings and ask authors where they obtained grants and/or
fellowships.
(7) Contact the National Writers Union, a union that advocates for writers,
at 212.254.0279 (East) or 510.839.0110 (West) or visit their website at
http://www.nwu.org.
(8) Contact the National Endowment for the Arts for creative writing fellowships
and/or grants at 202.682.5400 or visit their website at http://www.nea.gov/grants/index.html.
(9) Contact Associate Writing Programs (AWP), a membership organization
that offers job listings, conference listings, competitions, and The Writer's
Chronicle newsletter at 703.993.4301 or visit them at http://www.awpwriter.org.
(10) Visit Litline, links to literary journals and organizations, at http://www.litline.org.
(11) Visit Zuzu's Petals Literary Resource, which offers over 10,000 links
to helpful resources for writers and artists as well as researchers, literary
news, and a quarterly magazine.(12) Check out http://www.fundsforwriters.com
(Funds for Writers), which is an enormous source of funding ideas for
writers along with free newsletters that are extremely helpful.
(13) Depending on the writer’s location, a contact with local universities
and creative writing programs (or prestigious programs like the Iowa Writing
Workshop) might provide information on writing residencies.
( 14) Artists & Writers Colonies, researched, edited, and written
by Robyn Middleton, Mindy Seale, Martha Ruttle, Emily Stephens, Stacey
Loomis, and Nicole Peterson, is a good resource as well.
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