Links of Interest to Writers

Major Writers Organizations

• American Medical Writers Association
• American Society of Journalists and Authors
• American Society of Newspaper Editors
• Association of Food Journalists
• Authors Guild
• Education Writer's Association
• International Association of Business Communicators
• International Food, Wine and Travel Writers Association
• The International Womens Writing Guild
• Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.
• Journalism and Women Symposium (JAWS)
• Mystery Writers of America
• National Association of Black Journalists
• National Association of Science Writers
• National Education Writers Association
• National Press Club
• National Writers Union
• Poets & Writers
• The Reporters Network
• Romance Writers of America
• Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
• Society for Technical Communication
• Society of American Travel Writers
• Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
• Society of Environmental Journalists
• Society of Professional Journalists
• Womens National Book Association
• Writers Guild of America

Bay Area Organizations

• Bay Area Editors Forum
• Media Alliance
• SPJ, Northern California Chapter
• Independent Press Association
• California Writers Club
• Bay Area Independent Publishers Association
• Northern California Independent Booksellers Association
• Bay Area NWU (this website)

Literary Agents

• Association of Authors Representatives
• Preditors & Editors: Literary Agents

Copyright, Tax, Legal, and Other

• US Copyright Office
• US Copyright forms
• Copyright and Fair Use, Stanford University
• IRS — Self-Employed
• Publishing Law Center

FOIA and Writers Rights

See the extensive collection of links and resources on the Writers Rights Links page.

Major Bay Area Libraries

• Cal Berkeley Library
• San Francisco Public Library
• SFSU Library

Labor

• Association for Union Democracy
• AFL-CIO
• Labornet

Interesting Places to Visit

Bookfinder.com is an online open marketplace for books in Berkeley.

Looking for a book group, writer's group or writing workshop? This is the place: www.sfstation.com/literaryarts/index.htm.

Also see the list of resources for writers at the Larsen/Pomada literary agency in San Francisco.

Powell's Bookstore, the only unionized online bookstore.

Holt Uncensored, a semi-monthly email column and website about books and the book industry.

The San Francisco Writers Conference, the new annual literary event.

Booksense, the association of independent bookstores.

To suggest an organization or site for inclusion email @postings