Looking to submit and publish some of your essays or creative non-fiction pieces within literary journals and magazines? Searching high and low for memoir contests? Scouring the Internet for blogs, reviewers and writing communities?

Review Wordclay's "Additional Literary Resources," listing some of the most exciting, innovative and consistent literary organizations that can undoubtedly address your additional publishing concerns and questions.

Happy hunting, and good luck from The Wordclay Team.

Additional Literary Resources (where you can find the latest journals, publications, reviews, interviews, upcoming contest deadlines and more): All "About" excerpts were borrowed directly from the organization's Web site.

•LitLine: A Web site for the Independent Literary Community

http://www.litline.org

About LitLine: The Independent Literary Community consists of noncommercial literary presses and magazines, literary centers, writers conferences and festivals, writers who publish with noncommercial literary presses and magazines, service organizations which support the community, and independent bookstores which are the chief purveyors of noncommercial press books.

•New Pages: Good Reading Starts Here

http://newpages.com/

About New Pages: News, information and guides to independent bookstores, independent publishers, literary magazines, alternative periodicals, independent record labels, alternative newsweeklies and more.

•CLMP: Council of Literary Magazines and Presses

http://www.clmp.org/index.html

About CLMP: 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. Literary magazines and presses accomplish the backstage work of American literature: discovering new writers; supporting mid-career writers; publishing the creative voices of communities underrepresented in the mainstream commercial culture; and preserving literature for future readers by keeping books in print.

•Duotrope's Digest: A Resource for Fiction Writers & Poets

http://www.duotrope.com/

About Duotrope's Digest: Duotrope's Digest is a database of over 2,050 current markets for short fiction, poetry, and novels/collections. Use this page to search for markets that may make a fine home for the piece you just polished. Use the menus at the top and right to explore the rest of the free services we offer writers and editors, including a free online submissions tracker for registered users. If you are new to Duotrope's Digest, please acquaint yourself with our terms & definitions before running your first search.

•Poets & Writers, Inc.

http://www.pw.org/

About Poets & Writers, Inc: Poets & Writers, Inc. is the primary source of information, support, and guidance for creative writers. Founded in 1970, it is the nation's largest nonprofit literary organization serving poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers.

•The Association of Writers and Writing Programs

http://www.awpwriter.org/

About AWP: 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.

•Write Habit: Sit Down and Write

http://www.writehabit.org

About Write Habit: To grow as a writer, you have to sit down and write-a simple truth that is not so simple to follow. Write Habit's mission is to provide writers with tips and tools to help them get ahead. Getting ahead means writing regularly and publishing work, two things that Write Habit aims to help you do better.

•Book Marketing Network: The network for book authors and publishers

http://bookmarket.ning.com/

About Book Marketing Network: A place to share, a place to give, a place to pass it on. For book authors, self-publishers, book publishers, publicists, marketers, and others involved in writing, publishing, and marketing books.

•Freelance Writing

http://www.freelancewriting.com/

About Freelance Writing: Learn about freelance writing. Find freelance writing jobs. Learn how to freelance.

•The Millions

http://www.themillionsblog.com/

About The Millions: A tremendous, insightful blog about the most current publications, reviews and writing topics of interest.

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Unique Resources for Memoir:

•Memories and Memoirs

http://www.memoriesandmemoirs.com/

About Memories and Memoirs: Writing a memoir is an act of faith-faith in yourself and faith in the process of writing. But the most important ingredient in writing a memoir is motivation-a passionate reason to get the story on the page, a "fire in the belly" feeling that what you have to tell is important and significant. You may want to create a family legacy, to share your personal views about the times you have lived through, or to create a healing story that allows you to move forward in your life.

•Kay Marie Porterfield Home page

http://www.kporterfield.com/

About Kay Marie Porterfield: Kay Marie Porterfield was awarded an Artist's Fellowship in creative non-fiction by the Colorado Council on the Arts, a part of the National Endowment for the Arts. She is the winner of a Colorado Book Award and two Native Circle Writer's Awards. Kay is the author of 19 published books including What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Relationship Like This? Straight Talk about Learning Disabilities and Straight Talk about PTSD. She is the author of over 500 articles published in national magazines. Her literary memoirs have been published in The Sun and MacGuffin. Her fictionalized memoirs have been published in Redbook.

•Soleil Lifestory Network

http://www.turningmemories.com/

About Soleil Lifestory Network: Today, Soleil Lifestory Network still offers to writers the help so many need to succeed at preserving their personal and family stories and to teachers of lifestory writing the support so necessary to quickly launch and effectively sustain a memoir-writing based business.

•Association of Personal Historians

http://www.personalhistorians.org/

About The Association of Personal Historians: The Association of Personal Historians, Inc. is a not-for-profit international trade association. The purpose of the Association is to advance the profession of assisting individuals, organizations, and communities to preserve their histories, life stories and memories. APH focuses on providing educational, training, and networking opportunities to help professional personal historians, from beginners to advanced, build their personal history businesses.

•Mine Your Memories

http://www.mineyourmemories.com/

About Mine Your Memories: We help individuals, organizations, and businesses recall, examine, share, use, and preserve rich experiences. What do you have that's more precious than your own memories?

•Keepsake Memoirs

http://www.keepsakememoirs.com/

About Keepsake Memoirs: Keepsake Memoirs was founded in 2002 and Gillian has produced over 20 personal and family histories since that time.  In October 2006, she was the first Canadian elected to the Board of Directors for the Association of Personal Historians, an international association of professionals dedicated to preserving personal histories.

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