Resources: Links

Links | Tips

Thank you, Sher Swanby, for contributing the links with *

AbsoluteWrite

AgentQuery

AuthorMania

Children's Book Council

Children's Literature

Children's Literature Network

* The Children's Literature Web Guide

* Children's Writing Resources

* Colossal Directory of Children's Publishers Guidelines

Creativity Portal

Creative Writing Prompts

FirstWriter

Hamline University
low-residency MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults

* Institute of Children's Literature

* Kid Magazine Writers

LiteraryLawGuide

The Loft Literary Center
" . . . the nation's largest and most comprehensive literary center, offering programs and services for readers and writers."

Metronet
A listing of Minnesota authors and illustrators available for classroom visits.

Minnesota Book Awards

MNLink
Gateway to a statewide virtual library. Great research resource.

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)

OKAPI Readability Analysis

Poynter Online
(search for "tools" — a great article by Roy Peter Clark)

Public Libraries database (resource for magazine and journal articles)

* Publishers Weekly

SmartWriters.com

Understanding Children's Book Categories

* Write4Kids.com

Writers' Associations
A listing of local writers' associations by state

* WritersWrite.com — Children's Writing

* Writing Corner

Writing Fix