InfoGuides: Creative Writing: Find Writing and Publishing Resources

Creative Writing Professional Journals

Poets & Writers
Articles on the writing craft and publication process. Includes interviews with writers. Its web site includes directories of publishers, literary magazines, and literary agents.
Writer’s Digest
Articles on the writing craft and publication process.
The Writer's Chronicle (print format)
Produced by the Associated Writing Programs, a professional association for creative writing teachers and practitioners. Includes articles on craft and pedagogy.

Oxford English Dictionary
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The full text of the classic 22-volume Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition, which provides information on the historical development of the language. View a tutorial on this database here.

NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears
Publication Date: 2000
Comprehensive American slang dictionary.
Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage by Jeremy Butterfield (Editor)
Publication Date: 2015
Gives comprehensive and practical advice on complex points of grammar, syntax, punctuation,style, and word choice.
Pocket Oxford American Thesaurus
Publication Date: 2008
Includes more than 15,000 main entries and 350,000 synonyms and antonyms, with sample sentences or phrases.

Writer's Market
Call Number: Fenwick Reference PN161 .W75
Includes listings for publishers and markets for a variety of genres. Includes both mainstream and small presses.

Literary Market Place
Contains listings of publishers, agents, trade services and international resources, including contact information such as addresses, e-mail, web sites, numbers and other relevant data like specialties, activities and key personnel.
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Small Presses (from Poets & Writers)
Listings for small presses, including submissions information.