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Access Copyright
"We work to protect and advance the rights of copyright owners, promote public awareness and understanding of Canadian copyright law and the collective administration of copyright, and enforce the rights of those we represent both on a domestic and international basis."
Association of Canadian Publishers
The ACP's mission is to support the development of a strong, independent, and vibrant Canadian-owned publishing industry. The ACP accomplishes these goals by effectively adhering to the mandate of our three core functions: Government Relations, Research And Communications, and Marketing.
The Canada Council/Conseil des Arts du Canada
The role of the Council is "to foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts." To fulfill this mandate, the Council offers a broad range of grants and services to professional Canadian artists and arts organizations in dance, interdisciplinary and performance art, media arts, music, theatre, visual arts, and writing and publishing.
Canadian Authors Association
The Canadian Authors Association is Canada's national writing association. If you are looking for the type of support only a large national association can give you combined with the friendliness of local branches then the CAA is for you. "Writers Helping Writers" is more than a motto -- it expresses our commitment to beginning and established writers alike.
The Canadian Literature Archive's: Canadian Writers on the Web
The Canadian Literature Archive has been online since October 4, 1994 and is a repository for information about Canadian writers, novelists, poets, playwrights, essayists, Canadian literary organizations, magazines, publications, texts and library archives.
Canadian Magazine Publishers Association
CMPA Advocacy Working for You and the Entire Canadian Magazine Industry
Canadian Poetry Association
The main aims of the Canadian Poetry Association are: To promote the reading, writing, publishing and preservation of poetry in Canada through the individual efforts of members; to promote communication among poets, publishers and the general public; to encourage leadership and participation from members and to encourage the formation and development of autonomous local chapters.
Canadian Publishers' Council
The Canadian Publishers' Council represents the interests of 30 companies who publish books and other media for elementary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, professional and reference, retail, and library markets.
The Danforth Review
Focusing on the canadian small press scene and other matters of insignificance.
Editors' Association of Canada
The Editors' Association of Canada promotes professional editing as key in producing effective communications. Its 1,500-plus members, salaried and freelance, work with individuals and in the corporate, technical, government, non-profit, and publishing sectors.
Festival of Words
The Festival of Words is a registered non-profit group of over 150 volunteers who present an enjoyable and stimulating celebration of the imaginative ways we use language. We operate year-round bringing special events to Saskatchewan, holding open microphone coffee houses for youth, promoting literacy and creative writing, and culminating in an annual summer festival in July, which features activities centered around creative uses of language.
Greenboathouse Books
Greenboathouse Books is a small literary press located in Vernon and Victoria BC focusing on new and innovative writing from across Canada. Our goal is to promote and publish, both in print and on-line, poetry, fiction and mixed-form work by emerging and established writers from across the country.
Latchkey - Rocco de Giacomo
Each month, artists will be selected to have poetry, photography and/or artwork featured on latchkey.net. So please send us your work,
including links to spoken word pieces in mp3 format for fans to download.
The League of Canadian Poets
The League of Canadian Poets, a non-profit arts service organization, is the national association of professional publishing and performing poets in Canada. Its purpose is to enhance the status of poets and nurture a professional poetic community to facilitate the teaching of Canadian poetry at all levels of education and to develop the audience for poetry by encouraging publication, performance and recognition of Canadian poetry nationally and internationally.
National Library of Canada's: Publishers' Window
The Publishers' Window on the Government of Canada is an organized collection of links to federal government information for and about the Canadian publishing industry, providing a one-stop service point for a variety of government programs and services on the Web.
Periodical Writers Association of Canada
"The voice of Canada's professional freelance writers and journalists." Publications, services, links for writers' associations, resources, listservs and newsgroups, journalism, Canadian writing.
Publishers in Canada
A great list of links to Canadian publisher sites.
Scream In High Park
At Scream In High Park the entire evening is a poem. Scream reinvents all tidings that are fit for consumption and flies them at you on the scenic half-shell. Scream In High Park is art's language coming at you from the trees. You don't so much as have to open your eyes.
Stirring: A Literary Collection
Stirring is a monthly literary magazine that publishes between ten and twenty poems each issue. We ask simply that work be impressive -- we like images, metaphor, sound, rhythm, honesty, and everything else that makes a poem resonate. Make it good, and we'll like it.
University of Toronto English Library, Canadian Poetry
A ton of Canadian poets, poetry journals and magazines, Canadian poetry presses, literary awards and courses.
WebRing
In the "Search" dialog, specify "Poetry". I gave up trying to count all the sites.
Wordwrights Canada
Wordwrights Canada is an organization serving those who strive for a high professional standard in their writing, whether nonfiction, fiction, or poetry. Founded on a belief in the power and integrity of language, Wordwrights Canada has made its aim "The right words in the best places." They offer Handbooks for Writers, Writing Contests, Editing Services and Educational Services.
The Writers Guild of Alberta
TheWriters Guild of Alberta invites you to join in the Literary Festivities that Alberta has to offer. You will find retreats, readings, workshops, critique groups and more.
The Writers Guild of Canada
The Writers Guild of Canada is a national association representing more than 1,700 screenwriters working in film, television, radio and multimedia production in Canada. Members of the Guild are professionals who write dramatic TV series, MOWs, feature films, mini-series, documentaries, animation, comedy and variety series, children's and educational programming, radio drama, as well as corporate videos and multimedia productions.
The Writers' Union of Canada
Founded in 1973, The Writers' Union of Canada is a national organization of professional writers of books for the general public. Check out their short prose competition, manuscript reading service, contract evaluation, publications, and "Dear Writer" advice.