Creative Writing Subject Guide

Provides support, advocacy, resources, and community to writers, college and university creative writing programs, and writers’ conferences and centers.

Its mission is to build an inclusive global literary arts community that empowers women and women-identified writers through workshops and community that foster personal and professional growth.

For over 30 years, Lambda Literary has championed LGBTQ books and authors. Lambda believes that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer literature is fundamental to the preservation of our culture, and that LGBTQ lives are affirmed when our stories are written, published, and read.

For over a hundred years the Modern Language Association and its members have worked to strengthen the study and teaching of language and literature.

PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide. Its mission is to unite writers and their allies to celebrate creative expression and defend the liberties that make it possible.

Founded in 1970, Poets & Writers is the nation’s largest nonprofit organization serving creative writers.

The international professional organization for authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults.

A nonprofit organization of writers and publishing professionals around the world, dedicated to promoting dark literature and the interests of those who write it.

The premier organization for mystery and crime writers, professionals allied to the crime-writing field, aspiring crime writers, and folks who just love to read crime fiction.

Promote, advances, and supports science fiction and fantasy writing in the United States and elsewhere, by educating and informing the general public and supporting and empowering science fiction and fantasy writers.

Founded in 2013 as a professional, enriching, supportive, and diverse international community for writers of women’s fiction.

Founded in 1948, ASJA is the nation’s largest professional organization of independent nonfiction writers.

A membership organization for memoir writers from all over the world.

Promotes responsible journalism, provides professional development for its members and encourages the conservation and preservation of travel resources worldwide.

Founded in 1934 to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry.

The Poetry Society of America, the nation's oldest poetry organization, was founded in 1910. Its mission is to build a larger and more diverse audience for poetry, to encourage a deeper appreciation of the vitality and breadth of poetry in the cultural conversation, to support poets through an array of programs and awards, and to place poetry at the crossroads of American life.