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Business
of Writing |
 Arts & Business "We help business people support the arts &
the arts inspire business people"
Artist Trust Professional Development
resumes, cover letter, grant application, website building how-tos and more
Write Room a full screen, distraction free, writing environment. (Mac)
Zoho online wp, spreadsheet, conferencing |
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Diversions |
Friv a ton of silly games - really, a
ton, we weighed it
Garfield Minus Garfield very surrealistic
How to Speak Hip a Dell Close recording fro the 50s
Instant Origami we love this
Museum of Online Museums
Sleeveface "one or more persons obscuring or augmenting any part of their body or bodies with record sleeve(s) causing an illusion"
Visible Body
Yoga Kitty |
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Fiction Writing |
Advice to Poets from Copper Canyon
Press
Fishouse promotes the oral tradition of poetry, showcasing emerging poets reading their own poems
London Poetry Festival
Poet and the Poem Webcasts a fabulous collection of readings, from the Library of Congress
 Scottish Poetry Library
Zuda online comics and competitions to create your own graphic novel |
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Freelance
Jobs & Nonfiction Writing |
Advice to Poets from Copper Canyon
Press
Fishouse promotes the oral tradition of poetry, showcasing emerging poets reading their own poems
London Poetry Festival
Poet and the Poem Webcasts a fabulous collection of readings, from the Library of Congress
Scottish Poetry Library
Zuda online comics and competitions to create your own graphic novel |
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Markets |
Arts Competition List regularly
updated blog
Duotrope's Digest database of over 2175 current markets for short fiction, poetry, and novels
Literature Training Jobs & Opportunities UK calls for
publications, poetry and theatre
 Places for Writers submission calls and contests |
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Organizations |
Ayr Writers Club
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts writer-in-residence program in Nebraska with a weekly stipend and about 19
openings per year for writers
TransArtists international artist-in-residence programs and other opportunities for artists to stay
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Research
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20000 Names
Dance Style Database
Holiday Insights find out when what happens (July 1 is Build A Scarecrow Day)
Internet Bird Collection on-line audiovisual library of footage of the world's birds
New York Architecture Images |
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Scotland |
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Dundee Literary Festival June
Traditional and Other Scottish Songs |
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Screenwriting |
British Short Screenplay Competition
DShed online showcase of digital creativity being produced in the South West of England
FilmLive Network community of Scottish filmmakers
Screenwriters Festival |
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Stage
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Chicago Dramatists
 Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild
 Metro Arts funding opportunities, Brisbane
Playwrights Association of New Zealand |
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Theater
submissions |
Auroraville Theatre Group
JD Drama Publishing school, speech tournament market
Shantz Theatre's Reading Series Chicago
lengths and subject matter. Omaha NE
The Spiro Ark monthly reading series of plays by Jewish writers or on a Jewish theme. London
Theatre Neo Los Angeles |
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Web Design & Resources |
afreeDLL
download missing dll files
CoverItLive instantly publish pictures, video and audio; free live
blogging software
Cueprompter a free teleprompter generator
Drop.io free upload space to distribute files
Freeweb free webspace and
site design templates
Photoshop Express free online version pf Photoshop for image manipulation
podOmatic free space to host
podcasts
W3 Schools complete and free online tutorials for HTML, CSS and much more |
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Writing
Resources |
Double Tongued Dictionary records undocumented or
under-documented words from the fringes of English, with a focus on slang, jargon, and new words
Historical Dictionary of American Slang
The Japanese Slang Jisho
Variety Slanguage Dictionary |
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