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Advocacy
Agents
- Association of Canadian Publishers: Literary Agents
- Literary Rejections: Agency Database
- The Writers’ Union of Canada: Literary Agents
Funding
- Access Copyright Foundation
- Alberta Foundation for the Arts
- Calgary Arts Development
- Canada Council for the Arts
- Canadian Writers' Foundation
- Canadian Heritage Canada Book Fund
- Edmonton Arts Council
- Writers’ Trust of Canada
Intellectual Property Protection
Libraries and Bookstores
Literary Festivals
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival
- Calgary International Spoken Word Festival
- Edmonton Poetry Festival
- LitFest: Edmonton's Nonfiction Festival
- Pure Speculation: A Science & Fiction Festival in Edmonton
- Taleblazers Festival: Annual Literary Arts Festival for Children
- When Words Collide
- Wordfest: Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival
Organizations for Writers: Alberta
- Alberta Playwrights’ Network
- Alberta Romance Writers’ Association
- Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society
- Calgary Association of Freelance Editors (CAFE)
- Canadian Authors Association, Alberta Branch
- Canadian Literature Centre
- Edmonton Story Slam
- Get Publishing Communications Society
- Imaginative Fiction Writers Association
- Society for Technical Communications, Alberta Branch
- Single Onion
- Stroll of Poets Society
- The Alberta League Encouraging Storytelling (TALES)
- Theatre Alberta
- Writers Beyond Borders
- Writers Foundation of Strathcona County
- Young Alberta Book Society (YABS)
Organizations for Writers: National
- Canadian Authors Association
- Canadian Children’s Book Centre
- Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP)
- Crime Writers of Canada
- Editors’ Association of Canada
- InScribe Christian Writers Fellowship
- League of Canadian Poets
- Playwrights Guild of Canada
- Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC)
- SF Canada
- Writers Guild of Canada
- The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC)
Professional Development and Writing Programs
- Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society
- The Banff Centre Literary Arts Programs
- Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs
- eCampus Alberta
- Grande Prairie Regional College
- MacEwan University School of Continuing Education
- Metro Continuing Education
- Mount Royal University
- University of Alberta Faculty of Extension
- University of Calgary
Publishers, Markets, and Contests
- Association of Canadian Publishers
- Alberta Magazine Publishers Association
- Book Publishers Association of Alberta
- Canadian Literary Magazines/Journals
- Literary Press Group of Canada
- Magazines Canada
- Places for Writers
Resources
- BookNet Canada
- Carly Watters (agents)
- The Creative Penn (self-publishing)
- In Silhouette: Profiles of Alberta Writers by Bob Stallworthy
- Jane Friedman (publishing consultant)
- Nathan Bransford (publishing, agents)
- Preditors & Editors
- Writer Beware
WGA Sponsors