Organizations

Advocacy

• Canadian Arts Coalition
• Freedom to Read
• PEN Canada
• Professional Arts Coalition of Edmonton (PACE)

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

• Access Copyright
• Canadian Intellectual Property Office
• Public Lending Right Commission

Libraries and Bookstores

• The Alberta Library
• Retail Council of Canada
• Library Association of Alberta

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

• Alberta Views
• The Banff Centre