PEN American Center
Through branches in New York, Boston, Chicago, Oregon, Washington, DC and San Francisco, the PEN American Center encourages international literary fellowship and reading through public events, literary awards and outreach projects.

Audiences for Literature Network
ALN consists of eight literary centers across the US which build audiences for contemporary literature through work with schools, sports teams, museums, local public radio stations, and arts centers with the goal of involving more people and communities in writing and reading.

Academy of American Poets
The largest organization in the country dedicated specifically to the art of contemporary poetry.

Poets & Writers
Poets & Writers Magazine offers on its website articles from its current issue as well as teacher’s guides, publishing advice, classifieds, news from the writing world, a directory of writers, and more.

Poetry Society of America: Resources
Find here a list of links to resources about writers’ colonies, poetry conferences and festivals, poetry journals and book publishers and independent literary bookstores.

Poet's House Links
An A-Z list of useful links to poetry resources across the US.

Bookweb
The website for the American Booksellers Association, the not-for-profit trade association representing independent bookstores nationwide.

Consortium Book Sales & Distribution
The exclusive distributor for more than 90 independent publishers from the United States, Canada, Europe, India, and Australia. Books are currently distributed in the United States and Canada.

Small Publishers Association of North America
Authors, self-publishers and independent presses: check out this one-stop online resource for publishing and book marketing know-how.

Small Publishers, Artists, and Writers Network
Find a searchable database of the network's members as well as books on writing, publishing, book printers and legal services.

The Association of Writers and Writing Programs
An organization serving US university and college writing programs, with resources for first-time publishing and a directory to writing programs.