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Poetry: Good place for browsing through poetry and getting inspiration, also has many contests.
This site started when the White House invited several poets to come and visit. Many of them declined, because of the upcoming war in Iraq. The website has taken off like a wildfire to include over 5,000 poems opposing the war in Iraq in one for or another. There is some very passionate stuff here, and no end of reading material.
Prose:
Publishing: Good for first time publishing. Very encouraging to "new" writers.
Can post your poetry online, it may end up in one of their yearly publications.
C-literary magazine (litmag@mtu.edu) On campus literary magazine that accepts student submissions. Follow this link to email them.
S.T.A. (Student Theater Association) Accepts student written submissions for plays they put on. You can have your play performed in front of a live audience! Also try emailing them at stawrite@mtu.edu or subscribe to their mailing lists: sta-l@mtu.edu (the general mailing list) or stawrite-l@mtu.edu (writer's mailing list).
Writing Development: Wisconsin University Independant Study Correspondence-like course. Good for sharpening your skills.
Workshop style writing classes. They also have some online actual courses. Designed for improving specific writing skills.
91 Long Ridge Road West Redding, CT 06896-0801 These people guarantee that you will have at least two manuscripts for submission to editors for professional publishing by the end of their course. Correspondence based, you work with a professional writer who is your mentor.
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