Periodically the Loft gets a call from someone asking whether there's a writers organization in, say, Brownsville, Texas. What follows is as complete a list as is available to us of centers both in and outside Minnesota. It appears here in the hope that it will be useful to people moving to other states, planning reading tours, or sitting inside on a cold day contemplating the literary riches of the nation. Your suggestions for additions or updates are welcome. Please e-mail them to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and include a contact e-mail, Web or real world address or phone number.

Alabama

Alabama Writers' Conclave
107 Twentieth Street South, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, www.alabamawritersconclave.org

Alabama Writers Forum
Jeanie Thompson, Alabama State Council on the Arts,
P O Box 4777, Montgomery AL 36103-4777, 334-265-7728, www.writersforum.org

Alaska

Alaska Writers Homestead
P.O. Box 140030, Anchorage, AK 99514, 907-830-7355, www.alaskawriters.com

Arizona

The Poetry Center
University of Arizona, 1508 E Helen St, Tucson, AZ 85721, 520-626-3765
poetrycenter.arizona.edu/

Arkansas

ArkansasWriters.com
M.J. Maddox, a member of the Northwest Arkansas Writers' Guild, www.arkansaswriters.com

California

Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center
681 Venice Boulevard, Venice, CA 90291, 310-822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org

Independent Writers of Southern California
P O Box 342792, Los Angeles, CA 90034, 877-79-WRITE, www.iwosc.org

Intersection for the Arts
446 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, 415-626-2787, www.theintersection.org

Marin Poetry Center
PO Box 9091, San Rafael, CA 94912, www.marinpoetrycenter.org

PEN Center USA West
c/o Antioch University, 400 Corporate Pointe, Culver City, CA 90230, 310-862-1555, www.penUSA.org

The Poetry Center
San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132
415-338-2227, www.sfsu.edu/~poetry/index.html

Poetry Center San Jose
1650 Senter St, San Jose, CA 95112-2599, 408-297-3400, www.sjcpl.org

San Diego Writers, Ink

Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center

1111 8th St, San Francisco, CA 94107, 415-551-9278, www.sptraffic.org

Colorado

Lighthouse Writer's Workshop
Curtis Park, 2123 Dowling St, Denver, CO 80205, 303-297-1185, www.lighthousewriters.com

Connecticut

Connecticutt Sports Writers' Alliance
P O Box 70, Unionville, CT 06085, www.ctsportswriters.org

District of Columbia
PEN/Faulkner Foundation
201 East Capital Street Southeast, Washington, DC 20003, 202- 898-9063, www.penfaulkner.org

Washington Independent Writers
1001 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036, 202-775-5150, www.washwriter.org

Florida

Emerald Coast Writers
PO Box 6502, Destin, FL 32550, 850-654-5856, www.emeraldcoastwriters.org

Florida Outdoor Writers Association
24 NW 33rd Ct, Suite A, Gainesville, FL 32607, www.fowa.org

Florida Writers Association
P. O. Box 66069, St. Pete Beach, FL 33736-6069; www.floridawriters.net

West Florida Literary Federation
Pensacola Cultural Center, 400 South Jefferson Street #212, Pensacola, FL 32501,
850-435-0942, www.westfloridaliteraryfederation.com

Georgia

Georgia Writers Association
English Department-Bldg #2701, Kennesaw State University, 1000 Chastain Rd,
Kennesaw, GA 30144, 770-420-4736, www.georgiawriters.org

Hawaii

Hawaii Literary Arts Council
P.O. Box 11213, Moiliili Station, Honolulu, HI 96828, 808-373-2065, www.hawaii.edu/hlac/default.htm

Idaho

The Log Cabin Literary Center
801 S Capitol Blvd, Boise, ID 83702, 208-331-8000, www.thecabinidaho.org

Illinois

The Guild Complex
1212 North Ashland, Suite 211, Chicago, IL 60622, 877-394-5061, www.guildcomplex.com

The Poetry Center of Chicago
37 South Wabash Avenue #301, Chicago, IL 60603, 312-899-1229, www.poetrycenter.org

Indiana

Writer's Center of Indiana
P.O. Box 30407, Indianapolis, IN 46230-0407, 317-255-0710, www.indianawriters.org

Iowa

The Southwest Iowa Writers Guild
Atlantic, Iowa. Allen Stark: 712-243-4950, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The National Association for Poetry Therapy
525 SW 5th Street, Suite A, Des Moines, Iowa 50309-4501, 561-498-8334
www.poetrytherapy.org

Kansas

Kansas Writers Association
P.O. Box 2236, Wichita, KS 67201, www.kwawriters.com

Maine

Deer Isle Writers Workshops
Suzanne Carmichael, PO Box 100, Deer Isle, ME 04627, 207-348-2791

Maine Lit-Ring
www.shelteringpinespress.com/melitring/melitring.html

Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance (MWPA)
14 Maine Street, Suite 416, Brunswick, ME 04011, 207-228-8263, www.mainewriters.org

Maryland

CityLit Project
120 S. Curley Street, Baltimore, MD 21224, 410-327-0404, www.CityLitProject.org

The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD 20815, 301-654-8664, www.writer.org

Massachusetts

Grub Street, Inc.
160 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116, 617-695-0075, www.grubstreet.org

Michigan

Michigan Writers Inc
P.O. Box 1505, Traverse City, MI 49685, www.michwriters.org

Minnesota

The League of Minnesota Poets
(local groups: Brainerd, Duluth, Mankato, Minneapolis & Rochester, MN)
www.mnpoets.org/
James K. Elberling, Membership, 1766 Karis Way, Eagan, MN 55122

Lake Superior Writers
130 Rice Lake Rd, Suite 132, Duluth, MN 55811, 218-722-3094, www.lakesuperiorwriters.org

The Loft Literary Center
Suite 200, Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55415
612-215-2575, www.loft.org

S.A.S.E.-The Write Place
2822 :Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55408, 612-871-4444, www.mnartists.org/organizationHome.do?rid=26326 

Screenwriters Workshop
528 Hennepin Ave, Ste. 507, Minneapolis, MN 55403, 612-280-3352
http://www.screenwritersworkshop.org/

Mississippi

Center for Writers / Mississippi Review
University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive #5144, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
601-266-5600, www.centerforwriters.com

Missouri

Heartland Writers Guild
P O Box 652, Kenneth, MO, www.heartlandwriters.org

The Writers Place
3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, MO 64111, 816-753-1090, www.writersplace.org

Montana

Outdoor Writers Association of America
121 Hickory St Suite 1, Missoula, MT 59801, 406-728-7434, www.owaa.org

Nebraska

Nebraska Center for Writers
Department of English, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, 402-280-2192
www.mockingbird.creighton.edu/NCW/

Nevada

Ash Canyon Poets
Evergreen Mountain View Health Center, 201 Koontz Ln, Carson City, NV 89701, 775-450-4953, www.susanbotich.com/ashcanyonpoets.htm

New Hampshire

The Frost Place
Box 74, Franconia, NH 03580, 603-823-5510, www.frostplace.org

New Hampshire Writers' Project
2500 N River Rd, Manchester, NH, 603-314-7980, www.nhwritersproject.org

New Jersey

The Poetry Center
Passaic County Community College, Cultural Affairs Department
1 College Boulevard, Paterson, NJ 07505, 973-684-6555, old.pccc.edu/poetry/

Walt Whitman Arts Center
2nd Cooper Streets, Camden, NJ 08102, 856-964-8300, www.waltwhitmancenter.org

New Mexico

Southwest Writers Workshop
3271 Morris NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111, 505-265-9485, www.southwestwriters.org

New York

Academy of American Poets
584 Broadway #1208, New York, NY 10012, 212-274-0343, www.poets.org

Adirondack Center for Writing
PO Box 265, Paul Smith's College, Paul Smiths, NY 12970, 518-327-6278, www.adirondackcenterforwriting.org

Art Workshop International
(programs combining travel, vacation & creativity)
463 West Street, 1028H, New York, NY 10014, Toll Free: 866-341-2922
www.artworkshopintl.com

Asian American Writers' Workshop
37 Saint Marks Place #B, New York, NY 10003, 212-494.0061, www.aaww.org

The Authors Guild
31 E 32nd Street, 7th Floor, New York, New York, 212-563-5904, www.authorsguild.org

Bronx Writers Center
Bronx Council on the Arts, 1738 Hone Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461
718-409-1265, www.bronxarts.org

The Greenfield Center
PO Box 308, Greenfield Center, NY 12833, 518-584-1728

Hudson Valley Writers' Center
300 Riverside Dr., Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591, 914-332-5953, www.writerscenter.org

Just Buffalo Literary Center, Inc.
2495 Main Street #436, Buffalo, NY 14214, 716- 832-5400, www.justbuffalo.org

Latin American Writers Institute
c/o Hostos Community College, 500 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451, 718-518-4195, www.hostos.cuny.edu/oaa/lawi.htm

National Writers Union
National Writers Union/UAW Local 1981, 256 West 38th Street, Suite 703, New York, NY 10018, nwu.org

New York State Writers Institute
Science Library, SL 32, University at Albany, Albany, NY 12222
518-442-5620, www.albany.edu/writers-inst

92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10128, 212-415-5500, www.92y.org

Nuyorican Poets Cafe
236 East 3rd Street, New York, NY 10019, 212-505-8183, www.nuyorican.org

PEN American Center
588 Broadway, Suite 303, New York, NY 10012, 212-334-1660, www.pen.org

The Poetry Project at Saint Mark's Church
131 E 10th Street, New York, NY 10003, 212-647-0910, www.poetryproject.com

Poetry Society of America
15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003, 212-254-9628, www.poetrysociety.org

Poets House
594 Broadway Suite 510 (temporary address), New York, NY 10012
212-431-7920, www.poetshouse.org

Poets & Writers, Inc.
90 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, 212-226-3586, www.pw.org

Symphony Space
2537 Broadway, Suite 2100, New York, NY 10025, 212-864-1414, www.symphonyspace.org

The Unterberg Poetry Center of the 92nd Street YM-YWCA
1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10128, 212-415-5760

The Writer's Voice Project: YMCA
5 West 63rd Street, New York, NY 10023, 212-875-4124
Branches in many cities. For a complete list, contact The Writer's Voice Project

Writers & Books
740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607, 585-473-2590, www.wab.org

North Carolina

North Carolina Writers' Network
P.O. Box 954, Carrboro, NC 27510, 919-967-9540, www.ncwriters.org

Writers' Workshop
387 Beaucatcher Rd, Asheville, NC 28805, 828-254-8111, www.twwoa.org

Ohio

The Lit (Formerly the Poets & Writers' League of Greater Cleveland
2570 Superior Ave Suite 203, Cleveland, OH 44114, 216-694-0000, www.pwlgc.com

Thurber House
77 Jefferson Avenue, Columbus, OH 43215, 614-464-1032, www.thurberhouse.org

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers
Oklahoma State University-Tulsa, 700 N Greenwood, Tulsa, OK 74106, 918-594-8215, www.poetsandwriters.okstate.edu

Oaklahoma Writers Federation
www.owfi.org

Oregon

The Attic Writers Workshop
4423 Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97215-3164, www.atticwritersworkshop.com

Friends of Mystery
P.O. Box 8251, Portland, OR 97207
503-244-5271, www.friendsofmystery.org

Lane Literary Guild
P O Box 11035, Eugene, OR 97440, www.laneliteraryguild.org

Literary Arts
224 NW 13th Ave, Suite 306, Portland, OR 97209, 503-227-2583, www.literary-arts.org

Mountain Writers Series
2804 27th Ave, #2., Portland, OR 97202, 503-232-4517, www.mountainwriters.org

Oregon Writers Colony
P.O. Box 15200,Portland OR 97293-5200
503-968-0861, www.oregonwriterscolony.org/

Willamette Writers
9045 SW Barbur Blvd Ste 5a, Portland, OR 97219-4027
503-452-1592, 503-452-0372 (FAX), www.willamettewriters.com/

Writers On the Edge
PO Box 85, Newport, OR 97365, 541-574-7708, www.writersontheedge.org
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Pennsylvania

The Gershman Y
Jewish Community Center of Greater Philadelphia
401 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147, 215-446-3021, www.gershmany.org

Rhode Island

Community Writers Association
PO Box 312, Providence, RI 02901-0312, 401-751-9300, www.communitywriters.org

South Carolina

South Carolina Writers Workshop
P.O. Box 7104, Columbia, SC 29202, www.myscww.org

South Dakota

Vermillion Literary Project
Dakota Hall 212, University of South Dakota, 414 E. Clark St
Vermillion, SD 57069-2390, 605-677-5229, www.usd.edu/orgs/projlit

Tennessee

Knoxville Writers Guild
PO Box 10326, Knoxville, TN 37939, www.knoxvillewritersguild.org

Tennessee Writers Alliance
P.O. Box 120396, Nashville, TN 37212, 615-831-0072, www.tn-writers.org

Texas

Writers' League of Texas
1501 West 5th Street #E2, Austin, TX 78703, 512-499-8914, www.writersleague.org

Gemini Ink
513 South Presa, San Antonio, TX 78205, 210-734-9673, www.geminiink.org

Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
1300 Guadalupe Street, San Antonio, TX 78207, 210-271-3151, www.guadalupeculturalarts.org

National Federation of State Poetry Societies, Inc.
www.nfsps.org
Nancy Baass, President, 2306 N DeLeon St, Victoria, TX 77901

The Writer's Garret
P O Box 140530, Dallas TX 75214-0530, 214-828-1715, www.writersgarret.org

Utah

League of Utah Writers
Chapters all over Utah, www.luwrite.com

Vermont

The League of Vermont Writers
P.O. Box 172, Underhill Center, VT 05490, www.leaguevtwriters.org

Virginia

Charlottesville Writing Center
405 3rd Street NE, Charlottsville, VA 22902, 434-293-3702, www.cvillewrites.org

Virginia Writers Club
c/o James L. Doherty, 43 Willway Avenue, Richmond, VA 23226, 504-972-2706 (434-842-6203), www.virginiawritersclub.org

Washington

Field's End
c/o Bainbridge Public Library, 1270 Madison Avenue North, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
280-842-4162, www.fieldsend.org

Richard Hugo House
1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122, 206-322-7030, www.hugohouse.orgwww.hugohouse.org

The Whidbey Island Writers Association
PO Box 1289, Langley, WA 98260, 1618 E. Main Street, Freeland, WA, 360-331-6714
www.writeonwhidbey.org

West Virginia

West Virginia Writers, Inc.
202 North Lee Street, Lewisburg, WV 24901, 304-645-2749, www.wvwriters.org

Wisconsin

Redbird Studio-A Writer's Place
3195 S Superior St, Suite 429, Milwaukee, WI 53207, 414-481-3195, www.redbirdstudio.com

Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 E Locus St, Milwaukee, WI 53212, 414-263-5001, www.woodlandpattern.org

Wyoming

Wyoming Writers Inc.
P.O. Box 818, Thayne, WY 83127-0818, 307-883-4573, www.wyowriters.org

Canada

Canadian Authors Association
www.canauthors.org

Toronto Writers' Centre
627 Bloor Street W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6G 1K8, 647-427-4737, www.writerscentre.ca

International

Queensland Writers' Center
Metro Arts Building, Level 2, 109 Edwards St, Brisbane QLD 4000, Australia
07-3839-1243, www.qwc.asn.auwww.qwc.asn.au

Hong Kong Writers Circle
www.hkwriterscircle.com

National/International Writing Centers Association
writingcenters.org