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Creative Writing: Internet Resources

Resources to help writers of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction at any stage

Writing Guidance

Creative Writing - From the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL), provides an overview of how to write fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction

Writing Hub - From the UK's National Centre for Writing, contains examples of creative works, tips from published authors, and a podcast interviewing writers

Resources for Writers - Published by the Scottish Book Trust, contains advice on writing, opportunities, and writing prompts

Poetry Foundation - Provides guidance on writing poems as well as a poem archive with a "Poem of the Day" feature

Writing Prompts

Writer Igniter - Randomly selects characters, situations, props, and settings to help you get started writing; also check out its other writing resources

Writer's Digest - Provides poetry prompts to get you started and help you through writer's block

Find Existing Literature

Poetry Archive - Hear contemporary poets read their own poems and listen to readings of poems by Emily Dickinson, John Keats, William Shakespeare, and more

Poets.org - Find poems by author, title, theme, occasion, or form in this collection of over 10,000 historic and contemporary poems

Narrative - This digital magazine publishes the best of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry

The Paris Review - Featuring interviews with authors from the 1950s to today, this site also offers a podcast and weekly book reviews

American Verse Project - Archive of pre-1920 American poetry, with full text books available.

bartleby - Offers full text books from before 1920, including poetry, short story anthologies, and how-to books on writing


Palindrome #1 by Glenn Ligon, 2007
College for Creative Studies website