Writing Communities:

deviantART

Textnovel (they are running their next $1,000.00 prize contest.  Due date July 31st, 2008.  Details here )

Allpoetry (I was a member here a long time ago, and though no longer post there, I met a lot of great writers)

Salty Dreams Poetry Forums (I was also a member a long time ago.  Since, I haven’t posted anything, but found a lot of “well established” and knowledgeable poets here.  And you will really get critique!)

From East To West: Bicoastal Verse (Not just a poetry forum!  They also have a literary magazine, which I love, and a bookshelves section and lots more.  Check it out!)

Various literary magazines I regularly enjoy:

Dogzplot (they publish some wild stuff!)

Crazyhorse (I have subscribed to these guys for years now and always enter their contest.  I always lose.  Still, love them.)

New Letters (They can get, at times – and wholly just my opinion – a ‘old grampa-style poetry’ but I still really like them).

Neon (who the Hell doesn’t love Neon?)

The Columbia Review (as I have a forthcoming publication with them, you might call this just general giddiness, but what I love about them is their history.  Ginsburg, John Berryman, William Carlos Williams!   Check it out!)

Read This Magazine (as I said before, they were the first magazine to publish little ol’ me.  Claire Askew, the editor in chief, makes it a point to really read and consider all submissions, so please check them out!)

For more magazines, pick up a copy of The Poet’s Market and hit up Duotrope!

Just hang around reading other people’s rejections and you will immediately feel better about yours:

Rejection Collection

Places With Writing Ideas/Exercises:

Rachel McKibbens Blog (not to mention being extremely kick ass, she has some really great writing exercises for you to try)

Big Window (TONS of awesome ideas.)

One Night Stanzas (my absolute favorite!  A side project of Claire Askew of Read This Magazine.  You will get tons of writing ideas and information here.  Aimed primarily at the ‘young poet.’)

Lastly, please please please check out:

Achilles Chapbooks , which make some really awesome books by amazing writers!   Plus they are only five dollars!  I was recently published with them, you can see my book here , but have also read quite a few of their other books, and loved them all.

Also, check out their sister:

Paper Hero Press .  They do larger sized books and have published one of my favorite authors recently, Sam Pink .

Note:

All of these categories will be routinely updated with new and exciting information, so keep coming back for more!  Also, as always, feel free to e-mail me (schimelhr@gmail.com) with your favorite magazines (or if you run a magazine, I would love to include it!) , sites with writing exercises (or if you have one of your own!), sites where you gripe about writing (love those!) and any other resources you feel that writers need to know about!

Thanks and love,

H.