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Writing Classes, Conferences and Colonies

Real-World Schools · Conferences and Colonies

Algonkian Writers' Workshops: http://webdelsol.com/Algonkian/Classes/; Online and offline fiction workshops.
American Writers & Artists Institute: http://www.awaionline.com; Classes in a variety of subjects, including romance writing, travel writing, business writing, copywriting, etc.
Creative Writing Institute: http://www.creativewritinginstitute.com/; Besides classes, this site offers some helpful articles on its opening page.
Fear of Writing Online Courses: http://www.fearofwriting.com/course/index1.htm
Freelance Success Institute: http://www.freelancesuccess.com
Odyssey Fantasy Writing Workshop: http://www.sff.net/odyssey/; A residential workshop that offers instruction and guest lectures from well-known speculative fiction authors. Website also offers a variety of writing tips, articles and resources.
School for Champions: http://www.school-for-champions.com/writing.htm; Courses on writing methods, technical writing, and fiction writing.
UCLA Extension: http://www.onlinelearning.net/CommunitiesofStudy/; Click on "Writing" to find out more about this program.
WritersCollege.com: http://www.WritersCollege.com
Writers.com: http://www.writers.com/classes.html
Writers Studio: http://www.writerstudio.com/pages/index.php; Ten-week workshops in fiction and poetry, both online and off.
Writer's Village University: http://4-writers.com
WriteWhatYouKnow.com: http://www.writewhatyouknow.com/teleclasses.php; Ongoing teleclasses and e-mail classes from a creativity coach.
WritingClasses.com: http://www.writingclasses.com/; An excellent place to acquaint yourself with how online classes work: It offers a "sample" class with syllabus, posted lectures, student forums, homework, etc.
Writing Workshops and Classes: http://www.manuscriptediting.com/workshops.htm; An extensive set of links to online workshops.

Real-World Schools

American Universities: http://www.clas.ufl.edu/CLAS/american-universities.html; Lists colleges alphabetically; does not provide an opportunity for regional searching.
Canadian Universities: http://www.uwaterloo.ca/canu/; Lists universities by province. Does not provide regional search ability.
Children's and Young Adult Literature Study Programs (Children's Literature Association): http://www.childlitassn.org/
College and University Homepages: http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/geog.html; Links to universities around the world.
Colleges, College Scholarships, and Financial Aid Page: http://www.college-scholarships.com/; You can find a listing of colleges in every state on this page. However, the listing doesn't provide mailing addresses, and in many cases doesn’t give a phone number, so you can't easily determine what area the college may be in. It does give an e-mail address for the admissions department, but this often won’t be the address you need to find out more about continuing education sources.
Gradschools.com: Children's Literature: http://programs.gradschools.com/usa/childrens_literature.html
ScreenSite: http://www.screensite.org; Links to college screenwriting schools and programs around the world.

Conferences and Colonies

Associated Writing Programs: http://awpwriter.org; Includes information about college level writing programs and writer's conferences.
Creative Cauldron: http://www.CreativeCauldron.com/events.shtml; An excellent list of writers' and artists' retreats, both in the U.S. and international.
Guide to Writers Conferences: http://writing.shawguides.com/; Searchable by topic, state, or month.
Screenwriters Online Presents: Calendar: http://screenwriter.com/insider/WritersCalendar.html; A list of writing conferences of all types, by state; not limited to screenwriting.
Writers' Colonies: http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/ncw/colonies.htm

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