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As an ongoing project, Lambda Literary Foundation has compiled the following list of literary organizations and websites that are of interest to LGBT authors. Some of these are LGBT focused, while others are LGBT-inclusive. If you know of a resource we should list, please contact us as asklambda@earthlink.net.
Fire & Ink
Fire & Ink is devoted to increasing the understanding, visibility and awareness of the works of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender writers of African descent and heritage.
www.fireandink.org
Just About Write: A Resource for Lesbian Authors & Readers
This ezine presents articles and article archives on writing, editing, and promotion as well as submissions of poetry that may be of interest to all writers and readers. Other articles and promotional areas such as bios, reviews, new releases, and announcements from and about publishers relate exclusively to lesbian authors and their readers.
www.justaboutwrite.com
Particular Voices: Portraits of Gay & Lesbian Writers
Photographed by Robert Giard 1985 - 2002
In 1985, after attending a performance of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart -- one of the first dramas dealing with the impact of AIDS on daily life -- Robert Giard decided to devote his energies as a photographer to some aspect of the gay and lesbian community. Thus was born his two-decade long project of photographing over 600 gay and lesbian writers -- from famous playwrights to emerging novelists to unsong poets and pioneering performance artists.
www.robertgiardfoundation.org
Saints & Sinners Festival (May 8 - 11, 2008)
The amazing LGBT literary festival in New Orleans. Dorothy Allison, Mark Doty, Jewelle Gomez, Jim Grimsley, Aaron Hamburger, Stephen McCauley, Val McDermid, Tim Miller, Michelle Tea, and Elizabeth Whitney are already confirmed for 2008. The Master Class lineup is almost confirmed and will be posted on the web by the end of the month. Workshops will be facilitated by Aaron Hamburger: Transcending Seeing for Setting ; Michelle Tea: Your DIY Career: How to Build a Sustainable Writing Life from the Ground Up; Jim Grimsley: Reassessing a Problem Manuscript: Strategies for the Second Draft; and a conversation “Unscripted” with Dorothy Allison. Panels are being assembled and a number of exciting social events are also being planned. Feel free to email ideas for literary panel topics and ideas for discussions. If you are planning to register for the event and would like to participate in the reading series, there are still reading spaces available.
www.sasfest.org
QueerWriters.Com
Online resources for GLBT writers and editors - discussion forums, calls for for submissions, lists of events and conferences.
www.queerwriters.com
Excellent LGBT-inclusive Resources
Academy of American Poets
www.poets.org
National Writers Union
The National Writers Union is the trade union for freelance and contract writers: journalists, book authors, business and technical writers, web content providers, and poets. With the combined strength of 3,500 members in 17 local chapters nationwide, and with the support of the United Automobile Workers (UAW), the Union works to defend the rights and improve the economic and working conditions of all writers.
www.nwu.org
Poets & Writers
www.pw.org
Council of Literary Magazines & Presses
www.clmp.org
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