CENTERS FOR THE LITERARY ARTS


Adirondack Center for Writing (NY)
Paul Smith's College
http://www.adirondackcenterforwriting.org/index2.htm

Alabama Center for Literary Arts (AL)
Alabama Southern Community College
http://www.ascc.edu/Default.asp?L=0&DivisionID='646'&DepartmentID='813'

Alden B. Dow Creativity Center (MI)
Northwood University
http://www.northwood.edu/abd/

AS220 (RI)
http://www.as220.org/

Asian American Writers' Workshop (NY)
http://www.aaww.org/

Atlantic Center for the Arts (FL)
http://www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org/

Banff Centre for the Arts (Alberta)
http://www.banffcentre.ca/

Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts (MN)
http://www.banfill-locke.org/

Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center (CA)
http://www.beyondbaroque.org/

Blue Mountain Center (NY)
http://www.bluemountaincenter.org/

Brewery Arts Center (NV)
http://www.breweryarts.org/

Bronx Writers’ Center (NY)
http://bronxarts.org/bwc.asp

C.W. Post Poetry Center (NY)
http://www.cwpost.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/culture/poetry.html

Cape Cod Writers Center (MA)
http://www.capecodwriterscenter.org/

Center for the Humanities (MO)
http://cenhum.artsci.wustl.edu/

Centrum Center for the Arts (WA)
http://www.centrum.org/

Charlottesville Writing Center (VA)
http://www.cvillewrites.org/

Chautauqua Institute Writers’ Center (NY)
http://www.chautauqua-inst.org/writers_current.html

Cleveland State University Poetry Center (OH)
http://www.csuohio.edu/poetrycenter/

Concord Poetry Center (MA)
http://www.concordpoetry.org/

Dactyl Foundation
http://www.dactyl.org/menu/menu.html

Dia Center for the Arts (NY)
http://www.diacenter.org/index.html

Fayetteville Public Library Writers’ Center (AR)
http://www.faylib.org/events/CenterforWriters.asp

Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown (MA)
http://fawc.org/

Fishtrap Writers Center (OR)
http://www.fishtrap.org/

Florida Center for the Literary Arts (FL)
Miami Dade College
http://www.flcenterlitarts.com/

Gemini Ink: A Center for the Literary Arts (TX)
http://www.geminiink.org/

Gotham Writers’ Workshop (NY)
Private creative writing school offering 10-week classes at multiple locations in New York City and online.
http://www.writingclasses.com

Great Rivers Arts Institute (VT)
http://www.greatriverarts.org

Guadalaupe Cultural Arts Center (TX)
http://www.guadalupeculturalarts.org/

Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences (GA)
http://www.hambidge.org/

Hudson Valley Writers' Center (NY)
http://www.writerscenter.org/

Inkberry (MA)
http://www.inkberry.org/

Intermedia Arts (MN)
http://www.intermediaarts.org/Pages/Programs/literary/index.php

Intersection for the Arts (CA)
http://www.theintersection.org/

Jack Straw Productions (WA)
http://www.jackstraw.org

Just Buffalo Literary Center (NY)
http://www.justbuffalo.org/

Kelly Writers House (PA)
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~wh/

Kratz Center for Creative Writing (MD)
http://meyerhoff.goucher.edu/cwpromo/kratz/

Library of Congress Poetry & Literature Center (DC)
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/

Literary Arts (OR)
http://www.literary-arts.org/

Literary Arts Institute (MN)
http://www.csbsju.edu/literaryarts/

Log Cabin Literary Center (ID)
http://www.thecabinidaho.org/

Loft Literary Center (MN)
Offers creative writing classes, workshops, weekend retreats, readings, presentations, writing contests, mentoring programs (with nationally acclaimed writers), as well as practical classes on the realities of a writing career (working with agents, submitting to publishers, etc.), a summer day camp program (for ages 6 to18), and a national literary magazine.
http://www.loft.org/

Midwest Writing Center (IA)
http://www.midwestwritingcenter.org/

Milton Center (WA)
http://www.imagejournal.org/milton/

Mountain Writers Center (OR)
Offers eight- to ten-week workshops.
http://www.mountainwriters.org/mwc.html

New York State Writers Institute (NY)
http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/

Northwest Writing Institute (OR)
Brings together writers, publishers, teachers, librarians and editors from across the country, offering intensive workshops during summer months.
http://www.lclark.edu/dept/nwi/

Omi International Arts Center (NY)
http://www.artomi.org/

Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College (NJ)
Sponsors a reading series, literary prizes, and publishes the Paterson Literary Review.
http://www.pccc.edu/poetry

Poetry Center of Chicago (IL)
http://www.poetrycenter.org/

Poetry Center San Jose (CA)
http://www.sjcpl.com/

Poets' and Writers' League of Greater Cleveland Literary Center (OH)
http://www.pwlgc.com/

Poets House (NY)
http://poetshouse.org/

Richard Hugo House (WA)
http://www.hugohouse.org/

Sacramento Poetry Center (CA)
http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org/

San Francisco State University Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives (CA)
http://www.sfsu.edu/~poetry/

San Jose State University Center for the Literary Arts (CA)
http://www.litart.org/

Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center (CA)
http://www.sptraffic.org/

Smith College Poetry Center (MA)
http://www.smith.edu/poetrycenter/

Southwest Literary Center (NM)
http://www.recursos.org/swlc.html

Stadler Center for Poetry (PA)
Located at Bucknell University, the Stadler Center for Poetry sponsors the Bucknell Seminar for Younger Poets, the Bucknell Poet-in-Residence, a visiting reading series, and West Branch literary magazine; it also offers the Stadler Fellowship and Philip Roth Residency in Creative Writing.
http://www.bucknell.edu/StadlerCenter.xml

St. Louis Poetry Center (IL)
http://www.stlouispoetrycenter.org/

Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill (MA)
http://www.castlehill.org

University of Arizona Poetry Center (AZ)
http://poetrycenter.arizona.edu/

University of Missouri Center for the Literary Arts (MO)
http://web.missouri.edu/~umcascla/

Unterberg Poetry Center (NY)
http://www.92y.org/content/literary_programs.asp

Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (MI)
http://www.uica.org/literature.html

Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing (AZ)
http://www.asu.edu/clas/pipercwcenter/

Volcano Art Center (HI)
http://www.volcanoartcenter.org/

Walt Whitman Arts Center (NJ)
http://www.waltwhitmancenter.org/

Waterfall Arts (ME)
http://www.kingdomfallsarts.org/

West Chester University Poetry Center (PA)
http://www.wcupa.edu/_ACADEMICS/sch_cas/poetry/spencerawards.htm

Westbeth (NY)
http://www.westbeth.org/

Wick Poetry Center (OH)
http://dept.kent.edu/wick/

Woodland Pattern Book Center (WI)
http://www.woodlandpattern.org/

Writer’s Center (MD)
http://www.writer.org/

Writers’ Center of Indiana (IN)
Organization offering classes, workshops, and readings, as well as hosting an annual, fall, day-long festival and publishing the literary journal Maize.
http://www.indianawriters.org/index.htm

Writer’s Place (MO)
http://www.writersplace.org/

Writers Room (NY)
http://www.writersroom.org/index.html

Writers Studio (NY, AZ)
http://www.writerstudio.com/

YMCA of Greater Syracuse, Arts Branch (NY)
http://www.ymcaarts.org/

Youngstown State University Poetry Center (OH)
http://www.ysu.edu/poetry-center/index.html