Central Ohio Writing has established a ongoing project to assemble an annotated list of important regional and national resources for writer, on and off the web.

Ohio Arts Council

The online home to Ohio's support for the arts. The OAC web site contains information about grant and fellowships, plus links to resources for artists throughout Ohio.

Columbusart.com

www.columbusart.com is a guide to more than 700 Central-Ohio based arts and performance websites, including entire sections devoted to literary arts and poetry.

Central Ohio Fiction Writers

COFW is a non-profit professional association for writers of all fiction genres. COFW encourages writers to grow and gain knowledge in the craft of writing fiction. Members provide a networking system to share knowledge and support the goal of being published. COFW meets on the first "teen" Saturday of each month from Noon to 4 pm at the Gahanna Public Library mseeting room.

The Columbus Writers Conference

The Columbus Writers Conference presents a broad range of fiction and
nonfiction topics presented by writers, editors, and literary agents. This
annual event, typically held in September, began in 1993 and continues with
its goal of offering educational and networking opportunities to writers who
range from beginners to seasoned professionals.

Over the years, writing topics have included the novel, nonfiction book, short story, writing for children, finding and working with a literary agent, working with editors, poetry, science fiction, screenwriting, playwriting, memoir, travel, humor, cookbook, technical, magazine, and the freelance life. Conference attendees have come from throughout Ohio, many states, and from
abroad.

For more information, contact Angela Palazzolo P.O. Box 20548, Columbus, OH 43220. 614-451-3075

Downtown Writers Network

The Downtown Writers Network is a "Resource for the Art and the Business of Writing" in Columbus, with a storefront office for meetings and workshops near downtown, and a web site that provides news about local events, job opportunities for central Ohio writers and the Columbus writing community in general. We offer several free services to freelance commercial writers, including a searchable database where they can market their talents to new business clients. Writers' Group at the Downtown Writers Network -- Sunday afternoons, once a month. This open group offers advice, support and feedback among its members, critiquing fiction and non-fiction pieces submitted by two writers for each meeting. For a schedule of the next meeting, see the Downtown Writers site. Creative Nonfiction Writers Group. This group meets monthly at the Downtown Writers Network, and is open to new members. If you're interested in joining, send your name and phone number to Rosemarie@RosemarieSpeaks.com.

Pavement Saw Press

Pavement Saw press is a non-profit organization which has been publishing steadily for over seven years. This year we published seven full length collections in both paperback and library edition hard covers, one chapbook and a yearly literary journal anthology. We specialize in finding authors who have been widely published in literary journals but have not published a chapbook or full length book. Pavement Saw Press' mission is to establish a large, efficient,non-university affiliated press, publishing works of national significance, magnitude and influence. We will publish quality books of national importance by unknown and known authors from the United States.

Once a year our literary journal, Pavement Saw, is published. The journal has grown to eighty pages, perfect bound, and features an under represented writer in each issue. The content of the journal is poetry and various forms of prose including letterwriting and short-short fiction. The authors who have appeared in Pavement Saw represent a section of upcoming poets and writers who have recently won the Academy of American Poetry Prize, NEA Awards, various state grants and fellowships (including the Robert Frost Fellowship at Breadloaf), and some have appeared recently in Best American Poetry and Best American Essays.

For more information contact, David Baratier, Pavement Saw Press, PO Box 6291, Columbus, Ohio 43206.

Pudding House Writers Innovation Center

Pudding House Writers Innovation Center is the nationally acclaimed multi-dimensional workshop facility, writers' retreat, and publishing house that is one of the most active small presses in the counrty. Pudding House Publications specializes in chapbooks with only a $10 reading fee whether you submit through competitions or via general submissions. They publish anthologies, broadsides, and Pudding Magazine: The International Journal of Applied Poetry. The Workshops at Pudding House have received national recognition and people come from near and far to attend either special one-day events or their series. The current workshop meets the 2nd Saturday of each month, 9:30am to 4pm, through April 2002 and the title is EXTREME SPORT: Writing & Critiquing Poetry. Pudding House is home for the national archives project POETS GREATEST HITS and is headed up by poet Jennifer Bosveld. Contact info: 60 N. Main St., Johnstown OH 43031; 740-967-6060; pudding@johnstown.net; website is phenominal at www.puddinghouse.com. They manage Poetry Calendar Columbus and the internationally renown WORD JAR CHALLENGE as well as 30 other webpages on their website. Their chapbook competition deadlines are September 30 and June 30 annually.

The Poetry Forum at Larry's

Since 1984, The Poetry Forum at Larry's has presented the best Columbus and regional poets in featured readings followed by open mike readings from the first Monday in October through mid-May. In the open readings, audience members may present their own work or that of other poets, 2 poems or five minutes (whichever is shorter). From performance and street poets to widely published academics to poetry ensembles, The Poetry Forum offers an eclectic range of wordsmiths and a receptive audience for anyone who wants to pass the word. Donations to the weekly passing of the hat give donors a chance at the Forum's book raffle. A book of poetry is provided each week by Half Price Books.

For more information, come by Larry's on Monday nights or contact Steve Abbott at 614-268-5006.

The Thurber House

74 Jefferson Ave, Columbus Ohio 43201. 614-464-1032

The Thurber House is a literary center for readers and writers, we're nicely located in the historic boyhood home of James Thurber. As we've grown, we've created residencies and awards for writers, offered writing classes and camps for kids, presented renowned national writers and remarkable Ohio writers to our audiences of readers, and of course thrown an annual Birthday bash for the great James.

Writeshop

Writeshop is a writers' workshop group based in Columbus, OH. All serious writers are welcome. We meet the 2nd Thursday of every month to discuss and critique members' work. While we workshop all forms/genres of writing, our members' specialty is in fiction, particularly science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Several members are also involved/interested in independent filmmaking. Contact Lucy Snyder.