
Need some help with your writing project or career? Here are various organizations and contacts to assist you in your writing goals. Please note that Spokane Public Library is happy to provide these resources but is not responsible for the content or quality of any of these organizations or contacts mentioned.
November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) – a great opportunity to flex your writing muscles! Check out these events to keep writing:
Silent Writing Party – In Celebration of NaNoWriMo
November 15 @ 7pm | Shadle Park Library
November 19 @ 10:30am | Liberty Park Library
Monster Stories Workshop – A Writing Workshop for Kids
November 22 @ 4pm | Liberty Park Library
General Writing Support
- The Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI)
- Spokane Chapter, SCBWI
- We Need Diverse Books
- Mystery Writers of America
- Crime Writers of Color
- Romance Junkies
- Romance Writers of America
- New Play Exchange for Scripts/Playwriting
- Poets & Writers
- New Pages
- Duotrope
Self-Publishing Resources
- Keely Honeywell (an amazing local book designer): keelyhoney@gmail.com
- The Write Warrior, Dwight Thompson (local designer, editor, self-published writer): thewritewarriorbiz@gmail.com
- Gray Dog Press here in Spokane (for printing)
- Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (for design/distribution/retail)
- Ingram Spark (for design/distribution/retail)
- Lulu (for design/distribution/retail)
- Canva (for design)
You can check with Auntie’s Bookstore to see if they can carry your book on consignment (bring a book, drop in, and ask). Local indie bookstores are amazing at supporting local writers. Always remain polite and understanding if they can’t carry your book for whatever reason.
Apply online to have your books carried in From Here Spokane
Venues that publish short stories, poems, and essays by writers at all stages of their careers
- Most venues use Submittable to handle submissions, and you can sign up for a free account here—it can be fun to search the database and see which online and print venues are looking for work
- Sonora Review
- Cutbank
- Fugue
- Hobart
- Iowa Review
- Willow Springs
- Boulevard Magazine
- SmokeLong
- Slice
- Fairy Tale Review
- Moss Literary
A huge list of various publishers for short works here (all genres)
- “128 Active Publications that Pay for Short Stories”
- Crime Fiction
- Romance:
- Science Fiction/Fantasy:
- For flash work (very short fiction):
Here’s a whole host of places to submit very short stories too, gathered together in one article.
Some of the writing resources above (ie New Pages and Poets & Writers and more) are searchable databases that can connect you to venues that publish a wide variety of creative writing.
Take an online or in-person writing class or workshop or find/apply for grants and other opportunities:
- Catapult
- Sackett Street Writers
- One Story
- GrubStreet
- Gotham Writer’s Workshop
- Hugo House
- Write Academy
- Artist Trust
- Pacific Northwest Writer’s Association
Here in Spokane:
Networking galore! Attend a Local Writing Conference, Retreat, and Festival
- Get Lit! Festival and Programs
- Inland NW Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
- Fishtrap
- Centrum
- Chuckanut Writers Conference
- Hedgebrook: Women Authoring Change
- LiTFUSE: Poet’s Unite
- Emerald City Romance Writers Conference
- Clarion West Science Fiction Conference
- Write on the Sound
Editors You Can Hire
- Paula Coomer
- T.J. Tranchell (Inland Northwest horror writer—very affordable, charges $1 per page, wrote that he loves working with first timers)
- Michelle Wildgen
- Lauren Chasen
- Rayhané Sanders
- Anca L. Szilágyi
- Jordan Rosenfeld
- Mackenzie Kiera
- Jessica Easto
- Caroline Allen
Find an Agent
- Agent Query: https://agentquery.com/
- Poets & Writers Literary Agent Database: https://www.pw.org/literary_agents
- Manuscript Wishlist: https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/