LibGuides: Creative Writing: Introduction to Research: Websites

Organizations

The Authors' Guild
The Authors Guild is the nation’s oldest and largest professional organization of writers. Since their founding, they have served as the collective voice of American authors, and have long supported the rich and diverse literary culture of America.
National Writers Union
The purpose of the NWU is to promote and protect the rights, interests, and economic advancement of members; to organize writers to improve professional working conditions through collective bargaining action; and to provide professional services to its members.
Novelists, Inc.
Ninc is a professional organization of more than 1,000-plus multi-published writers. NINC brings many voices and talents together for one purpose — to help writers manage their career throughout a lifetime.
PEN America
PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide. PEN America champions the freedom to write, recognizing the power of the word to transform the world.
Women's Fiction Writers' Association
Over a thousand members strong, WFWA is the premier organization for women's fiction.
WFWA is a volunteer-run, welcoming community that purposely fosters a climate of inclusion and opportunity.
Writers and Publishers Network
The Writers and Publishers Network (WPN), formerly Small Publishers, Artists & Writers Network (SPAWN), provides information, resources and opportunities for anyone involved in or interested in publishing, whether they are an author, freelance writer, artist or own a publishing company.

Bestsellers Lists

NYT Best Seller's List
Authoritatively ranked lists of books sold in the United States, sorted by format and genre.
Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lists
Publishers Weekly, now celebrating its 150th anniversary, is familiarly known in the book world as PW and “the bible of the book business.” Focused on the international book publishing business, it is now a multimedia news platform with full horizontal coverage of book publishing beginning with the author-as-creator to publisher, printer, and distributor to the end consumer.

Publishing Companies

30 Book Publishing Companies that Accept Submissions without an Agent
Here is a list of 30 book publishing companies that authors can contact directly. For each publishing house, you'll find:
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- A link to their website.
- What they publish.
- Any significant notes about their publishing history.
- A link to their submissions guidelines for authors.
- Whether they accept proposals via snail mail, electronically, or both.
- The estimated response time (if it was given on their site).
- A link to their catalog of previously published books.
- Location of the publisher.
The Big, Big List of Indie Publishers and Small Presses
The following list consists of indie publishers and small presses, long-established and recently founded, accepting unsolicited submissions directly from writers.
List of 100+ Reputable Book Publishing Companies
Are you looking to get your book published?
Here’s TCK Publishing's list of reputable book publishing companies you might consider working with.
We’ve organized the list in an easily searchable table so you can quickly find the publishers that publish the type of book you’re looking to get published.