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Duotrope. A
searchable database of over 4500 current markets for fiction and poetry,
including an online submissions tracker for registered users. Subscription fee as of January 2013.
The Review Review. Reviews literary magazines, interviews journal editors, offers publishing tips, and provides a database of over 300 literary magazines, as well as calls for submission.
Omniglot— An online encyclopedia of writing systems and languages with links
to dictionaries in dozens of languages.
Writing Contests and Competitions. A guide to current online contests in fiction, nonfiction and poetry across genres. Sortable by genre and payment fees.
www.writers.net — Writing
resources, news and discussion for authors/writers, editors, publishers
and agents. A free Internet directory.
Free Self-Publishing Online
www.booksie.com Writers
can post novels, short stories, poetry, articles, and more on the
Booksie site for free, as well as receive and respond to comments
and communicate with other writers.
Kindle Direct Publishing (Amazon KDP). KDP provides you with free and simple tools to self-publish your book in more than 10 countries in over 45 languages.
www.smashwords.com is a self-publishing platform and online bookstore
for independent ebook authors and their readers. They offer multi-format,
DRM-free ebooks, ready for immediate sampling and purchase, and
readable on any e-reading device. Now merged with draft2digital.com.
Services
Donovan's Literary Services. Diane C. Donovan, Sebastapol resident, offers pre-publication critiques, copy and content editing, proof reading, and marketing plans for self-publishing authors.
Jennifer Gennari—author, editor, teacher—offers proofreading, manuscript critiques and line editing.
Write
Now! A book about writing, writer's block, rejection, publishing
and selling your book by San Francisco author Joseph Sutton.
San Francisco Bay Area Events
Poetry Flash. A poetry review and literary
calendar for the West distributed free on the West Coast (with
a national subscription circulation). The calendar is updated online
at www.poetryflash.org.
Sonoma
County Literary Update. Calendar of literary events, readings,
workshops and classes for writers, lists of writing groups and
conferences.