Art Farm’s mission is to support artistic vision, which may be impractical, obscure, and independent of commercial recognition—where failing is no less welcomed than succeeding. To offer artists, writers, performers, and others: studios, time, and resources for pursuing their range of expression, for experimenting, for developing projects, but most of all, for distilling the promise and potential of their creative enterprise, while working and living in a rural environment. They offer an artist and writer residency.

The Association of Authors' Representatives (AAR) is a not-for-profit organization of qualified literary agents and dramatic representatives of authors, dramatists and other creators and owners of intellectual property. AAR has three prime objectives:(1) to keep agents informed of changing conditions in publishing, the theater, the motion picture and television industries and related fields (2) to encourage cooperation among literary organizations (3) to assist agents in representing the interests of their author-clients.To qualify for AAR an agent must meet professional standards specified in the organization's by-laws and agree to subscribe to the AAR canon of ethics.

A national nonprofit service organization that works to create new jobs and build new opportunities and audiences for writers.

Address: George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
Phone: (703) 993-4301

Maintains a calendar of literary events in the Ohio area, along with links to literary blogs (written by local and national writers), literary organizations, and a wealth of other resources for writers, with a local flavor.

Offers CSU students and local poets technical assistance. Also distributes $1000 annually for book-length manuscripts.

Address: Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Avenue RT1841 Cleveland, OH 44115-2440
Phone: (216) 687-3986

Explore programs for toddlers through seniors. Classes, workshops, music lessons, lectures, camps, speakers series, special events and performances are all offered in a welcoming, friendly environment.
It’s a fun place to learn and to feel inspired. It’s a place to create friendships – for kids and adults. It’s value for time and money. It’s a real community asset that brings people together.
Learn more at this link: https://www.fairmountcenter.org/about-mission/

The Fine Arts Work Center, a non-profit enterprise, is devoted to encouraging the growth and development of emerging visual artists and writers through residency programs, to the propagation of aesthetic values and experience, and to the restoration of the year-round vitality of the historic art colony of Provincetown. Today the Fine Arts Work Center is a leading long-term residency program in the country for emerging artists and writers.

Address: 24 Pearl Street, Provincetown, MA 02657
Phone: (508) 487-9960
Email: general@fawc.org

Offers opportunities for the study and practice of creative writing and literary analysis to participants around the world. The courses are funded by the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the University of Iowa. MOOCs are available to anyone who wishes to enroll. There is no cost to participants, and there are no application requirements. Upcoming classes include How Writers Write Poetry, and How Writers Write Fiction. Visit website for additional details.

The Iowa Summer Writing Festival offers 138 week-long or weekend workshops for writers working from early June through the month of July. Courses are based on the workshop model, and are appropriate for all skill levels. For a complete schedule, visit http://www.iowasummerwritingfestival.org/.

The Kent State Shootings Oral Histories project collects and provides access to personal accounts of the May 4, 1970, shootings and their aftermath. Founded in 1990 by Sandra Perlman Halem, the Project continues to record oral histories, including many eyewitness accounts, from a wide variety of viewpoints.

Lit Cleveland's vision is to build a strong community of writers and readers in Northeast Ohio through classes, workshops, readings and other events.

The Millay Colony for the Arts offers residencies and workshops in a number of disciplines. The colony is located in New York about 2.5 hours away from NY city.

The oldest international literary organization designed to advance literature, defend free expression and foster international literary fellowship.

Address: 588 Broadway, Suite 303 New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 334-1660

This is a link to a calendar of literary events in the Cleveland area which can be accessed through the Poets & Writers magazine. Based on the the Clevelandpoetics blogspot calendar.

This website, sponsored by Poets & Writers Magazine, offers a wide range of resources for writers, including up-to-date databases to find markets, contests, competitions, conferences, workshops and residencies. Tools for writers include writing prompts, articles on craft, and information on literary agents.

The Authors Guild is the nation’s oldest and largest professional organization for writers. Since its beginnings over a century ago, we have served as the collective voice of American authors. Our members include novelists, historians, journalists, and poets—traditionally and independently published—as well as literary agents and representatives of writers’ estates.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Thurber House (the home of humorist, author, and New Yorker cartoonist James Thurber) is a non-profit literary center and Thurber museum. Their mission is to celebrate the written word for the education and entertainment of the broadest possible audience and to continue Thurber’s legacy of humor. Programs include the Thurber Prize for Humor, the only such recognition of humor writing in the country; residencies; author readings; and writing classes.

Address: 7 Jefferson Ave, Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 464-1032

The Vermont Studio Center supports "artists and writers by providing studio residencies in an inclusive international community, honoring creative work as the communication of spirit through form."

Address: 80 Pearl Street P.O. Box 613, Johnson, Vermont 05656
Phone: (802) 635-272

Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild hosts the Byrdcliffe Art Colony. The colony was placed on the National Register of Historic Sites in 1979 for its architectural and historical significance. It is located in the Catskill Mountains, 1.5 miles from the center of Woodstock, New York. The residency is for artistic excellence of composers, playwrights, poets, screenwriters, visual artists and writers.

Founded in 1900 by the financier Spencer Trask and his wife Katrina, herself a poet, Yaddo is an artists' community located on a 400-acre estate in Saratoga Springs, New York. Its mission is to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment.