For Writers
Workshops in Nebraska
- Fine Lines Summer Camp Omaha, NE. Creative writing summer camps for 4th-12th graders, college-age and adults.
- Nebraska Book Festival Writers’ Workshops Workshops bring together aspiring writers to learn how to craft their work from an established professional. Through these conversations, participants enrich their writing. Workshops are led by Nebraska-native facilitators.
- Nebraska Writers Guild The annual Fall Conference in held in the western half of the state. The annual Spring Conference is held at Eugene Mahoney State Park, between Omaha and Lincoln. Write Across Nebraska - WAN - is a state wide event that happens each July.
- Nebraska Writers Workshop Primary Objective: To provide Omaha area writers of all genre and form the opportunity to come together for mutual support, artistic growth, and non-credit learning at no charge. Secondary Objective: To teach writers of any genre or form how to objectively assess the art and craft of their own work, thus growing in confidence and getting published.
- Omaha Lit Fest Contemporary writers gather to discuss the influence of classic pulp fiction on their work specifically and the literary culture in general.
- The Prairieland Romance Writers Grand Island, NE. An official chapter of Romance Writers of America.
- Superior Summer Screenwriting Colony Superior, NE. Join Lew Hunter and Pamela Hunter in the Victorian Capital of the Midwest. This Colony celebrates the roots of writers like Willa Cather and Mari Sandoz.
- Wine, Writers & Song Festival Brownville, NE. Generate pages of fresh material, newly forged connections with our fellow writers, and a few new strategies to add to your writing practice.
Nebraska Organizations
- Nebraska Literary Heritage Association (NLHA) An organization that promotes works by and about Nebraska authors, past and present through support of Lincoln City Libraries' Jane Pope Geske Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors. A searchable database, NebraskaAuthors.org, is offered through a collaborative project with the UNL Center for Digital Research in the Humanities.
- Nebraska Writers Collective Dedicated to promoting and supporting creativity, literary awareness, poetry and performance poetry within the Midwest.
- Nebraska Writers Guild A professional association for writers of all disciplines, literary agents, educators, publishers, librarians, and youth who are interested in promoting the craft of writing in Nebraska. The organization offers aspiring writers, award winning authors, and everyone in between a network for improving their craft.
- Omaha Science Fiction Education Society An organization for fans of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Official meetings usually take place on the first Thursday of each month, but activities are scheduled at other times according to interests and what’s happening in the world of fandom.
Video Recordings
Poetry–Capturing the
Moment with U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser & Friends
| NET Television
Nebraskan Ted Kooser, the 13th U.S. Poet Laurate, shows us the beauty
in the ordinary through his poetry. This educational DVD provides
multiple venues for educators, students, and all of us to experience
poetry in an everyday way. Includes “Ted Kooser’s
Poetic World” television program, poets reciting their own
poetry, poets’ roundtable discussion, lesson plans
for schools, and websites. Featured poets: Dominique Garay, Mary
Strong Jackson, William Kloefkorn, Ted Kooser, Lyn Messersmith, Mikah
Tacha.
Find this DVD @ your
library®. Or, borrow it from the Nebraska Library Commission.
Call the Commission at 402-471-4016 or 800-307-2665 (NE only) or
send an e-mail for more
information.
2009 Nebraska Book Festival
Events from the 2009 Nebraska Book festival, including discussions with
and readings by Nebraska authors, award presentations, and discussion of
the 2009 One Book One Nebraska selection. Speakers: William Kloefkorn,
Dan Welch, Ted Kooser, Michael Forsberg, Allison Hedge Coke, Harley Jane
Kozak, Stew Magnuson, Keith Terry, Ron Hansen, Kristine Gerber.
Borrow this DVD from the Nebraska Library Commission. The DVDs are
available for loan from the Nebraska Library Commission.
Call the Commission at 402-471-4016 or 800-307-2665 (NE only) or
send an e-mail for more
information.
Suggested Websites
- Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts The Center offers up to fifty juried residencies per year to visual artists, writers, composers, interdisciplinary artists, and arts or arts education scholars.
- The 101 Best Websites for Writers Writer’s Digest’s annual survey.
- Writing.Com An online community for writers and readers where creative writers can store and display their work online and get feedback on it. Membership (free) is required and includes an online writing portfolio, numerous writing tools, email services and the chance to meet and interact with other writers and readers.
- Writing for the Web Long-standing blog on writing for the Internet including online journal articles plus recent news, numerous resources for other kinds of writers and humor. Huge collection of links to practical resources plus links to articles. Written by a published author & former teacher.
- alphaDictionary.com Searches almost one thousand dictionaries at once and lets you choose which definitions to look at. If there are no matches, it offers you alternate words with similar spellings plus advice on using “wildcards” to try to find the word. Also includes articles about the nature of language, correct usage, and other linguistic tidbits , a discussion message board, a blog, a collection of specialized resources like false cognates, Southernism, historic American slang and language in the news.
- One Look Reverse Dictionary Lets you describe a concept and get back a list of words and phrases related to that concept. Uses OneLook’s index of hundreds of online dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference sites. Can also be used to solve crossword puzzle words if you only know some of the letters.
- AcqWeb’s Directory of Publishers and Vendors Search publisher web sites alphabetically or by geographical location or subject.
Terminology
- IOBA Book Terminology From the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
- Gale Glossary of Literary Terms
Related Links
- Writers’ Conferences & Centers Member Directory — Search centers, conferences, festivals, residencies, and retreats