Groups and Association for Writers

Academy Of American Poets
584 Broadway, Suite 1208
New York, NY 10012-3250
Phone: (212) 274-0343
FAX: (212) 274-9427
email: academy@pipeline.com

Academy Of Television Arts And Sciences
3500 West Olive Avenue, Suite 700
Burbank, CA 91505

Advertising Club Of New York
155 East 55th Street, Suite 202
New York, NY 10022

Advertising Women Of New York
153 East 57th Street
New York, NY 10022

American Advertising Federation (AAF)
1400 K Street NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005
202-659-1800

American Association Of Sunday And Feature Editors
Box 17407
Dulles International Airport
Washington, DC 20041

American Association Of University Professors
1012 14th Street, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005

American Black Book Writers Association
P.O. Box 10458
Venice, CA 90295

American Book Producers Association
211 East 51st Street
New York, NY 10022

American Business Women’s Association
Box 8728
9100 Ward Parkway
Kansas City, MO 64114

American Federation Of Television And Radio Artists (AFTRA)
260 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016

American Historical Association
400 A Street SE
Washington. DC 20003

American Library Association (ALA)
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611

American Newspaper Publishers Association (ANPA)
Box 17407
Dulles International Airport
Washington, DC 20041

American News Women’s Club
1607 22nd Street NW
Washington, DC 20008

American Society For Information Science
1424 16th Street NW, Suite 404
Washington, DC 20036

American Society Of Business Press Editors
4445 Gilmer Lane
Cleveland, OH 44143

American Society Of Composers, Authors And Publishers
I Lincoln Plaza
New York, NY 10023
212-997-0947

American Society Of Indexers
1700 18th Street NW
Washington DC 20009

American Society Of Journalists And Authors
1501 Broadway, Suite 302
New York, NY 10036
212-997-0947

American Society Of Magazine Editors
575 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022

American Society Of Newspaper Editors (ASNE)
11690B Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston, VA 20191
http://www.asne.org/

American Theatre Critics Association
c/o Clara Hieronymus
The Tennessean
1100 Broadway
Nashville, TN 37202

American Women In Radio And Television (AWRT)
1101 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036

American Writers Theatre Foundation
Box 810
Times Square Station
New York, NY 10108

Associated Business Writers Of America
1450 South Havana Street, Suite 620
Aurora, CO 88012

Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP)
260 King Street East
Toronto, ON M5A 1K3
Phone: 416-361-1408
Fax: 416-361-0643

Associated Writing Programs
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529
804-683-3839

Association For Business Communication
University of Illinois
Urbana IL 61801

Association Of American Advertising Agencies (AAAA)
666 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017

Association Of American Publishers
220 East 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010

Association Of Authors’ Representatives (AAR)
10 Astor Place, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10003

Association Of Petroleum Writers
c/o Katherine Reese
Oil & Gas Journal
Box 1260
Tulsa, OK 74101

Association Of Radio-Television News Analysts (ARTNA)
190 Riverside Drive Suite 6-B
New York, NY 10024

Authors League Of America
(Home of The Authors Guild, Inc., and The Dramatists Guild, Inc.)
234 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036

Aviation / Space Writers’ Association
17 S. High Street, Suite 124
Columbus, OH 43215

Book Promoters’ Association of Canada (BPAC)
c/o 585 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON M6G 1K5
Phone: 416-467-9954

Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)
320 West 57th
Street New York, NY 10019

Broadcast Promotion And Marketing Executives
6255 Sunset Boulevard #624
Los Angeles, CA 90028

California Writers’ Club
1090 Cambridge Street
Novoto, CA 94947

Children’s Book Council
568 Broadway
New York, NY 10012 USA

Copywriter Council of America
Building 102, LMP-15
Middle Island, NY 11953 USA
516-924-8555

Direct-Mail/Marketing Association
6 E. 3rd Street
New York, NY 10017 USA
212-689-4977

Horror Writers Of America
5336 Reef Way
Oxnard, CA 93035 USA

The International Association of Business Communicators
870 Market Street., Suite 940
San Francisco, CA 94102
415-433-3400

The International Women’s Writing Guild
Box 810
Gracie Station
New York, NY 10016

Mystery Writers Of America
17 E. 47Th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10017
212-255-7005

National Association of Home Based Businesses
P.O. Box 30220
Baltimore, MD 21270
301-363-3698

National Association of Women Writers – NAWW
PO Box 183812
Arlington, Texas 76096
Phone & Fax: (817) 289-2800 x6078
Email: naww@onebox.com
Web site: http://www.naww.org

National Writers Association
1450 S. Havana, Suite 424
Aurora, CO 80012 USA
303-751-7488

National Writers Union
113 University Pl. 6th Fl.
New York, NY 10003
212-254-0279
http://www.nwu.org/nwu/index.htm

PEN American Center
568 Broadway
New York, NY 10012
212-334-1660

Poets & Writers
72 Spring St., Rm. 301
New York, NY 10012
212-226-3586

Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)
845 3rd Ave.
New York, NY 10022
212-826-1250

Romance Writers Of America
13700 Veterans Memorial Drive, #315
Houston, TX 77014

Science Fiction Writers of America
P.O. Box 4236
West Columbia, SC 29171
803-791-5942

Society of American Travel Writers
1100 17th Street. NW, Suite 10000
Washington , DC 20036
202-785-5567

The Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators
8271 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Phone [323] 782-1010
Fax [323] 782-1892
email: scbwi@scbwi.org
http://www.scbwi.org

Society of Indexers
Globe Centre
Penistone Road
Sheffield S6 3AE
England
Tel: +44 (0)114 281 3060
Fax: +44 (0)114 281 3061
admin@socind.demon.co.uk
http://www.socind.demon.co.uk/

Women Who Write (New Jersey based)
PO Box 652
Madison NJ 07940

The Writers Alliance
12 Skylark Lane
Stony Brook, NY 11790 USA

Writers Guild Of America – East
555 W. 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
212-245-6180

Writers Guild Of America – West
7000 West Third Street
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(213) 951-4000
http://www.wga.org

Some Canadian Associations

Canadian Authors Association (CAA)
275 Slater Street, Suite 500
Ottawa, ON K1P 5H9
Phone: 613-233-2846
Fax: 613-235-8237
http://www.canauthors.org/national.html

Canadian Poetry Association
CPA
POB 22571
St. George Postal Outlet
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V0
http://www.mirror.org/cpa/
National Coordinator: wirters@pathcom.com
Resource Library: cpa@sympatico.ca

Canadian Magazine Publishers Association (CMPA)
2 Stewart Street
Toronto, ON M5V 1H6
Phone: 416-362-2546
Fax: 416-362-2547

Canadian Telebook Agency (CTA)
301 Donlands Avenue
Toronto, ON M4J 3R8
Phone: 416-467-7887

CANSCAIP
(Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers)
P.O. Box 280, Station L
Toronto, ON M6E 4Z2

Editors’ Association of Canada/
Association canadienne des pigistes de l’edition
(FEAC/ACP)
35 Spadina Road
Toronto, ON M5R 2S9
Phone: 416-975-1379
Fax: 416-975-1839
http://www.web.net/eac-acr/

The Federation of British Columbia Writers
1200 West 73rd Avenue
Suite 1100
Vancouver BC V6P 6G5
Phone: 604/267-7087
Fax: 604/267-7086
fedbcwrt@pinc.com
http://www.bcwriters.com/

League of Canadian Poets (LCP)
24 Ryerson Avenue
Toronto, ON M5T 2P3
Phone: 416-363-5047
Fax: 416-860-0826

National Library of Canada
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0N4
Phone: 613-995-9481
Fax: 613-996-7941

Periodical Writers Association of Canada (PWAC)
PWAC National Office
54 Wolseley St., Suite 203
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 1A5
Phone: 416-504-1645
Fax: 416-703-0059
E-mail: pwac@web.net
http://www.web.net/~pwac/

Playwrights Union of Canada
54 Wolseley St., 2nd Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 1A5
tel: (416) 703 0201
fax: (416) 703 0059
cdplays@interlog.com
http://www.puc.ca/

Saskatchewan Writers Guild
Box 3986
Regina, SK S4P 3R9
Phone: (306) 757-6310
Fax: (306) 565-8554
swg@sk.sympatico.ca
http://www.skwriter.com/

Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia
Suite 901, 1809 Barrington Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3K8
Telephone: (902) 423-8116
Fax: (902) 422-0881
Email: writers1@fox.nstn.ca
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/

The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC)
24 Ryerson Avenue
Toronto, ON M5T 2P3
Phone: 416-868-6914
Fax: 416-860-0826
http://www.writersunion.ca/

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