LITERARY ORGANIZATIONS

African-American On-line Writers Guild   

MOTOWN Writer's Network

Detroit Women Writers

Greater Detroit Romance Writers of America  

Horror Writers Association

Metro-Detroit Writers 

National Association of Black Journalist

  National Writers Union

Fayetteville, NC Arts Council

YAMS (You Are My Sister) (Book Club)

 Romantic Tales  (Create ongoing online stories, share info, interviews, contests)

The Underground Poets Society (African-American poetry, Tri-Annual poetry contest)

Midnight Mind (Collaborative of authors, poets, film producers, artists & musicians)

www.SPRINGFED.org

CrossXRoads Poets & Writers Series  (Poets forum)

InsideOut Literary Arts Project (Focus is on Young Authors)

Broadside Poet's Theater  / Techone Building, 440 Burroughs, Detroit, MI tel: 313-896=8921

SUCCESS LITERARY SERVICES: "We provide serious manuscript editing and film script coverage services to independent writers and publishing and production professionals. Est. 1984. Member NWA & EFA. References. Competitive. Educating the client is job-one." Our work exceeds all industry standards.  We maintain excellent references, modest fees, and an informative web site with sections devoted not only to promoting our commercial venture, but free sections: motivating writers (Your Editor Speaks...) and educating writers (Your Class in Session...).  We also list current sponsors and resources. Contact: M.L. 'Max' Roth, Executive Editor / suc-srv@pacbell.net or litarts@pacbell.net /  Website:  http://www.successliterary.com

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AGENTS

Writers Net

Peter Miller Agency (Literature & Film)

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ARTS ORGANIZATIONS

Arts League of Michigan 

Artserve Michigan

Community Foundation

Detroit Festival of The Arts  (Performing Arts, music, workshops, etc)

Detroit Contemporary

   Down River Council For The Arts

Gaylord Area Council For The Arts

Michigan Association of Community Arts Agencies   

Michigan Council For Arts & Cultural Affairs

National Conference of Artists

National Endowments for Arts

The Scarab Club (Art & Literature)

Wayne County Council for Arts History and Humanities

Projectbait.blakgold.net

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AUTHORS & POETS WEBSITES

Dee Dee McNeil

Liberty R. O. Daniels

digitalcity.com (Literary and multicultural site listing Detroit events)

M. L. Liebler

www.mlliebler.com (Liebler's personal website. Features _ Bio, photos, appearances, books, CD's, Tapes and several poetry selections)

       Ellacec Publishing (Author, Theresa Banks /Books/Crafts /
Email:      Mail2Banks@aol.com   Tel:  (708) 790-5787

Midnight Mind   (Books, authors)

African Renaissance  Contact:    Godfrey Mwakikagile
Web Address: http://mwakikagile.tripod.com/africanrenaissance/    Email: godfmw@newafrica.com

Description: works by Africans seeking solutions to African problems. The solutions must come from the Africans themselves, derived from indigenous institutions.

Bittersweet Water  Contact:    Winston McMiller
Web Address: www.bittersweetwater.com   Email: wmcmiller@yahoo.com
Telephone:  313-937-0871
Description: Book excerpts, bio, flash presentation, synopsis, writer's links, and writer's forums for other writers to post stories, poems, news and writer's tips
 

     Nubian Poets  Contact:    Alphonza Graham  Jr.
Web Address: http://www.nubianpoets.com     Email:      Nubianpoets@aol.com

Description: Feature profiles and link on poets of African descent, Black history, Interactive Black trivia, Poetry Contest, Poetry Discussion Board, Chat, Books, Games, and much more!

A New Hope Publishing  Contact:    Hope C. Clarke
Web Address: http://www.anewhopepublishing.com     Email:      hopeclarke@aol.com   Telephone:  718 498-2408
 
Description:   Hope C. Clarke is publisher and author of mystery suspense, horror fiction and
romance. She carries her readers through the bowels of their twisted fantasies and
quenches their thirst...Hope's books include: Shadow Lover, Pent Up Passion and
Best Seller. She is currently at work on her 4th book, Missing Births. Visist Hopes'
website and submit your own short story for posting at her site....

Everyone Who's Anyone   Contact: Gerard Jones

Web Address:  http://EveryoneWhosAnyone.com  email: gerard@deadginny.com

Description: A list of Literary Agents, here and abroad. Includes a ton of rejections and many humorous replies. If you are looking for an agent, you should check this site out.

Juanita Torrence-Thompson

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Sylvia McClain

Presently conducting workshops on money management for writers. The interactive workshops instruct aspiring writers on how to begin a transition to become a freelance writer.
 

Website: Scribal Press

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BLACK HISTORY

Detroit Black Writer' Guild History Site

Cane River Colony

Site concerning Creoles of Color and the descendants of "CoinCoin" & Thomas Pierre Metoyer who established their own Colony on Cane River near Natchitoches, Louisiana. Their ancestral home site, Melrose Plantation, is a national historical site. Web includes history, photos, events, links, research resources, much more.

Moor Paradigm

(Did you know that the Moors were here before Columbus)

Black Indians

The Slaughter:  (The shocking exposé of a racial crime of unprecedented proportions in American history.

The victims:  over one thousand black soldiers stationed at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi back in 1943 -- the bodies buried in an earthen dam. Author: Carroll Case)

 

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<a href="http://www.thenationofmoorish-americans.org">
Advancing African / Moorish-American Studies</a>
The Nation of Moorish-Americans offers social services & political agency
for advancing African-American studies, including: Moroccan American,
black history, Missouri Compromise, Louisiana Purchase, slavery, and US
treaties with Moorish-Americans

BOOKS & CRAFTS

Amazon.com 

C & B Book distribution center (african american books via the internet. Contact: Phil Andrews / Email:  philandrews2001@yahoo.com / Telephone:  718 969-4380)

  Democracy in Africa (Democracy in Africa, multiparty politics, one-party states, ethnic and regional rivalries, secessionist movements, coalition governments, federations in Africa)
Contact: Godfrey Mwakikagile / WebAddress: http://democracyinafrica.tripod.com/
Email:      GodfMw@netscape.net

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  CLUBS

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GALLERIES

The Johanson Charles Gallery

Maniscalco Gallery
17329 Mack Avenue
Detroit MI 48224
(313) 886-2993

Also, visit WCCAHH's new site, http://www.WayneArts.org which features an
on-line "Call for Entries" for the upcoming Artists Among Us Exhibition,
featuring poetry & music inspired by juried visual art.
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LIBRARIES & MUSEUMS

Museum of African-American History (Detroit)       

Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit Public Library

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MAGAZINES

African-American Travel Magazine & Planning Guide

Poets & Writers Magazine

Writer's Digest

African American Parent Magazine   

Hour Detroit (Best places to eat, Things to do in Detroit)   

FRESH! Literary Magazine (Short stories, poetry, articles, free book reviews) 

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MUSIC

Ford's Detroit Montreux Jazz Festival      

Detroit Symphony         

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NEWSPAPERS

Detroit Free Press  

Detroit News  

Metro Times  

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PUBLISHERS

    Where Peace and Strength CoexistTM

"The AbstractBlack vision is to provide an arena for positive and  creative minds to Breathe through Afrikan inspired literature."

    AbstractBlack Publishing Group

AQUARIUS PRESS (Book Production for self-publishers)

Trafford Publishers

Desmond Johnson / Book Publishers

RIB Publishing (Electronic Books, articles, talk show)

Roberts Publishing (Electronic books, resources, book club)

Amely Publishing (Electronic Book publishing company - launched in September 2000.  Seeking novels, short story collections, poetry
collections and fiction for publication.)

1st Books (Annual contest / Electronic & Print on Demand paperback book publishing)

Just Us Books, Inc. (Publisher of Black-interest books for children featuring the AFRO-BETS Kids, picture books, biographies, middle grade fiction and some poetry)

Conquering Books  (Black-owned Printing and Publishing services company.  We help the first time author get their book into print, or if an author's book is out of print, we help them get their book back into print.  We offer great printing rates in this over-priced print on demand publishing market.  Our site describes our services.) Contact: Judy Carter/ Email: publish@conqueringbooks.com
Telephone:  704.509.2226

SPECTRE  Publishing (Contact: Martin Sigarto / Email:  media1@spectrepublishing.com

WebAddress: www.spectrepublishing.com
Description: Highlighting the upcoming novel WARPATH by Jeffrey Scott Hansen
 

National Academic Press     (Scholarly press,emphasis on Third World and international affairs. Authors include Godfrey Mwakikagile, "Civil Wars in Rwanda and Burundi: Conflict Resolution in Africa".... ) 
Contact:    National Academic Press  WebAddress: http://napress1.tripod.com/   Email:      napress@altelco.net
 

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RESOURCES

http://www.bet.com

Shaw Guides to Conferences 

Inkspot Writer's resource
www.eSpindle.org Word and Vocabulary Tutor/ Memory / IQ Builder

Writers Resources

Writers Exchange 

World African Network

Everything Black  

BLACK Voices (Premier on-line resource providing news, career, entertainment, financial and community content and tools for African American professionals)

Black Masks Featuring information about the Black performing, literary and visual arts,
is published bi-monthly.   
 

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SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES

Writers Center, Michigan State  

Detroit Public Schools

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SEARCH ENGINES

(Fun search engines. Try goggle. Type in your name and see how places you are listed on the net.)

www.clickey.com

www.Goggle.com

www.ask_jeeves.com

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THEATERS / RADIO / TV

Gem Theater 

Grosse Pointe Theatre

Krystal's Motor Town Cafe (TV show, Poetry music, dance, skits, interviews)

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TOURIST GUIDE / TRAVEL

African-American Travel Magazine & Planning Guide

Multi-cultural Guide To Detroit 

Travel Michigan 

Cheap Tickets   

Lowest Fare 

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Cane River Media

(One stop, Bargain priced web sites & Web Hosting service for authors & poets. Price starts at $250. Includes: Name registration, 6 months free web hosting, email, 3-4 professionally designed pages)

Webfully Yours

Webfully Yours creates professional websites for you as well as website promotion. Webfully Yours is owned by Deborah Maisonet who also conduct workshops, seminars and presentations on "Creating a Website and what Happens Next"  and "How to do Business on the Internet". She is the author of Online And Under the Web...

Email:      grvc@worldnet.att.net
Telephone:  800 501-1148
 

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REAL Divas

National African-American R'vers Association (Family fun, Camping)

Sports II, Incorporated - Contact: Antoinette Wilson (Email: sportsII@hotmail.com)
Description: Sports II, Incorporated is a private label bottled water distributorship

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