Writing Associations

Canadian Associations - Provincial Associations - Local Associations - Other Writing Associations

Editors' organizations and those providing direct financial support to established writers in need are now listed on the Writing Services, Courses & Retreats page.

Canadian National Organizations

The Canadian Authors Association.
http://www.CanAuthors.org

The Writers' Union of Canada.
http://www.writersunion.ca

The Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC) (formerly the Periodical Writers Association of Canada).
http://www.pwac.ca

Writers Guild of Canada.
http://www.writersguildofcanada.com

Crime Writers of Canada.
http://www.crimewriterscanada.com

Playwrights Guild of Canada.
http://www.playwrightsguild.ca

The League of Canadian Poets.
http://www.poets.ca

The Canadian Poetry Association.
http://www.canadianpoetryassoc.com

Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP).
http://www.canscaip.org

The Association for Canadian and Québec Literatures (ACQL).
http://www.alcq-acql.ca

Canadian Association of Journalists.
http://www.caj.ca

Literary Translators' Association of Canada (Association des traducteurs et traductrices littéraires du Canada).
http://www.attlc-ltac.org

InScribe Christian Writers' Fellowship.
http://www.inscribe.org

The Word Guild. Connecting, supporting, and developing Canadian writers and editors who are Christian.
http://www.thewordguild.com

Canadian Romance Authors' Network (CRAN).
http://www.canadianromanceauthors.com

Canadian Science Writers' Association.
http://www.sciencewriters.ca

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Canadian Provincial Organizations

The Federation of BC Writers.
http://bcwriters.com

The Writers Guild of Alberta.
http://www.writersguild.ab.ca

Saskatchewan Writers Guild.
http://www.skwriter.com

Manitoba Writers' Guild.
http://www.mbwriter.mb.ca

The Ontario Poetry Society.
http://www.theontariopoetrysociety.ca

Union des écrivaines et écrivains québécois (UNEQ).
http://www.uneq.qc.ca

Quebec Writers' Federation.
http://www.qwf.org

The Writers' Federation of New Brunswick.
http://www.umce.ca/wfnb

Writer's Federation of Nova Scotia includes an index to many writing organizations that don't have a Web page.
http://www.writers.ns.ca

The Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador.
http://www.writersalliance.nf.ca

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Canadian Local Organizations

Canadian Authors Association branches provide the advantages of a national organization with a local presence.
http://www.canauthors.org/branches.html

Ottawa Independent Writers.
http://www.oiw.ca

West End Writers' Club in Vancouver, British Columbia.
http://www.wewriters.org

Writers' Circle of Durham Region east and northeast of Toronto.
http://www.wcdr.org

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Other Writing Associations

The National Writers Union represents 4,500 freelance writers in all genres.
http://www.nwu.org

Romance Writers of America.
https://www.rwanational.org

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
http://www.sfwa.org

The Society for Technical Communication
http://stc.org

The Writers Guild of America represents writers in the motion picture, broadcast, cable and new media industries.
http://www.wga.org

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Updated: October 2, 2007