Resources

Websites for Writers and Readers

Welcome to The Letter Review resources page. Below, you’ll find a curated selection of organizations and tools designed to support your creative journey.

Please note that we provide these listings for informational purposes only; The Letter Review has no affiliation with the entities listed below. We strongly encourage all readers to perform their own due diligence and vet each organization thoroughly before engaging with their services.

To discuss adding your website to our list you can reach us at mail@letterreview.com

The Writers Colleges

• The Writers College: Offering Top Quality Courses all Over the World
• New Zealand Writers College
• SA Writers College
• The UK Writers College

Reedsy

• Reedsy: Changing the way books are published by giving authors and publishers access to talented professionals, powerful tools, and free educational content.
• The Reedsy Literary Prize. Genre: Short Fiction. Deadline: May 31, 2026. Prizes: $1,500; guaranteed publication in Reedsy’s literary magazine Prompted; and personalized feedback from a literary agent. Theme: “Write a story that includes change or transformation.” Entry Fee: $20 USD. Enter here.

Contests and Submission Opportunities

• The 10th To Hull And Back Humorous Short Story Competition: The details: Link: Submission window: 1st July 2026 until 30th June 2027 Word limit: 2,500 words maximum, no minimum. 20 cash prizes: 1st 1,000 2nd £200 3rd £100. 3x highly commended £70. 14 x shortlisted £35. Total prize pot: £2,000. In addition to the £1,000 cash prize, the winner’s head will appear on the front cover of the next To Hull And Back Anthology. They will be depicted riding a flaming motorcycle and holding a quill of wrath. The winner’s copy of the book will be strapped to a Harley Davidson and filmed being ridden to Hull. And back. The winner can make the journey on the motorbike if they wish and appear in the video. Entry fee: Early-bird entry fee in place until 31st March 2027: £10 for 1 story, £17 for 2 stories, £20 for 3 stories. From 1st April 2027 to 30th June 2027, the entry fee is: £12 for 1 story, £20 for 2 stories, £24 for 3 stories. Publishing: All shortlisted stories are published in an anthology. Frequency: The competition runs biennially (every other year).
• PoetryMama: Lists of poetry contests.
• Mslexia: Welcome to the magazine for women who write.

Classes and Workshops

• The Novelry: High Quality Courses and Coaching.
• Online Creative Writing Courses – Creative Writing Ink UK
• UC San Diego: Extended Studies.
• Manchester Writing School.
• International Writers’ Collective
• Australian Writers’ Centre – Ignite your creativity
• Writing Tip Oasis: Writing Tips Oasis is a website dedicated to helping writers to write and publish books.

Opportunities for Writers

• The Submission Grinder (or The Grinder for short) is a donation-based tool for writers to search for publications to submit their work, view anonymized response time statistics based on other writer’s submissions, and track their submissions.
• The Arvon Foundation: The UK’s leading creative writing charity, for writing retreats and online courses with high profile authors. 
• AJC Australian Beta Readers Service: Need a Beta Reader?
• Scribophile: Need feedback? Scribophile is a writing group focused on getting you feedback on your manuscript.
• Writer Advice: Since 1997, Writer Advice has become a source for writers seeking ideas, inspiration, and feedback.
• Globe Soup: Featuring many contests & resources for writers.
• New Writers: Competitions, Resources and Tips.
• Writing Contests List on Reddit
• More Legitimate Writing Contests at Contestlists.com
• Canadian Authors: Canadian Authors Association provides writers with a wide variety of programs, services and resources to help them develop their skills in both the craft and the business of writing, enhance their ability to earn a living as a writer, and have access to a Canada-wide network of writers and publishing industry professionals.
• Funds for Writers: We emphasize finding money to make writing a realistic career.
• The Now Novel Scholarship.
• NewWriters.org.uk – Regular writing competitions with £1,000+ cash prizes, up-to-date listings of other organisations’ writing competitions, and resources, tips and information for writers of fiction and poetry.
• New Pages
• The Literature Centre
• National Association of Writers in Education UK: NAWE aims to put creativity at the heart of education. We believe that everyone should have contact with practising artists, and especially writers. By joining NAWE you can help us to promote that ideal – and benefit from it.
• Richie Billing: An In-depth Guide To Writing Prose – this guide offers lots of useful insights into the different approaches to prose writing, with practical tips and advice on how to improve your craft. 
• The Writing District
• Christopher Fielden: Competitions, writerly insight and much more.
• Duotrope – Lists of Literary Journals and Comps
• Winning Writers: Named one of Writer’s Digest’s top 101 Websites for Writers in 2022.
• If you are looking for a writing job, you can find a lot of vacancies on https://jooble.org/
• Paper True – Resources for Writers
• Australian Writers’ Resource
• Aaron Mullins (Dr Aaron Mullins is an award-winning psychologist and bestselling author): Free Author Resources.

Software

• The Novel Factory: The Novel Factory helps guide new writers through the novel writing process – while completing your first manuscript.

Literary Journals

• Superstition Review is the online literary magazine produced by creative writing and web design students at Arizona State University.
• Neon Books: A Literary Magazine and Chapbook Press
• Blue Mountain Review

Publishers

• Dystopia Stories / Almond Press
• Pawners Paper

Publicists

• The Literary Lobbyist

State Sponsored Sites

• Writing NSW: We’re always running online and in-person writing workshops and courses, and we also run manuscript assessments regularly and mentorships on request.
• Irish Writers Centre
• Writers SA: Online writing workshops at Writers SA To help ignite your creativity and hone your craft, Writers SA have launched online courses you can do anywhere there’s an internet connection! Tune into the live Zoom event, or access recordings afterwards to listen in your own time. This season’s program features short stories, fantasy fiction, getting published, poetry, freelancing, and much more— there’s something for writers of all genres and experience levels. Find out more:  https://writerssa.org.au/program/workshops/
• Writers WA
• The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA)

Blogs

• Blog About Writing