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Writing Resources

These sites are the best when it comes to looking up words and their meanings.

Dictionaries and Thesauruses

Bartleby.com
Merriam-Webster Online
Dictionary.com
OneLook — the best online dictionary, by far, with a useful reverse-dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary
Synonym.com — with an antonym search engine.

Grammar and Style

The Elements of Style — The guide to style and composition.
A Guide to Grammar & Writing
Ask Oxford - A great writing q&a site

Acronyms, Aphorisms, Expressions, Figures of Speech, Slang, Tropes, etc.

Acronym Finder
Aphorisms Galore!
Jazz Age Slang
Probert Encyclopedia
Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang
UrbanDictionary.com
Wayne Magnuson's English Idioms, Sayings and Slang

Etymology

Behind the Name – The Etymology and History of First Names
Etymology of Words and Phrases
Etymologically Speaking
Names and What They Mean
Online Etymology Dictionary
Origin of Phrases
Word for Word

Resources for Writers

Canadian SF Works Database
Cover Letters: When, Why, and How to Use Them
Conversations in the Book Trade
Duotrope's Digest
Fantastic Toronto
Manuscript Formatting for Beginners
The Market List
Places for Writers
PoeWar.com Writer's Resource Center
Preditors and Editors
Print on Demand - Warnings and Cautions for Writers
Quintamid
Ralan.com
Rights: What They Mean and Why They're Important
Storytellers Unplugged
Sweeping Back the Slushpile: A First Reader's Primer
WritersNet
Zoetrope.com

Writers

Kelley Armstrong
William Christopher Baer
Linwood Barclay
Clive Barker
Laird Barron
Allyson Bird
Giles Blunt
Gary A. Braunbeck
Poppy Z. Brite
Kealan Patrick Burke
Claire Cameron
Ramsey Campbell
Mort Castle
Douglas Clegg
Michael Colangelo
Michael Connelly
John Connolly
Douglas Coupland
Michael Crichton
Ellen Datlow
Craig Davidson / Patrick Lestewka
Robert Dunbar
Bret Easton Ellis
Harlan Ellison
Jon Evans
Gemma Files
Fran Friel
Gary Fry
Neil Gaiman
Meg Gardiner
William Gibson
Christopher Golden
Elizabeth Hand
Joe Hill
Sam Hilliard
Glen Hirshberg
Chris F. Holm
Davin Ireland
Stephen Graham Jones
Stephen Jones
Nicholas Kaufmann
Brian Keene
Michael Kelly
Jack Ketchum
Caitlin R. Kiernan
Stephen King
Kurt Kirchmeier
Alethea Kontis
Louis L'Amour
Sarah Langan
Joe R. Lansdale
Tim Lebbon
Dennis Lehane
Elmore Leonard
Kelly Link
H.P. Lovecraft
Brian Lumley
Nick Mamatas
John Mantooth
Tiffany Maxwell
Ed McBain (Evan Hunter)
Robert McCammon
Jennifer McCartney
Gary McMahon
Daniel Medley
Heidi Ruby Miller
Christopher Moore
David Morrell
Lisa Morton
James Newman
Stewart O'Nan
C. Mitchell O'Neal
Chuck Palahniuk
Jeff Parish
D. Richard Pearce
Jennifer Pelland
Tom Piccirilli
Sarah Pinborough
Cherie Priest
Andrew Pyper
Sunil Sadanand
Steven Savile
Brett Alexander Savory
Robert J. Sawyer
John Scalzi
Dan Simmons
Erik Smetana
Douglas Smith
Michael Marshall Smith
Carrie Snyder
Peter Straub
John Steakley
Simon Strantzas
Joel A. Sutherland
Paul G. Tremblay
James Van Pelt
Jeff VanderMeer
Bev Vincent
Daniel Waters
Donald Westlake
Conrad Williams

Artists

William Aksel
Vitaly S. Alexius
David Bell
Mike Bohatch
Caniglia
Vincent Chong
Daniel Conway
Les Edwards
Michael Gibbs
Japi Honoo
Michael J. King
David Magitis
Ted Naifeh
Jim Ordolis
John Picacio
J.K. Potter
David Seidman

Magazines

55 Words
Aberrant Dreams
AGNI
Alaska Quarterly Review
Albedo One
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
All Hallows
Analog - Science Fiction and Fact
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine
The Antigonish Review
The Antioch Review
Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest
Ascent
Asimov's
The Atlantic Monthly
Aurealis
Bear Deluxe
Black Ink Horror
Black Static
Black Warrior Review
Boulevard
Broken Pencil
The Capilano Review
Cemetery Dance
Challenging Destiny
The Chicago Review
ChiZine
City Slab
Clarkesworld Magazine
Conjunctions
The Country Connection
Coyote Wild
crazyhorse
Crimewave
The Dalhousie Review
The Danforth Review
Dark Discoveries
Dark Recesses
Descant
Doorways
echolocation
Electric Velocipede
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Ellipsis
Epoch
Event
Exile
Existere
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Fantasy Magazine
The Fiddlehead
Five Points
From the Asylum
Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine
Geist
Glimmer Train
Grain
Great Western Fiction
GUD: Greatest Uncommon Denominator
Harper's
Hobart
Interzone
Jim Baen's Universe
Kiss Magazine
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet
Lichen
Lone Star Stories
Lunch Hour Stories
The Malahat Review
McSweeney's
Mid-American Review
The Missouri Review
Modern Fiction Magazine
Murdaland
Murky Depths
Necrology
Neo-opsis
New Genre
The New Quarterly
New Yorker, The
Ninth Letter
Nossa Morte
Not One of Us
Ocean Magazine
ON SPEC
One Story
Open Spaces
paperplates
The Paris Review
Ploughshares
Postscripts
Prairie Fire
PRISM International
A Public Space
The Puritan
Queen's Quarterly
Quill and Quire
Qwerty
The Rambler
Realms of Fantasy
Reflection's Edge
Riddle Fence
Rue Morgue
The Saturday Evening Post
Shimmer
Shred of Evidence
Shroud Magazine
Something Wicked
Spacesuits and Sixguns
Space & Time
Speculative.ca
Spin (Finland)
Storyteller
The Strand Mystery Magazine
Strange Horizons
sub-TERRAIN
The Summerset Review
The Sun Magazine
Sybil's Garage
Sycamore Review
Talebones
Tales of the Unanticipated
The Threepenny Review
Three-Lobed Burning Eye
Tin House
The Town Drunk
Transmitter
TriQuarterly
turnrow
Universe Pathways (Greece)
The Virginia Quarterly Review
The Walrus
Wascana Review
Weird Tales
Whirligig
Whitefish Review
Witness
Written Word
The Yale Review
Zahir
Zoetrope All-Story

Anthologies

Best New Tales of Apocalypse
The Book of Tentacles
Bound for Evil
Borderlands
Interfictions 2
Northern Haunts
Tesseracts Thirteen
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror

Publishers

Arkham House
Ash-Tree Press
Bantam Books
Bleak House Books
Borderlands Press
Burning Effigy Press
Cemetery Dance Publications
Centipede Press
ChiZine Publications
Croatoan Publishing
Cutting Block Press
Darkside Press
Dark Cloud Press
DAW Books
Dead Letter Press
Del Rey Books
Delirium Books
Donald M. Grant
Dorchester Publishing
Earthling Publications
ECW Press
EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
Elder Signs Press
Eneit Press
Gauntlet Press
Golden Gryphon Press
Gray Friar Press
Hadley Rille Books
Hard Case Crime
HarperCollins Publishers
Hill House Publishers
Humdrumming
Invisible Publishing
Lachesis Publishing
Lonely Road Books
Meadowhawk Press
Millipede Press
Necessary Evil Press
Necronomicon Press
Night Shade Books
Penguin Books Canada
Permuted Press
Porcupine's Quill Press
Prime Books
PS Publishing
Random House
Raw Dog Screaming Press
Scissor Press
Scrybe Press
Senses Five Press
Small Bear Press
So New publishing
Subterranean Press
Tachyon Publications
Tartarus Press
TOR Books
TTA Press
Turnstone Press
Wheatland Press
Wildside Press
Wyrm Publishing

Awards & Contests

A.E. Coppard Prize for Fiction
Boulevard Emerging Writers Contest
CBC Literary Awards Competition
Glimmer Train Short Story Award for New Writers
Indie Writers Deathmatch
PARSEC Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Story Contest
Prairie Fire Press Short Fiction Contest
PRISM international's Annual Short Fiction Contest
Prix Aurora Awards
Sheldon Currie Fiction Prize
Writers of the Future
Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Contest

Organizations

Canadian Authors Association
Horror Writers Association
HWA Ontario
International Horror Guild
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
The Writers' Union of Canada

Publishing News and reviews

The Agony Column
Ansible
Bookgasm
Bookslut
Booksquare
DarkEcho
Dark Scribe Magazine
Dead Reckonings
The Fix
GalleyCat
The Green Man Review
Hellnotes
Horror Fiction News Network
Horror Reader
Locus
Making Light
The Mumpsimus
Publishers Weekly
Reading Toronto
Salon.com
SciFi.com
SF Canada Members' News
SkullRing.org
Writer's Digest

Conventions

Ad Astra
Canzine
NECON
NecronomiCON
Toronto Small Press Fair
Toronto Trek
Word on the Street
World Horror Convention

Book Sellers

Abebooks
Amazon
Bad Moon Books
Barnes & Noble
BBR Distribution
Bloodletting Books
Camelot Books
Chris Drumm Books
Clarkesworld Books
The Genre Mall
Horror Mall
Indigo
Lisa's Lair Bookstore
Mysterious Galaxy Books
The Overlook Connection
Shocklines

World News

Associated Press
Cryptomundo
Drudge Report
Fortean Times
National Geographic News
Reuters
Reuters Oddities (straight from the Weird Desk)
Scientific American