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 Science Writers' Association.
http://www.sciencewriters.ca
Canadian Provincial Organizations
The Federation of BC Writers.
http://bcwriters.com
B.C. Association of Travel Writers.
http://www.bctravelwriters.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
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
Other Writing Associations
The National Writers Union represents 4,500 freelance writers in all genres.
http://www.nwu.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
www.canauthors.org/links/writingassociations.html
Updated: September 14, 2009
