Literary Links

We have the following literary links available to support your writing processes. We want to add more variety, so let us know if you have site or know of a site that supports the writing community. We'll gladly exchange with you. Just email your exchange offer or suggestion to editor@kotapress.com.

Writers Resources

Beginnings: A Magazine for the Novice Writer - www.scbeginnings.com/

Bonfire - www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/jordanhill/

Cliche Finder - www.westegg.com/cliche

Dakota House: community for artist & writers - www.homestead.com/dakotahouse

Etymology - www.wilton.net/etyma.htm

Freelance Writing @ Suite101 - www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/freelance

Grammar Slammer - www.englishplus.com/grammar

InkSpot: The Writer's Resource - www.inkspot.com/index.html

LitLine - www.litline.org

NewPages - www.newpages.com

Seattle Poetry Festival (Eleventh Hour Productions) - www.poetryfestival.org

Poetry Power - www.poetrypower.com

Poets & Writers - www.pw.org

Refridge Poetry - www.rendermouse.com/poetry.htm

Resources for Writers @ Suite101 - www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/writers

Rhyming Dictionary - www.rhymer.com

WriteExpress - www.writeexpress.com

Kota Contributors & NW Writers

Allegra Wong - www.allegrawong.com

Dirt Farmer Wisdom (founded by Jojo Jensen) - www.dirtfarmerwisdom.com

Esther Altshul Helfgott - members.home.net/eahelfgott/

Janet Best - www.jmbest.homestead.com

Poetictricity (founded by Rebecca Page)- www.poetictricity.com

The Psychoanalytic Experience: Analysands Speak- www.analysands.homestead.com
(founded by Esther Helfgott)

Robert Clay - www.robertclay.com

Great Path Publishing - www.greatpath.com/ (Great Path is run by KotaPress Anthology Author Victory Lee Schouten and her husband Rob. They offers distinctive visionary art as greeting cards, postcards, prints, journals, poetry books and CDs with a positive outlook and earth-friendly vision, hoping to contribute to the holistic unfolding of our human story. They use archival, natural, recycled and reclaimed materials whenever possible and print in soy-based ink.)

Vashon Island Resources (KotaPress makes it's home on Vashon)

Books By The Way (an awesome independent bookseller) - www.booksbytheway.com

Vashoncam (your one stop, complete resource for Vashon) - www.vashoncam.com

Ticket (the little newsmag with a whole lotta soul!) - www.vashonticket.com

Voice of Vashon (you can hear Hawk on the live broadcast) - www.voiceofvashon.org

Island Domestic Violence Outreach Services (great support here) - www.idvos.org

Betty MacDonald (yes, mrs. piggle-wiggle was from Vashon! :)) - hometown.aol.com/wlfgnghmpl

Paradox (genre publisher based on Vashon) - www.paradoxa.com

Vashon Allied Arts (this blue heron is an amazing resource!) - www.vashonalliedarts.com

VashonStar (digital resource and gallery) - www.vashonstar.com

If you happen to be on Vashon and wish to be listed here, drop me an email with your site address. We'll get it listed as soon as we can.

Small Presses

Chiron Press - www.chironpress.com

CJ Ink (now featuring Daddybunny.com) - www.halcyon.com/cmhorn

Fishink Press - www.geocities.com/fishinkpress/

Floating Bridge - www.scn.org/arts/floatingbridge

WriteOnLine - www.write-on-line.co.uk/Frames/works.htm (features ebooks by Charles Fishman, amazing poet, featured Poet Chat, and winner of KotaPress Anthology Contest Vol 1, No 2)

Book Stores

Borders.com (they carry KotaPress books via Special Order) - www.borders.com

Elliott Bay Book Company - www.elliottbaybook.com/index.html

Indigo.ca (they carry KotaPress books via Special Order) - www.indigo.ca

Wits End - www.booksatoz.com/witsend

Online Journals

A Little Poetry - www.alittlepoetry.com

AziMuth - www.azimuthmag.com

Beachfire Gathering - www.chironpress.com/beachfire

Conspire - www.conspire.org

Counterbalance Poetry - www.counterbalancepoetry.org

Crab Creek Review - www.crabcreekreview.org