Career Resources for Students Interested
​in Writing & Editing

Job Boards & Opportunity Databases

Publishing and Literature - General

• Media Bistro
• Book Jobs
• Publishers Weekly Job Zone
• ​Publishers Marketplace / Publishers Lunch
• Indigenous Literary Studies Association
• Alliance for Media Arts & Culture
• ​Job Role Descriptions for the Publishing Industry
  
• More About Publishing 
  

Academic Publishing

• AAUP: Association of American University Presses
• CELJ: Council of Editors of Learned Journals

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Technical Writing

• STC: Society for Technical Communication
• PCS Professional Communications Society
• ATTW: Association of Teachers of Technical Writing
• ISMTE: International Society of Managing & Technical Editors
• NAGC: National Association of Government Communicators

Copyediting

• Copyediting Jobs
• ACES: Society for Editing
• Center for Plain Language

Arts, General

• California Arts Council

Journalism

• ​Poynter Institute Careers
• JournalismJobs.com

Freelance Writing

• ​Guru - Freelance Jobs
• ​Freelance Writing
• Jobs for Writers
• Telecommuting Writer Jobs
• Links to Additional Job Boards

Environmental & Science Writing

• Links to Job Boards for Environmental Writers
• ASLE: Association for the Study of Literature & Environment
• AESE: Association of Earth Science Editors
• CSE: Council of Science Editors
• NASW: National Association of Science Writers

Agenting

• Association of Authors' Representatives

Fundraising

• Association of Fundraising Professionals

Nonprofits

• Idealist.org

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Graduate School and Further Education
​in Editing, Publishing, & Creative Writing

Degree Programs & Institutes in Publishing
Graduate Programs in Creative Writing
The English Graduate Program at HSU

Artists' Residencies and Conferences

AWP Directory of Writers' Conferences
Alliance of Artist Communities
Res Artis: Worldwide Network of Artist Residencies​

Writers' Organizations

See list at CriticalCreativeWriting.org

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Additional Resources

HSU's Academic Career & Advising Center 
Identity-Based Resources from the Career Center 

Crossover: How Artists Build Careers
Community Toolbox
GYST: Making Life Better for Artists