Career Resources for Students Interested
​in Writing & Editing

Job Boards & Opportunity Databases

Publishing and Literature - General

• Poets & Writers Jobs
• 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
Publishing and Library Programs (List)
Graduate Programs in Creative Writing
The English Graduate Program at Cal Poly Humboldt

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