Regional Literary Resources

The Frostburg Center for Creative Writing is more than just literary arts programming! The office at 215 Tawes Hall has a number of resources for the student writer, the high school teacher, and the aspiring novelist. Visitors are welcome anytime the center is open; a VCR and comfortable seats are provided, as well as coffee and other refreshments.

Resources include:

Western Maryland Publishing Fair

Bethesda Writer's Center

Beltway Resource Bank : A web-list of small publishers and presses.

Prosody : Prosody is WYEP's weekly show featuring the work of poets and writers. Each week, hosts Jan Beatty and Ellen Wadey sit down with writers as they read and discuss their fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Prosody has been a weekly show on WYEP since the early 90's.

www.therainfarm.com : Rain Farm Press

Local Literary Journals & Magazines:

Backbone Mountain Review

Antietam Review

Allegheny Review

The Susquehanna Review

Literary Journal Library: Our ever-growing library of contemporary literary journals allows visitors to peruse what's happening in contemporary letters; furthermore, we keep a list of submission guidelines for various journals and run occasional public workshops on submitting work to magazines for publication.

Writing Reference Book Library: Donated in part by Susan and Phillip Allen, the books in our library of writing reference books--from rhyming dictionaries for poets to mystery novel writing guides is available for loan to area writers and students.

Video Library: Many of the videos in this extensive library of video taped readings are available for loan to the general public; the Lannan Foundation Videos, which feature interviews and readings by many of the biggest names in contemporary letters, is available to interested educators.