Arts/Literature includes links to websites dealing with a wide range of subjects and interests which span the entire length and breadth of the literary arts: webpages devoted to specific, recognized authors, sites on book-collecting, sites covering specific genres and types of literature, and even online editions of specific works by numerous recognized authors and poets of the past as well as no few of the present.
Websites for publishers should be submitted to an appropriate category of Business/Industries/Publishing -- they will not be listed here.
Websites selling books or publications should be submitted to an appropriate category of Shopping/Publications -- they will not be listed here.
Websites concerned with writing that has not appeared in print should be submitted to an appropriate category of Arts/Online_Writing -- they will not be listed here.
This category primarily serves as a placeholder for the subcategories that are dedicated to individual, recognized authors.
To site suggesters: Only sites that are of interest to people looking for information about specific authors will be accepted for inclusion into this category. However, if you would like to submit a site about a particular author for whom a subcategory has not yet been created, this is the best place to do it. Also be aware that we do not accept sites whose primary focus is to sell books by any specific author. Such sites should be submitted appropriately to
Shopping/Publications/Books and its sub-categories.
This category is concerned primarily with sites presenting information about literary awards, usually for published works, or best seller lists. Alternatively, sites relating information on prizes and awards in support, recognition, or promotion of the field of literature.
Sites concerning individual authors should not be submitted to this category. For example, a site on Stephen King should be submitted here:
Arts: Literature: Authors: Horror: K: King, Stephen.
Commercial sites should be submitted to the appropriate "shopping" category. For example a site selling books by Stephen King should be submitted here:
Shopping: Publications: Books: Fiction: Sci-Fi Fantasy and Horror: King, Stephen.
This category is for online information about biographies, including online texts. Sites that are selling books or information must be submitted to a subcategory of Shopping/Publications/Books; they will not be reviewed here.
Chats and Forums are an interactive element on many websites. The presentation and delivery formats may vary slightly, from threaded discussion boards, to online mailing lists and live chat, but all facilitate the exchange of ideas and information in an online community setting.
Arts/Literature/Chats & Forums is for online literary communities whose
main feature is an
interactive community discussing published literature and authors.
Chats or forums whose main focus is submitting of original writing for online viewing and discussion belong in the Online_Writing category.
To maximize visibility, first look for the most specific category for the community. For example, if the main focus of your community forums is Science Fiction, your best bet would be to submit to Science Fiction and Fantasy/Message Boards and Communities/. Likewise if your main focus is discussion of a specific author or book - like ''Stephen King'' or ''Harry Potter'' - check to see if these categories have an area for forum communities.
This category is for sites that offer information about literature for children.
Sites which sell literature for children do not belong in this category. They should be sent to Shopping/Books/Sellers/Children.
Do not add duplicate URL's.
Drama here refers to a play, or a literary composition intended to portray life or character or to tell a story usually involving conflicts and emotions exhibited through action and dialogue, designed for theatrical performance.
The resulting literary traditions reflect the full spectrum of thought as history allows us to know it.
A dramatist, or playwright, is one who writes plays. Dramatist can also refer to a person involved in the art of composing, writing, acting, or producing plays.
In this category are found sites and categories relating to playwrights, their literary works, and the artistic environments and traditions in which they worked.
Please submit sites relating to specific dramatists
This Open Directory Project category is for printed literary texts available on the Internet--links to Internet literature archive projects such as Project Gutenberg, for example, can be found here. If you are looking for--or wish to submit a site with or related to--literature
originally published to the Internet, you may wish to browse the
Arts: Online Writing category.
This Open Directory Project category is for printed literary texts available on the Internet--links to Internet literature archive projects such as Project Gutenberg, for example, can be found here. If you are looking for--or wish to submit a site with or related to--literature
originally published to the Internet, you may wish to browse the
Arts: Online Writing category.
Literature festivals vary tremendously in their formats, but all have in common a wish to celebrate literature and literacy. Typically, a festival will be spread over more than one day and will include readings from authors, book sales, workshops and signings. Some festivals concentrate on "great" literature, others focus on the literature of a particular part of the world, others again may focus on children's literature or more accessible, everyday books.
This category in the Arts/Literature category of the Open Directory Project contains listings of websites which are related to fiction--its sub-categories are sorted by genre, form, mode of publication, and so on.
Sites listed at this level are restricted to those covering
multiple genres, or, a
recognized (sub)genre without a subcategory -- academic studies, tributes to or studies of multiple authors or works, interviews, substantive reviews, journalistic articles about the genre or its writers, and bibliographies. Sites specific to a single genre should be submitted to that genre''s lowest specifically related subcategory, i.e.
Robert Jordan can be found in
Arts/Literature/Genres/Fantasy/Authors/J/Jordan,_Robert.
This category is for academic journals with reviews and articles about literary theory and other scholarly works.
This category at the Open Directory Project is for listing websites of print literary magazines, or online literary magazines with a print edition. Online magazines (e-zines) that have printed literature as the subject may also be included in this category.
E-zines with writing that exists only online, whether in the form of a webzine, available by email or by downloading in a format such as PDF, can be found in the
Online Writing category.
Only submit magazines that have a print edition, or e-zine that have as the subject printed literature, in this category. The magazine should feature some form of literature.
Magazines that review literature or provide some form of literary criticism should be submitted to the Reviews and Criticism category.
Magazines that are primarily one genre might have a more suitable category under that genre; specifically, Poetry, Science Fiction, and Fantasy.
Magazines that exist only online should be submitted in the E-zine category.
Websites for academic journals should be submitted to the Journals category.
This category is the top level home for subcategories dedicated to traditional and classical folktales, fairy tales, myths, fables, and legends (including urban legends).
Do not suggest shopping sites, fantasy sites, and sites in languages other than English to this category and its subcategories.
Please suggest new URL's directly to the most appropriate subcategory for review.
Thank you for your cooperation.
This category is for listings of websites dealing with literary performance--readings, non-theatric (strictly speaking) dramatizations, and so on.
This category is for listings of websites dealing with literary performance--readings, non-theatric (strictly speaking) dramatizations, and so on.
This category contains listings of internet resources related to the history of literature--literary movements, periods, eras, and so forth.
Collection of web pages about an individual or group and their interests, relevant to Literature. Please select the subcategory best describing the content/topic of the site.
Links to poetry literary resources online. Please note that while some recognized poets may indeed build and maintain their own homepages, and many individuals voluntarily contribute their time, enthusiasm and talent to the appreciation and study of the literary art of verse on the internet, this category and the categories under it are not for personal homepages containing poetry or "amateur" poetry published to the internet.
This is for websites whose main purpose is to provide a directory or list of poetry websites.
If your website consists primarily of poems you or other non-published poets have written, use "Arts/Online Writing/Poetry" instead.
If your website consists primarily of poems by published poets, then use "Arts/Literature/Poetry/Electronic_Text_Archives".
If your website is a mixture of the above, then use the general "Arts/Literature/Poetry" category.
If your website is a guide to other poetry websites, then use this category ("Arts: Literature: Poetry: Directories").
Canadian regional subcategory for Reading Groups.
Contains sites which are concerned with the short story literary form, including articles and essays on the short story form as well as story texts by classic and contemporary writers.
Short stories which have not previously appeared in standard print format are not included here and should be submitted to Arts/Online_Writing/Fiction/Short_Stories.
This category and its sub-categories are for listings of websites which are related to specific works of literature which, due to historic importance, a notable "cult" following and/or simply a large degree of popularity, have generated a good deal of related material on the internet.
World Literature web sites listed by region with author subcategories.