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Children's Literature

Descriptive Career Information | Job Banks and Searching Advice | Associations | Graduate School Information

Descriptive Career Information

Occupational Outlook Handbook - Writers and Editors
Describes nature of the work, job outlook, salary and working conditions in the field.
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos089.htm

Occupational Outlook Handbook - Publishing
Describes nature of the work, job outlook, salary and working conditions in the field.
http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs013.htm

Creative Writing
From the University of North Carolina - Wilmington Career Services, a description of career titles and related skills associated with creative writing. Plus a listing of web sites for job searching, associations and professional organizations.
http://www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/creativewriting.htm

What Can I Do with a Major in Literature or Mass Communications?
Two helpful PDF documents that have information on possible occupations, work settings, professional organizations, and book titles on everything you need to know about your field..
http://www.unca.edu/career/majorsheets/Literature.pdf
http://www.unca.edu/career/majorsheets/Mass%20Communication.pdf

Job Banks and Searching Advice

A Guide to Wriiting, PR and Journalism Jobs
Links to web resources for writers.
http://www.quintcareers.com/writing/writing_jobs.html

FreelanceWriting.com
Career services from the website includes a free job bank service that requires registration, access to newsletters, databases for freelancers and job feeds.
http://www.freelancewriting.com/careercenter.php

Inkygirl
A Weblog for writers. Has a search function, comics, writing resources and other advice for freelancers.
http://www.inkygirl.com/

PoeWar.com
Writer's Resource Center that includes a detailed job search (divided by state and category) as well as extensive links and related information to develop writing skills and information about the industry.
http://poewar.com/

Children's Book Publishers
Extensive list of children's literature publishers with links to homepages.
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/ChildrenLit/publish.html

The Purple Crayon
Comprehensive site for the individual who wants to write, illustrate and/or publish children's literature. Covers everything from finding an agent to how to make a living and all topics in between.
http://www.underdown.org/

SmartWriters
Journals, contests, calls for submissions, magazine markets and advice are featured at this website for the writer of children's literature.
http://www.smartwriters.com/

Mediabistro
Listings for all types of media jobs and internships, including print and web editors, freelance and staff writers, copyeditors, marketing writers, and more. Updated daily.
http://www.mediabistro.com/joblistings/

Sunoasis Jobs
Search engine for writing jobs, broken down into various categories such as by region, freelance or online postings.
http://www.sunoasis.com/

Bookjobs
National jobs and internships in publishing, information about upcoming events and publishing organizations.
http://www.bookjobs.com

See Also: General Job Banks and Searching Advice

Associations

Importance of Professional Organizations . . . In School and Out
Why should you join a professional organization? Read this article to find out.
http://www.campuscareercenter.com/students/article.asp?news_id=902

Children's Literature Associations on the Internet
A listing of both U.S. and international organizations.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/assoc.html

Children's Literature Association
http://chla.wikispaces.com/

United States Board on Books for Young People
Part of the larger International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY).
http://www.usbby.org/

Association for Library Service to Children
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alsc.htm

Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators
http://www.scbwi.org/

Children's Literature Assembly
http://www.childrensliteratureassembly.org/

Professional Asssociations for Writers
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art2583.asp

The Association of Writers & Writing Programs
http://www.awpwriter.org/

Listservs

Child_Lit
A collection of ListServs related to Children's Literature.
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/%7Emjoseph/childlit/about.html

Mailing Lists Related to Children's Literature
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dKbrown/listserv.html

The ESSL Children's Literature Blog
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Education and Social Science Library.
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/blog/esslchildlit/archives/
2005/10/listservs_relat.html

Graduate School Resources

Peterson's Graduate Education Center
Peterson's online searchable graduate program database. Users can search graduate programs nationally byUsers can search graduate programs nationally by keyword, location, etc.
http://www.petersons.com/GradChannel/code/
search.asp?path=gr.fas.grad

See Also

Communications

Education

English

Library and Information Science

Marketing

Public Relations

 

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Page updated: February 28, 2008