Novel-in-Progress Bookcamp: The Novel-In-Progress Bookcamp & Writing Retreat offers a pair of parallel residential writing programs led by published authors and editors designed to help you reach your publishing goals. One registration fee includes room, board, and all program expenses.

Writer’s Studio at the University of Chicago: Offers downtown and online writing classes as well as community events around Chicago.

Hypertext Studio: Study at any level, from beginning writer to expert writer. Hypertext Studio is for writers who are serious about honing their storytelling skills but aren’t interested in pursuing a degree.

DePaul Writing Center

Chicago Dramatist’s Playwrights’ Studio

D iscovery Center Writing Classes

Midwest Writers Workshop.

Off Campus Writers’ Workshop. Weekly workshops Thursday mornings in Winnetka.

The Second City Writing Program

StoryStudioChicago

The Writers Loft

The Foundation for Light Verse: Wordplay Workshop and other programs

UW Madison Online Workshops: Fiction, nonfiction, screenwriting, poetry. One-on-one instruction via email.

Podcasts

All Write Already

In Print Radio Podcast

Breakfast with the Author

Chicago Center for Literature and Photography

Chicagoland Publishing Houses

Allium Press

Can’t Miss Press

Lake Claremont Press

Chicago Center for Literature and Publishing

University of Chicago Press

Albert Whitman & Company

Academy Chicago Publishers

Windy City Publishers

Miss Nyet Publishing

Silverthought Press

Light Quarterly

Chicago Literary Agents

Browne & Miller Literary Associates

Finding an Agent

Agent Query

1000 Literary Agents

Everyone Who’s Anyone

Publishing Opportunities

Duotrope: a subscription-based service for writers that offers an extensive, searchable database of current fiction, poetry, and non-fiction markets, a calendar of upcoming deadlines, a personal submissions tracker, and useful statistics compiled from the millions of data points we’ve gathered on the publishers we list.

Formatting Your Manuscript

William Shunn’s Guide to Proper Manuscript Format

Style Guidelines

The Elements of Style

Chicago Manual of Style

Submitting your manuscript: Query and Pitch Tips

How to Write a Great Query Letter by Noah Lukeman

Evil Editor

Marcus Sakey’s “Pitch Perfect” & “Query-Go-Round”

Book Reviews

Windy City Reviews

Chicago Book Review

Advertising/Promotional Items: Business cards, bookmarks, postcards, t-shirts, etc.

Earthly Charms: Specializing in Promotion for Writers

VistaPrint

CafePress

Promoting Your Book/Manuscript

E Author Solutions

The Cadence Group

Breakthrough Promotions

Submit Press Release 123

Bookhitch: a free book listing service

Vocalo.org

How to make a book trailer

Scott Nicholson’s How to Write an Author Press Release

Editing Services

E Author Solutions

The Cadence Group

Kim Bookless

OutofControlEmail: Chicago-based freelancer Jason Pettus offers to manage people's email accounts and his skills in coding, copy-editing, personal assistant work, ebook creation, etc.

Word Bird Editorial Services: manuscript evaluation, content editing, copyediting, editorial evaluation

BookIvy Word Studio: editorial services for literary and academic communities

The Book Don: editorial support to writers at all stages of the process

UW Madison Critique Services: One-on-one, via email or mail, in-depth.