A list of websites used and recommended by Alpha Writers members.

Acronym Finder
Find out what acronyms and abbreviations stand for. (Di)

Alltheweb
Website search engine. (Di)

All Words
Online dictionary and etymology. (Di)

Arvon
Creative writing courses taught by professional writers (Di)

Author Network
An extensive range of resources for writers. Responds to writing related queries. If you can't find the answer to your question on site, email them (Zena)

Bartleby: Strunk's style guide
Searchable link to The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. (Di)

BBC Get Writing
Sadly the active part of this website has now closed, but it still contains a huge number of useful articles on writing (Catherine)

BBC On This Day
Sorry, this is a shameless plug for the website I write for. An invaluable resource for researching historical facts, dates and detail: news reports written from original sources on historical events from WWII onwards. (Sally)

Beaucoup
Internet search engine. (Di)

British Guild of Travel Writers
Associatoin of over 200 of the UK's top travel writers. (Di)

British Library
Services for researchers including access to catalogues. (Di)

British Library Newspapers
Newspapers collection: searchable facsimile issues of selected newspapers. (Di)

Cliche Site
Cliches, euphemisms and figures of speech. (Di)

Communicators in Business
The UK's leading professional body for in-house, freelance and agency staff involved in internal communications or corporate communications. (Di)

Competitions Calendar
A list of writing competitions, listed by deadline. (Catherine)

Copernic
Desktop search engine for PCs: find files, emails and attachments instantly. (Di)

Corbis
Stock photography and pictures. (Di)

Dogpile
Internet search engine. (Di)

Economist Style Guide
Guide based on the style book given to all journalists at The Economist. (Di)

Find a Phrase
Searchable phrase database. (Di)

Garden Writers' Guild
Very highly regarded organisation for professional gardening writers in the UK. (Sally)

Groaners
Groaners are those horrible, overused, hackneyed phrases that turn news copy into boring, "same old, same old" stuff. A humorous look at some of the worst offenders. (Zena)

How To Get A Real Agent
Article by Mark Blanchard. (Zena)

Jacqui Bennett Writers Bureau
Information on markets, competitions and links to resources. (Catherine)

London School of Journalism
Journalism and creative writing courses from one of the capital's leading colleges. (Di)

Longleaf
Exercises in grammar, usage and Associated Press style. (Di)

Media Law
Online legal guide to media law. (Di)

Media Law Resources Centre
US-based organisation monitoring developments in libel, privacy and related legal fields. (Di)

MSlexia
Magazine for women writers. (Di)

One Look
Dictionary search engine. (Di)

One of Us
Creative writing workshop. (Di)

Open University
Online short courses from the Faculty of Arts at the Open University. (Di)

Outdoor Writers Guild
Organisation for journalists working in outdoor settings. (Di)

Patchword
Online writers' resource centre. (Di)

Poetry Magic
Resource centre for the theory and craft of writing poetry. (Di)

Preditors & Editors
Provides writers with information and contacts for the purpose of seeking publication of their work. The deliberate misspelling in the title is meant as a reminder that not all publishers or services are to be trusted implicitly. Contains useful warnings about some publishing and writing services. (Zena)

Quoteland
Quotes on every topic, by every author, and in every fashion possible. (Di)

Quotes
Good quotations from famous people. (Di)

RhymeZone
Type in a word to find rhymes, synonyms, and definitions. (Di)

Search
Internet search engine. (Di)

Story
A celebration of the short story - reading them, writing them, competitions, and much more. (Clare)

Teen Writing
Writing exercises and creative writing for teenagers. (Di)

The Barcelona Review
International review of contemporary fiction. This is an unusual and vibrant site. (Clare)

The Hero's Journey
This site is old, but is interactive and explores "the hero`s journey". Well worth a look. (Clare)

Vocabula
Online journal about language and how to use it. (Di)

Web Crawler
Internet search engine. (Di)

Web Grammar
Help with spelling, grammar and punctuation. (Di)

WebSeek
Columbia University's internet search engine for image and video. (Di)

Wikipedia
Online encyclopedia written by community contributors. (Di)

World Wide Words
Written by Michael Quinion, former BBC studio manager and later author of dictionaries, about international English from a British viewpoint. (Di)

Writing For The Web
Courses and training in writing for websites. (Di)

Writers' Digest
Website supporting "Writers Digest" magazine. (Di)

Writers' Dock
A forum for critiquing work and discussing writing. (Catherine)

Writers' News Magazine
The highly informative website for one of the UK's leading writing magazines, with very active writers' forum and details of latest competitions. (Sally)