The Alley Book Shoppe
309 West Ave.
Holdrege, NE

Nebraska Book Co
4700 S 19th St.
Lincoln, NE

The Bookworm
8702 Pacific St.
Countryside Village
Omaha, NE

Jackson Street Booksellers
1119 Jackson St.
Omaha, NE

The Pegasus Book Center
6103 Maple St.
Omaha, NE

Center for Great Plains Studies
The mission of the Center for Great Plains Studies is to foster the understanding of the culture and history of the Great Plains. Their various projects include the Great Plains Quarterly, Great Plains Research and seminars for the public.

Nebraska Arts Council
A state run arts organization, the Nebraska Arts Council provides a variety of grants, programs and services for the Nebraskan art community.

Nebraska Center for Writers
A web-based organization that provides resources for poets, fiction and non-fiction writers. Their site offers a wide variety of links related to writing in Nebraska and beyond.

Nebraska Humanities Council
The Nebraska Humanities Council is committed to enhancing the quality of life for Nebraskans by disseminating the humanities through communities across the state. They host an array of events and programs, including grants, which encourage both artists and the appreciation of arts. Their website contains a statewide calendar of arts events.

The Backwaters Press
A publisher of poetry, Blackwaters Press offers two prizes, the Blackwaters Prize and the Omaha Prize. In addition they maintain the Nebraska Poetry Menu, a site that contains a calendar of literary events around the state.

Nebraska Book Arts Center
The Nebraska Book Arts Center distributes handmade limited edition books for regional fine presses including Abattoir Editions, Blue Heron Press, Bradypress, The Cummington Press, Goldfinch Press, Lyra Press, Nosila Press, Pterodactyl Press, The Stone Dragon Press, The Swing Bridge Press, The Yellow Barn Press, UNO Editions and UNO's book arts students.

Prairie Schooner
The oldest literary quarterly in the mid-west, Prairie Schooner was established in 1926 at the University of Nebraska. Since then Prairie Schooner has expanded away from its original regional appeal to become a nationally recognized quarterly of poetry, fiction, non-fiction and review.

Sandhills Press
Sandhills Press is a Nebraska-based, non-profit, small concern publisher of contemporary writing. They host three awards: the Weldon Kees Book Award in Poetry, the Mari Sandoz Book Award in Fiction and the John G. Neihardt Narrative Poem Award.

1. Do not go gentle into that good night
by Dylan Thomas
Do not go gentle into that good night...

2. What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why (Sonnet XLIII)
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why...

3. Still I Rise
by Maya Angelou
You may write me down in history...

4. One Art
by Elizabeth Bishop
The art of losing isn't hard to master...

5. We Real Cool
by Gwendolyn Brooks
We real cool. We...

6. The Negro Speaks of Rivers
by Langston Hughes
I've known rivers...

7. The Weary Blues
by Langston Hughes
Droning a drowsy syncopated tune...

8. Mending Wall
by Robert Frost
Something there is that doesn't love a wall...

9. Sick
by Shel Silverstein
"I cannot go to school today"...

10. To be alive
by Gregory Orr
To be alive: not just the carcass...

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Prairie Spring
by Willa Cather
Evening and the flat land...

Creighton Young Writers' Workshop
The Young Writer's Workshop consists of two annual workshops held for middle school and high school aged students. Students work concentrate in poetry or fiction in their workshops and have the opportunity for private conferences with experienced teachers.

Fort Kearney Writers' Conference
An annual writing conference, the Fort Kearny Summer Writer's Conference is designed to accommodate both beginning as well as established writer of poetry and fiction. Students attend workshops in their genre and panel discussions on process, publishing and public performance. Students also have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with professional writers.

Nebraska Book Festival
The goal of this annual two-day festival is to celebrate past Nebraskan authors and to encourage contemporary writers. The programs appeal to a wide age range; the festival features a high school day with several events specifically for students.

Nebraska Summer Writers' Conference
This annual writing conference held at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, features workshops and panel discussions on the novel, short story, poetry, travel and nature writing, mystery, memoir, screenwriting and publishing.

Nebraska Young Writers Camp
The Nebraska Young Writers Camp meets annually for three days in Fort Robinson State Park. Created specifically for 4th and 5th grade students, the camp entails a wide variety of activities for the students including workshops in short story and poetry writing, a museum tour, fiddle playing and stage coach rides.

The Poetry Menu
Maintained by poet Matt Mason, The Poetry Menu is a free event listing for the Nebraska poetry scene.

University of Nebraska, Kearney, Creative Writing Program
Their English department offers a BA and MA with a concentration in creative writing. Students in the program are responsible for running several University based literary journals, The Platte Valley Review and the Carillon.

University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Creative Writing Program
The University of Nebraska, Lincoln is one of the few institutions in America that offers both a MA and a PhD in Creative Writing. The department hosts several guest writers each semester. In addition, their bi-monthly reading series, the No Name Reading Series, features students and members of the larger writing community. UNL is also home to The Prairie Schooner, a premiere literary quarterly.

University of Nebraska, Omaha, Writer's Workshop
The University of Nebraska, Omaha offers an intensive BFA in Creative Writing. It is also home to The Nebraska Review.