A Novel Idea Bookstore
118 North 14th Street
Lincoln, NE 68508
(402) 475-8663

Indigo Bridge Bookstore
The Creamery Building
701 P Street, Suite 102
Lincoln, NE 68508
(402) 477-7770

The Bookworm, Inc.
8702 Pacific Street
Omaha , NE 68114
(402) 392-2877

Jackson Street Booksellers
1119 Jackson Street
Omaha , NE 68102
(402) 341-2664

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.

Nebraska Center for the Book
The Nebraska Center for the Book brings together the state’s readers, writers, booksellers, librarians, publishers, printers, educators, and scholars to build the community of the book. It supports programs to celebrate and stimulate public interest in books, reading, and the written word, and has been an affiliate of the Library of Congress Center for the Book since 1990.

Nebraska Literary Heritage Association
Encourages the collection, preservation, and promotion of work by and about Nebraska authors through support of the Lincoln City Libraries special collection; the Jane Pope Geske Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors, which houses more than 12,000 volumes representing more than 3,350 authors; and to foster the creation and appreciation of this literature through programs, collaborative partnerships, and the use of technology.

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.

The Carillon
The Carillon is the official literary journal for Sigma Tau Delta. Any University of Nebraska Kearney student who has a knack for the writing arts can submit their creative works for consideration in this publication. It features the writings of both graduate and undergraduate UNK students.

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.

The Platte Valley Review
An international journal of poetry, prose, photography, artwork, environmental and cco-critical essay, The Platte Valle Review is currently within auspices of the Reynolds Endowed Chair of Poetry and the Creative Writing Emphasis in the English Department of the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

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.

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

Omaha Lit Fest
Started in 2005, the Omaha Lit Fest is two days of tours, writers in conversation, book buying, and a literary happy hour. In addition to Nebraska authors, the fest has hosted novelists, short-story writers, nonfiction writers, and poets from New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and beyond. The Omaha World-Herald cited it as "another strong indication of Omaha's continuous cultural growth and expansion of diverse activities."

Plum Creek Children's Literacy Festival
Each year, this three-day festival brings thousands of children and adults to the campus of Concordia University, Nebraska, to find nationally known award-winning authors, illustrators and literacy experts, dozens of activities and lots of books.

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.

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

Nebraska Writers Guild Conferences
The annual Fall and Spring Conferences are an opportunity for members to meet, showcase their communities and take part in discussions and workshops about writing.

Writer Across Nebraska
Free and open to all writers, this event, sponsored by the Nebraska Writers Guild, is a weekend retreat intended to motivate attendees to write as much as possible. Events include tours, discussions, socializing, and lots of dedicated writing time.

University of Nebraska, Kearney, Creative Writing Program
The 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 Endowed Reynolds Chair and Creative Writing Emphasis hosts the Platte Valley Review, Reynolds Review, Reynolds Reading Series, and the Sandhill Crane Migration Literary Retreat and Festival. Sigma Tau Delta hosts the literary journal 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 MFA in Writing
Managed by UNK and UNO for the university system (held in Nebraska City at Lied Lodge), the MFA program offers a low-residency MFA degree with focused instruction for creative writers who are committed to a literary career. Unique offering of in-state tuition for the LR degree program.

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.

Fine Lines Summer Writing Camp
Fine Lines journal has been providing a place where creative writers can share their written ideas with others since 1990. The journal is dedicated to the writing development of all its members—a fifty-state network of authors. The non-profit organization sponsors two writing camps, one for middle schoolers and one for high schoolers, each for four days.