Best of Books
1313 E. Danforth
Edmond, OK
(405) 340-9202

Full Circle Books
Oklahoma City, OK
1900 NE Expressway
(405) 842-2900

Brace Books
2205 N. 14th St.
Ponca City, OK 74601
(800) 256-5173

Gardners Books
4421 S. Mingo Road
Tulsa, OK 74146
(918) 627-7323

Steve's Sundry, Books, and Magazines
2612 S. Harvard
Tulsa, OK 74114
(918) 743-3544

The Bookseller
614 W Main St.
Ardmore, OK 73401
580-223-8642

Chapters
31 N Main St.
Miami, OK
(918) 540-0468

Individual Artists of Oklahoma
Individual Artists of Oklahoma is committed to sustaining and encouraging emerging and established artists in all media and thus offers poetry readings and classes. IAO's Poetry Committee encourages and supports poetic experimentation, the development of multi-media and performance poetry, as well as perpetuating poetry within the literary tradition. IAO also fosters a community that links poets and poetry with artists in other genres.

Norman Arts & Humanities Council
Founded in 1976, the Norman Arts Council (NAC) enriches the Norman community by stimulating its artistic, cultural and economic growth. The NAC provides financial assistance, program opportunities, information and advocacy for the arts and humanities in Norman.

Oklahoma Arts Institute
From offices in Oklahoma City, the Arts Institute administers two educational programs: The Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute, a two-week residential school for teens; and the Oklahoma Fall Arts Institutes, a series of four-day weekend workshops in the arts for adults. The Oklahoma Arts Institute's permanent home is at Quartz Mountain Arts and Conference Center. Quartz Mountain is a state-run resort park located twenty miles north of Altus in southwestern Oklahoma.

Oklahoma Center for the Book
The Oklahoma Center for the Book (OCB) is a state affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, and is organized to focus attention on the vital role of books and reading in our lives. The Center promotes the past, current, and future works of Oklahoma authors; promotes the literary heritage of the state; and encourages reading for pleasure by Oklahomans of all ages. OCB sponsors the annual Oklahoma Book Awards.

The Poetry Society of Oklahoma
PSO holds annual contests for its members, culminating in the Awards Banquet at the March meeting, and they sponsor annual youth contests for students from all over the state. Through the efforts of long-time member Elizabeth Totten of Ponca City, the twenty-fifth Legislature of Oklahoma adopted October 15 as Poetry Day in Oklahoma, which PSO celebrates every year.

Oklahoma State University in Stillwater
The M.A. and Ph.D. programs in creative writing focus on the vital relationship between the literary arts of fictional, poetic, and dramatic composition and the larger literary tradition of the English language. Students select coursework to balance their writing courses and literary study. Concentrations in poetry writing, fiction writing, and script writing are available, as are teaching assistantships.

University of Oklahoma in Norman
The English Department at the University of Oklahoma offers nationally recognized programs in cultural studies, Native American Studies, and Composition, Rhetoric, and Literacy.

University of Central Oklahoma
The University of Central Oklahoma—home to the first comprehensive creative writing program in Oklahoma—offers an M.F.A. UCO has been offering coursework in creative writing for almost forty years and has well established B.A. and M.A. programs in the field. Over the years, notable authors including James Dickey, Paul Engle, and Horton Foote have helped to shape the curriculum. The program publishes the journal Arcadia and offers the Carol Hamilton Creative Writing Scholarship.

East Central University
The Department of English and Languages works to develop broad cultural awareness and advanced reading and writing skills through studies of poetry, drama, fiction, film, and critical theory. Additional studies of creative and persuasive writing, and grammar and linguistics, prepare students for graduate study in literature, rhetoric and composition, creative or technical writing, linguistics, or for study of law. The program hosts the Scissortail Arts Series and the Oklahoma Literary Arts Festival.

Fourth Friday Poetry
The Individual Artists of Oklahoma and the Home for Wayward Poets sponsor the Fourth Friday Poetry open mike and slam at the IAO Gallery located at 811 N. Broadway, in Oklahoma City. Admission is free.

Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc.
OWFI is a multi-genre writers' organization with 27 affiliate groups from Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and Kansas, plus more than a hundred members-at-large. With a total of over 600 members, they hold one of the oldest and most respected writers' conferences in the Midwest.

Scissortail Creative Writing Festival
A three-day festival, taking place in Ada, Oklahoma, where authors, orators and activists gather to celebrate creative writing on the campus of East Central University.

Oklahoma Literary Arts Festival
The East Central University English Department and the Center of Continuing Education and Community Services hosts the annual ECU Literary Arts Festival featuring workshops for teachers, a series of general sessions and numerous breakout sessions, and a poetry contest.

Carol Davis Koss maintains an email list of individuals interested in receiving information about poetry readings throughout the state. Email cpkoss@aol.com to join the list.

Cimarron Review
Since 1967, Cimarron Review has published authors such as Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago, Rick Moody, Robert Olen Butler, Jonathan Ames, Mark Doty, Diane Wakoski, Tess Gallagher, Richard Shelton, Mark Halliday, Jerome Rothenberg, Nin Andrews, and many others. Cimarron Review is published by the Oklahoma State University in Stillwater.

Nimrod
Founded at the University of Tulsa in 1956, Nimrod (an international journal of poetry and prose) has been active in the discovery and publication of new writers for more than 40 years. The journal also sponsors a number of literary awards.

World Literature Today
World Literature Today, based at the University of Oklahoma, has interviews and original poetry from around the globe, lively essays on writers and regional trends, authors on books that changed their lives, and more.