Info & Need to Know
AWP: The Associated Writing Programs -- Half the articles in The Writer's Chronicle are online, plus literary links and news.
Poetry Daily -- Visit here to read a contemporary poem each day or sign up to receive a newsletter every Monday by email.
The Atlantic Unbound -- One of the earliest online sites for poetry (1993): interviews of contemporary poets, appreciations of current and classic poets. Read Thomas Wentworth Higginson's 1891 reflections on Emily Dickinson here.
The Guardian -- Hop across the pond to England for smart reviews, substantial extracts from books, author profiles and literary games. All genres, more meat, less filling commercialism.
Academy of American Poets -- Find a poet, find a poem. Includes audio files.
Poets & Writers Magazine -- The news and classified ads and a few articles of the current issue are online. The archive dates to 1996. Search the online directory of writers for data on 3,000 authors.
Verse Daily -- Another site to visit for daily poems. Their monthly feature highlights quality poems published orignally published in online journals.
Shaw Guides, Inc. -- A very busy site, but comprehensive listing of writer's colonies, retreats and conferences.

Online Journals
LitLine links -- The most comprehensive listing of print journals, online journals, small presses, and organizations of the independent literary community. Brought to you by The Unit for Contemporary Literature at Illinois State University.
Blackbird -- A journal from Virginia Commonwealth University featuring poetry, fiction and nonfiction, plus audio features published regularly.
The Drunken Boat -- The title comes from an Arthur Rimbaud poem. The journal features essays, interviews and poetry from all over the world.

Print Journals
Creative Nonfiction -- The journal devoted exclusively to the creative nonfiction genre.
Brevity: a Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction -- Brevity publishes extremely brief literary nonfiction, focusing on detail and scene over analysis and opinion.
Collision -- Created by undergraduate students at the University of Pittsburgh in the Spring of 2001, and publishes student works of nonfiction prose, poetry and art.
The Adirondack Review -- The Adirondack Review is an on-line literary journal dedicated to publishing quality poetry, fiction, artwork, and photography.
Caketrain -- A new literary journal from Western Pennsylvania whose goal is to publish the very best contemporary creative writing, regardless of length or genre.
Paper Street -- A literary journal dedicated to connecting adventurous poets and writers to discriminating readers and critics.

Friends of nidus
The folks below have offered support in various nidus endeavors:

BOA Editions, a not-for-profit publishing house of poetry and poetry in translation. The website features a poem a month, audio links and details on the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize for a poet's first book. BOA has published both established and emerging writers, including books by Lucille Clifton, Lee Young Lee, Kim Addonizio, and Dorianne Laux.
Sarabande Books [best viewed in Internet Explorer], a committed publisher of poetry and short fiction. Information on the Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry and the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction.

Suggestions are welcome -- send e-mail to: nidus@pitt.edu. 

nidus is an online publication supported by the Writing Program at the University of Pittsburgh's English Department.