Professional associations
Australian Society of Authors - professional association for authors who write for publication

Australian Writers Guild - the professional association for performance writers

Australian Literary Agents
Australian Literary Agents Association - members of The Australian Literary Agents Association Members of the Association are obliged to adhere to the principles outlined in the Association's code of practice.

Online resources
Austlit - an education and information resource on Australian literature. Authoritative information on hundreds of thousands of creative and critical Australian literature works

COMjobs - a weekly email bulletin and website advertising jobs and other opportunities for professional communicators across Australia and New Zealand

ArtsRush - Arts on the South Coast... and beyond

Performance writing
Australian Film Commission - supporting the development of film, television and interactive media projects and their creators

Australian Script Centre - collects, catalogues, promotes and distributes unpublished Australian plays

Film Illawarra - helping Australian and international filmmakers find the locations and facilities they need in the Illawarra region of NSW

Merrigong Theatre Development - fostering professional theatre practice in the Illawarra

NSW Film and Television Office - supporting film and television production in NSW

PlayWriting Australia - supporting the development and promotion of great new Australian writing for performance

Poetry
Australian Poetry Centre - a not-for-profit, incorporated association established to promote reading, writing and publishing activities associated with poetry

Poets Union - developing opportunities for poets and contemporary poetry in Australia

Red Room Company - Australian poetry programs

Festivals
Byron Bay Writers Festival - writers, workshops, launches, lunches, conversations and panels, with a riotous sprinkling of theatre, comedy and music to sweeten the mix

Sydney Writers Festival - A city transformed by words

Melbourne Writers Festival - Books, writers and ideas

National Young Writers Festival - Australia's premier event for emerging writers

Aussiecon 4 - the 68th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon).

Independant publishers and producers
Agog! Press - speculative fiction anthologies

Akashic Books - literary, mystery, crime, noir, gay and lesbian interest

Giramondo Publishing - publishing quality creative and interpretive writing by Australian authors

Local Consumption Publications - exciting, authentic and non-generic writing

River Road Press - audio poetry

Sleepers Publishing - Sleepers Almanac and more

Why Documentaries - video production house providing quality corporate videos, documentaries and DVD resources

Writing groups 

Writers of the Far South Coast - for writers from the Eurobodalla and Bega Valley.