BOOKSTORES (SELECTED)

Amazon Books - AIA (American Institute of Architects) Store - American University Bookstore - Antiquarian Book Shop - Bards Alley - Barnes & Noble (15 locations) - Book Bank - Books-a-Million (3 locations) - Bridge Street Books - Busboys and Poets (7 locations) - Capitol Hill Books - Carpe Librum (pop-up) - Catholic University (Barnes & Noble) Bookstore - Cricket Book Shop - Duende District - East City Bookshop - Fantom Comics - Friends of the [Montgomery County] Library Bookstore (2 locations) - Gallaudet University Bison Shop - Gallaudet University Virtual Bookstore - George Mason University (Barnes & Noble) Bookstore - Georgetown University (Barnes & Noble) Bookstore - George Washington University Bookstore - Al-Hikma Bookstore - Hole in the Wall Books - Hooray for Books - Howard University (Barnes & Noble) Bookstore - Kensington Row Bookshop - Kramerbooks - The Lantern - Lost City Books (formerly Idle Time Books) - Loyalty Bookstore (formerly Upshur St Books) - Mahogany Books - Middle East Books and More - NAP (National Academies Press) Bookstore - National Building Museum Shop - National Gallery of Art Shops - Novel Endings (Prince George’s County Memorial Library System stores - 8 locations) - Old Town Books - One More Page - Pauline Books and Media (Alexandria location) - Politics and Prose (2 locations) - The Potter’s House - Reiter’s Books - Re Reads Used Bookstore - Sankofa Video Books & Café - Scrawl Books - Second Edition Books Music & More - Second Story Books (2 locations) - Solid State Books - Tempo Bookstore - Trinity Washington University (Barnes & Noble) Bookstore - UDC Bookstore - The Universities [Maryland] at Shady Grove (Barnes & Noble) Bookstore - University of Maryland (Barnes & Noble) Book Center - Walls of Books - Washington Adventist University Bookstore - Wonder Book (1 location)

EVENTS

BOOK FAIRS AND FESTIVALS: 1455 Summer Literary Festival - Baltimore Book Festival - Bethesda Local Writer’s Showcase - Fall for the Book - F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival - Gaithersburg Book Festival - Kensington Day of the Book Festival - Literary Hill Bookfest - National Antiracist Book Festival (American U.) - National Book Festival - Split This Rock Poetry Festival - Washington Antiquarian Book Fair

READING, STORYTELLING, & TALK SERIES: American U.’s Visiting Writers Series - Beltway Poetry Slam - Busboys and Poets (various events) - Café Muse (Word Works) Literary Salon - Lucille Clifton Reading Series (HoCoPoLitSo) - DC Public Library’s DC Reads - George Mason U.’s Visiting Writers Series - Georgetown U.’s Lannan Center Readings - The Inner Loop - Library of Congress’ Poetry and Literature Center readings - Memorial Day Writers’ Project - Joaquin Miller Poetry Series - National Press Club events - O. B. Hardison Poetry series (Folger Library) - Politics and Prose events - Reston Reading Series - Sixth & I readings - Story District (formerly SpeakEasyDC) - Takoma Park [annual] Favorite Poem Evening - Takoma Park Third Thursday Poetry Series - Univ. of Maryland MFA Students’ Mock Turtle - Univ. of Maryland’s Writers Here and Now - Wilde Reading Series (HoCoPoLitSo) - Writer’s Center readings -

WRITER’S CONFERENCES: Chesapeake Writing Workshop - Conversations & Connections - Washington Writers Conference

LIBRARIES

COUNTY, FEDERAL, MUNICIPAL: Alexandria Public Library - Anne Arundel County Public Library - Arlington Public Library - DC Public Library - Fairfax County Library - Falls Church Library - Howard County Library - Library of Congress - Loudoun County Public Library - Montgomery County Public Libraries - National Agricultural Library - National Archives - National Library of Education - National Library of Medicine - National Transportation Library - Prince George’s County Library - Prince William Public Library - Smithsonian Libraries - Takoma Park Library - U. S. Geological Survey Library - U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Library and Archives

OTHER: American Univ. Library - Catholic Univ. Libraries - Dumbarton Oaks Library and Archives - Folger Shakespeare Library - Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America Library and Archive - Gallaudet Univ. Library - George Mason Univ. Library - Georgetown Univ. Library - George Washington Univ. Libraries - Howard Univ. Library (and Research Center) - Library of American Broadcasting (at Univ. of Maryland) - Marymount Univ. Library - National Churchill Library and Center (at GWU) - OAS Columbus Memorial Library - Society of the Cincinnati Library - Trinity Washington Univ. Library - UDC Library - Univ. of Maryland Libraries - Washington Adventist University Library - Washington Research Library Consortium - Wesley Theological Seminary Library

MAGAZINES

ALUMNI/UNIVERSITY: American Magazine - Catholic Magazine - Gallaudet Today - Gateway Magazine (Washington Adventist U.) - Georgetown Magazine - GW Magazine - Howard Magazine - Legacy Magazine (UDC) - The Mason Spirit - Terp (Univ. of Maryland) - Virginia Theological Seminary Magazine

COMMERCIAL GENERAL/REGIONAL: Alexandria Living - Arlington Magazine - Bethesda Magazine - Brightest Young Things* - Fairfax Woman - Falls Church Magazine* - Howard Magazine (Baltimore Sun) - Loudoun County Magazine - Maryland Family (Baltimore Sun) - Metro Weekly (LGBT) - Montgomery Magazine - Northern Virginia - Prince George’s Suite - Prince William Living - Virginia Business - Virginia Living - Washingtonian - Washington Monthly - Washington Life - The Washington Post Magazine - What’s Up?

COMMERCIAL SPECIALTY: Congressional Digest - Consumers’ Checkbook - Cook Political Report* - Democracy: A Journal of Ideas - The Diplomatic Courier - Federal Times - Foreign Policy - Foreign Service Journal - The Globalist - Governing - Government Executive - International Journal of Government Auditing - Modern Luxury DC - The National Interest - National Journal - Natural Awakenings - On Tap - Regulation (Cato Institute) - State (U. S. Dept. of State) - Washington FAMILY - Washington Gardener - Washington Parent - The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs - The Weekly Standard - White House Quarterly - World Affairs

LITERARY/REVIEW: The American Scholar (Phi Beta Kappa Society) - Amistad (Howard U.) - The Anthem (Georgetown U.) - Atticus Review - Baltimore Review - Barrelhouse - Beltway Poetry Quarterly - The Deaf Poets Society* - FOLIO (American U.) - Free State Review - Gargoyle - The Hopkins Review (Johns Hopkins U.) - Lines+Stars - Little Patuxent Review - Phoebe (GMU) - Poet Lore - The Potomac: Poetry & Politics*(defunct?) - Potomac Review (Montgomery College) - Sakura Review* - Smartish Pace - Washington Independent Review of Books - Wooden Teeth (GWU) -

NOTE: The following specialty and general-interest mags are also published in the DC area: AARP The Magazine - Ad Astra - Air and Space/Smithsonian - All Hands* (U. S. Navy) - The American Conservative (American Ideas Institute) - The American Interest - The American Prospect - Architect - The Atlantic - Barnes Review - Biblical Archaeology Review - Chemical & Engineering News - China Business Review* (US-China Business Council) - Contingencies - Current Affairs - Eos - The Foster Report - France Magazine - Genii - Human Events - Inside Higher Education - Kiplinger Personal Finance - Leatherneck - MAA Focus (Mathematical Association of America) - Moment - Multinational Monitor - National Geographic - The New Atlantis - Optics & Photonics News - Peer Review - Philanthropy - Preservation (National Trust for Historic Preservation) - Science News - Smithsonian - Sojourners - The Tower (The Israel Project) - US News & World Report - Urban Land - The Wilson Quarterly (Woodrow Wilson Center)

NEWS(PAPERS)

COLLEGE: The Buff and Blue (Gallaudet U.) - The Eagle (American U.) - The Fourth Estate (George Mason U.) - The Georgetown Heckler - The Georgetown Voice - The GW Hatchet - The Hilltop (Howard U.) - The Hoya (Georgetown U.) - The Tower (Catholic U.)

COMMUNITY/COUNTY: Alexandria Times - ArlNow (Arlington)* - The Baltimore Sun (editions for NE Maryland suburbs) - Bowie Blade-News (Capital Gazette) - Capital Gazette (Anne Annapolis and Arundel Co. editions) - Columbia Flier (Baltimore Sun) - The Connection (16 editions) - The Current (5 editions) - East of the River - Falls Church News-Press - Fauquier Times - Frederick News-Post - The Georgetown Dish - The Georgetowner - HillRag - Howard County Times (Baltimore Sun) - Inside NoVa (5 print editions) - In-Towner - Laurel Leader (Baltimore Sun) - Loudon Times-Mirror - Maryland Gazette (Capital Gazette) - Maryland Independent - MidCity DC - Montgomery County Sentinel - The Northwest Courier - Old Town Crier - Prince George’s County Times (Baltimore Times) - Prince George’s Sentinel - Prince George’s Post - Prince William Times - The Southwester - Takoma Voice - The Zebra (Alexandria, VA)

METRO REGION/SPECIALITY: Asian Fortune - The Beacon (3 editions) - The Catholic Standard - DCist* - DC Spotlight - The DC Line* - District Chronicles - The Hill - Patch - Politico - El Pregonero - Roll Call - El Tiempo Latino - Street Sense - The Washington Afro American - The Washington Blade - Washington Business Journal - Washington City Paper - The Washington Diplomat - The Washington Examiner - The Washington Hispanic (Spanish)- The Washington Informer - Washington Jewish Week - The Washington Sun - The Washington Times - Young D.C.

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL: Stars & Stripes - The Washington Post - USA Today(HQ: McLean, VA)

OTHER

American Poetry Museum - DC By the Book (map and directory of local literary scene-setting) - DC Writers’ Homes (just that) - DC Writers Room (in-town retreat space)

PUBLISHERS/PRESSES

Aerial/Edge Books - Alan Squire Publishing - Bacon Press Books - Big Lucks - Catholic Univ. Press - Dryad Press - Gallaudet Univ. Press - Gazing Grain Press - George Mason Univ. Press - Georgetown Univ. Press - Ink Press Productions - Misenchanted Press - Paycock Press - National Intelligence Press - Stillhouse Press - Washington Writers’ Publishing House - Yellow Arrow Publishing

WRITER’S CENTERS, GROUPS, ORGS, & PROGRAMS

826DC - American U.’s MFA program - Black Women Playwrights’ Group - Fiction and Screenwriting Critique Group (Columbia, MD) - George Mason U.’s MFA program - George Washington U. Writing Center - Hurston/Wright Foundation Workshops - Life Story Professionals of the Greater Washington Area - Maryland Writers’ Association (MWA) - National Press Club - National Writers Union (NWU) Washington, DC chapter - Northern Virginia Writers Club - Poetry Society of Virginia - Shout Mouse Press - Stand Up Studios - University of Maryland’s MFA program - Virginia Author Project - Washington Biography Group - Washington Romance Writers - Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) Washington chapter - The Wonky Writer’s Group - The Word Works - The Writer’s Center - Writers’ Groups in Washington (at meetup.com)

*= online (electronic) edition only—no print edition

Selected Sources & See Also: Beltway Poetry Quarterly’s Conferences & Festivals and Reading Series - Poets & Writers Conferences and Residencies Database - The Inner Loop’s Community page - Ploughshares Literary Boroughs #11 (fascinating, but out of date) - WriteByNight “Washington, D.C. Resources for Writers”