Writing:

Pacific Northwest Writer's Association

Common Ties - Publishes short personal histories every two weeks, and pays $100.  Great place for a beginning writer to get started.

Glimmer Train - One of the best, most respected, and encouraging literary magazines around.  They read everything they’re sent.

Poets & Writers - Website for this old lion of writer’s magazines.

Self-Editing Blog - Offers free advice on editing one's novel, screenplay, or nonfiction book.

The Lonely Keyboard - Contains extreme-depth interviews with working screenwriters.

Writers Free Reference - A simple, straightforward list of US, non-fee charging agents and their emails.  Seems to be updated fairly regularly.

Writer’s Net - A database of agents broken down by genre.

Publisher’s Marketplace - Agents, editors, and publishing news.

Agent Query - One of the best internet databases around.

Query Tracker - One of the best new databases on the net.  Also serves as on-line software to keep track of agent submissions.

Litmatch - Another good database of agents.