Forum specifically for African-American children’s authors and illustrators. A collective information-sharing forum for the aspiring and published children’s author and illustrator, young and old alike.

ASJA helps professional freelance writers advance their writing careers. Members share candid data on rates, contracts, editors and more.

The ABC is a national membership association that offers a support network for professional independent children's booksellers who share the goal of encouraging quality and service within the children's book industry.

The Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators, and Performers (CANSCAIP) is a group of professionals in the field of children's culture with members from all parts of Canada. For over twenty years, CANSCAIP has been instrumental in the support and promotion of children's literature through newsletters, workshops, meetings and other information programs for authors, parents, teachers, librarians, publishers, and others. CANSCAIP also has some 900 friends – teachers, librarians, parents and others – who are also interested in aspects of children's books, illustrations and performances.

The Graphic Artists Guild is a national union of illustrators, designers, web creators, production artists, surface designers and other creatives who have come together to pursue common goals, share their experience, raise industry standards, and improve the ability of visual creators to achieve satisfying and rewarding careers.

The Greeting Card Association is a fast growing and proactive trade association devoted to protecting and promoting the greeting card industry and representing the interests of greeting card publishers. Membership provides tangible benefits and is exclusive to UK greeting card publishers regardless of size.

A worldwide organization of writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting dark literature and the interests of those who write it. HWA was formed in the late 1980s with the help of many of the field's greats, including Dean Koontz, Robert McCammon, and Joe Lansdale. Today, with over 1,000 members around the globe, it is the oldest and most respected professional organization for the much-loved writers who bring you the most enjoyable sleepless nights of your life.

The Partnership is devoted to giving professional illustrators a vehicle to join together and promote their long-term professional and economic business goals in a rapidly changing business and technological environment.

The National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature (NCCIL) is a non-profit organization. The NCCIL provides recognition of the artistic achievements of illustrators and gallery exhibitions of their works. Additionally, the NCCIL designs educational programming that relates to illustrations in children's literature in order to stimulate creativity, promote literacy and to increase appreciation for art.

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, formed in 1971 by a group of Los Angeles based writers for children, is the only international organization to offer a variety of services to people who write, illustrate, or share a vital interest in children’s literature. The SCBWI acts as a network for the exchange of knowledge between writers, illustrators, editors, publishers, agents, librarians, educators, booksellers and others involved with literature for young people. There are currently more than 19,000 members worldwide, in over 70 regions, making it the largest children's writing organization in the world.

British Isles region of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators , the only international organisation to support both published and unpublished writers and illustrators of children's books.

Mission to promote and stimulate interest in the art of illustration, past, present and future, and to give impetus generally toward high ideals in the art by means of exhibitions, lectures, educational programs, social intercourse, and in such other ways as may seem advisable.

The Association of Illustrators was established in 1973 to promote illustration, advance and protect illustrators rights and encourage professional standards. It has successfully increased the standing of illustration as a profession and improved commercial and ethical conditions of employment.

The Children's Book Council (CBC) is a non-profit trade organization dedicated to encouraging literacy and the use and enjoyment of children's books, and is the official sponsor of Young People's Poetry Week and Children's Book Week each year.