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  • 1000 Journal Project, The - One thousand blank journals are being scattered throughout the world. People that find them will add to them and pass them along. Provides a spot to track the journals. (featured in Jan 2001)
  • All My Life for Sale - The story of a man auctioning off every item in his life. (featured in Mar 2001)
  • American Rhetoric - Includes an index of thousands of famous speeches. (featured in July 2003)
  • Bea's Diary - Meet Beatrice Eudora Weltry. Wandering artist and fictitious alter-ego of Keri Smith. (featured in Feb 2003)
  • Craigslist Curmudgeon - Tracking and exposing the most insulting help-wanted ads for writers on Craigslist. Because someone has to say it. (featured in Mar 2007)
  • FutureMe - Write yourself a letter to be delivered at a later date via email. (featured in Sep 2003)
  • Healing Iraq - Daily news and comments on the situation in post-Saddam Iraq. (featured in Apr 2004)
  • History and Politics Out Loud - Searchable archive of historically important speeches and other audio materials. (featured in July 2001)
  • JohnAugust.com - Official site offering useful screenwriting information from the screenwriter whose work includes Big Fish and Go. (featured in Sep 2005)
  • L.T. Smash - Journal of a reserve officer in the United States Military who has been recalled to active duty and deployed overseas in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (featured in Mar 2003)
  • NotWriting.com - Open diary of how one writer spends his time when he really should be writing. (featured in Nov 2002)
  • Peace Corps Writers - Promotes writing by Peace Corps volunteers, offers resources and tips, and shares back issues of the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCV) Writers & Readers newsletter. (featured in Feb 2006)
  • Say It Plain - A century of great African American speeches. From American RadioWorks. (featured in July 2005)
  • TEDTalks - Offering weekly audio and video of speakers from the annual TED Conference. (featured in July 2006)
  • Words of a Man's Mouth - An abandoned journal from a Hong Kong shop presents page after page of writing in Chinese characters. Help to unlock the book's mysteries by offering a hand in translation. (featured in Jan 2007)
  • WW II Codes and Ciphers - Provides a look at the history, science, and engineering of cryptanalysis in World War II. (featured in Nov 2000)


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