50 Writing Style Guides
AAA (American Anthropological Association)
AAJA (Asian American Journalists Association) Guide to Covering Asian America
ACS (American Chemical Society)
AIP (The American Institute of Physics) Style Guide
AMA (American Management Association) Style Guide for Business Writing)
AMA (American Medical Association) Style Guide
Dentistry uses the National Library of Medicine style, or the American Medical Association style.
AMS (American Mathematical Society) Style Guide
APA (American Psychological Association) Style Guide)
APA (Inclusive Language Style Guide)
APSA (American Political Science Association) Style Guide)
ASA (American Sociological Association Style Guide)
ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) Style Guide
Civil Engineers often use the style set by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) or the IEEE.
ASG (Assoc of American Geographers’) Style Guide
A citation style based on the Chicago Manual of Style.
Associated Press Stylebook*
The most used reference guide to writing news stories, the AP stylebook is available both in print and online for a small fee. It can improve general writing as well, especially for its alphabetically organized guide to the use of common and proper nouns.
The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation
Used in the legal profession.
The Chicago Manual of Style’s official website*
The Conscious Style Guide
Resources, articles, and newsletters on topics like age, gender, race, appearance, and religion.
CSE (Council of Scientific Editors) Stylebook
Used by those researching. May also be called the CBE style (Council of Biology Editors).
The CSE Manual (Scientific Style and Format)
Dart Center Style Guide for Trauma-Informed Journalism
Disability Language Style Guide
Created by The National Center for Disability and Journalism, includes page of resources for a writers and editors.
Diversity Style Guide
Resource to help media writers nagivate through a "multicultural world with accuracy, authority and sensitivity" from San Francisco State University’s journalism department.
Global Press Style Guide
Includes information on people more than 20 developing countries where the Global Press Journal reporters work.
IEEE (The Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers) Style Guide
Civil Engineers often use this guide or the ASCE.
Indigenous Peoples: Language Guidelines
From the University of British Columbia.
International Longevity Center Style Guide
A style guide for members of the media writing about aging.
Intervarsity
A style guide for the inter-denominational, evangelical Christian campus ministry.
A Journalist’s Guide to Reporting on Islam and Muslims
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)ing.
Japanese American Citizens League Power of Words Handbook
Japanese American Citizens League Power of Words
Marshall Project guide to writing about incarceration
Microsoft Writing Style Guide
Used for technical publications, especially in the field of computer science.
MLA (Modern Language Association) Style Guide
Documentation style is used in scholarship throughout the humanities.
NABJ Style Guide
National Association of Black Journalists
NAHJ Cultural Competence Handbook
National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
NAJA (Native American Journalists Association Style Guide)
National Eating Disorders Association writing guidelines
New Oxford Style Manual
Writing guidelines for those editing in British English.
The NLGJA Stylebook
The Association of LGBTQ Journalists Stylebook on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Terminology.
The Photographer’s Guide to Inclusive Photography
Addresses issues related to photographing race, gender, the Global South, Indigenous communities, and LGBTQ+ communities.
Race and Gender Hotline
A free consultation service to help reporters on deadline address questions about race and gender in their stories from The Society of Professional Journalists and the Trans Journalists Association.
The Radical Copy Editor’s Style Guide for Writing about Transgender People
Street Sense Media’s Guide to Reporting on Homelessness
This D.C. newsroom covers issues related to homelessness and created this writing guide.
Trans Journalists Association Style Guide
Turabian
Based on The Chicago Manual of Style. Chicago focuses on publishing, while Turabian focuses on academic writing and editing.
Urban institute data visualization Style Guide
More tech tools here.