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our two Texas Book Festival features, Donika Kelly and Tiana Clark, as they read from their official Charlies: In partnership with Texas Book Festival, join us at 7:45 p.m. for an electric evening of poetry About Tiana Clark Tiana Clark is the author of the poetry collections Scorched Earth ; I Can’t Talk About author of The Natural Order of Things , The Renunciations , winner of the Anisfield-Wolf book award in poetry , and Bestiary , the winner of the 2015 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and a

Writers Across the Diaspora, Austin featuring Dr. published to celebrate Malika Poetry Kitchen’s twenty-year anniversary . Her pamphlet Breadfruit , (flippedeye, 2007) received a Poetry Society recommendation, and her poetry Wheeler Poetry Prize, the Ohioana Book Award for Poetry, and a Maryland Individual Artist Award. Poetry Series at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C.

< Back Torch Executive Director and Features Named as Brooks Living Legacy Honorees Brittany Heckard Torch is elated to announce that out of the 50 poets named, 19 have been featured in Torch Magazine and Torch has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia

Back Torch Announces the Nominations for the Pushcart Prize Brittany Heckard Nov 22, 2024 Six Torch Features Winner of the 53rd New Millennium Award for Poetry and The Florida Review 2024 Editors' Award in Poetry She was selected by Roger Reeves as a finalist for the 2024 Furious Flower Poetry Prize. Executive Editor of Nashville Review , Mayes is an MFA Candidate in Poetry at Vanderbilt University. Since 1976, hundreds of presses and thousands of writers of short stories, poetry and essays have been

The eight fellows were selected by a committee from 216 applicants with works-in-progress across poetry Her fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and dramatic works are widely published and produced. Her work has also been featured in Poetry Magazine , Southern Cultures , and the Academy of American She served as the 2022-2023 Kenan Visiting Writer in Poetry at the University of North Carolina-Chapel The inaugural Torch Retreat convened in 2023 with six fellows writing across poetry, fiction, and script

Torch Magazine has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson Torch Magazine Read Online January 2026 Feature: Fabienne Josaphat Fabienne Josaphat is the author of Pulitzer-Prize winn Friday Feature: Allie Morgan Allie Morgan (she/her) is a writer, director, and producer Daughters of the Dust Tue, Feb 17 AFS Cinema More info Learn more Writers Across the Diaspora, San Marcos featuring

Our special events this season include: Carver Museum Solar Saturday on February 1 : Torch Poetry Showcase Featuring Marzetta and Shasparay. Slam, Stone Wall International Poetry Slam, Southern Fried Poetry Slam, Texas Grand Slam, and is a two-time Lip Stick Wars Poetry Slam Champion. She has been featured on platforms such as the New York Times, Button Poetry, Huffington Post, Youth

Eight writers with works-in-progress across poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and script (plays, , and All Def Poetry. She was the 2023 Sonia Sanchez Poetry Fellow at MacDowell and in 2025 received a National Endowment for She is the recipient of poetry and fiction awards from the Friends of the Chautauqua Institute and a Her poetry collection, AFFIDAVIT , will be published by Hanging Loose Press in Fall 2025.

necessary influence for overdue conversations and change, whether in the worlds of policy, politics, or poetry In 2021, Dana began writing poetry, which helped guide her to a year of rest in 2022. Her works have been published in Torch Magazine , Obsidian , Rhino Poetry, Apogee , The Elevation Review Torch has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia

were nominated for their works in creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and visual art in Torch Magazine Read More Apr 1, 2025 Celebrating Black Women's Contributions to Poetry All Month Long Continuing on nominated for their works in creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and visual art in Torch Magazine. Read More Jul 12, 2024 Torch Literary Arts Receives Poetry Foundation Grant Torch Literary Arts (Torch to celebrate the Black women who put words to feelings by celebrating National Poetry Month Read More

We've featured over 300 writers and counting through Torch Magazine , our award-winning publication. Sign Up for Updates Amplifying Black Women Writers Since 2006 Torch Awards Gala Friday, Sept. 25, 2026 will also be opportunities to shop for your next favorite reads and even get your books signed by our featured

Each year in July, writers with projects across poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and script (plays Learn More Wildfire Reading Series Live readings featuring notable authors. Previous features include Kendra Allen, Crystal Wilkinson, Renée Watson, Kelis Rowe, LaToya Watkins, Selected features receive $150 and have their work promoted and archived online. We accept submissions of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and script (plays and screenplays) for