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

We've featured over 300 writers and counting through Torch Magazine , our award-winning publication. Get Tickets Employer PD Request Letter Amplifying Black Women Writers Since 2006 Torch Awards Gala Friday will also be opportunities to shop for your next favorite reads and even get your books signed by our featured Detailed Schedule Featured Presenters To play, press and hold the enter key.

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

From our day-one supporters to our newest Friday Features, we’ve been cultivating a community that proudly Our 2007 archive magazine is award-winning and now features Black women writers from across the diaspora one-time donation of $20 or more Attend our upcoming events: August 25th – Wildfire Reading Series featuring Torch has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia

Interested writers with works-in-progress across poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and script can The Torch Retreat’s inaugural fellowship started in 2023 with six fellows writing across poetry, fiction Torch has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia

October 9: Poetry Workshop - Chewing on the Alphabet & Stealing from the Best with Lynne Thompson October October 23: Wildfire Reading Series featuring Ebony Stewart , author of WASH November 3: Wildfire Reading Series featuring Ashley D. Farmer , author of Queen Mother November 6 & 8: Torch x Texas Book Festival featuring Donika Kelly , Torch has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia

Interested writers with works-in-progress across poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and script (plays The Torch Retreat’s inaugural fellowship started in 2023 with six fellows writing across poetry, fiction Torch has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia

Arts is proud to present this special reading celebrating the launch of Remica Bingham-Risher’s latest poetry She is the author of Conversion (Lotus, 2006) winner of the Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award, What We Mayson was the 2020-2021 Philadelphia Poet Laureate and is the founder of the Healing Verse Poetry Line It incorporates journal pages of art and found poetry from the pages of classic novels including The She is the recipient of an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Poetry, an O.

Wintergreen Women Writers Collective and Torch Literary Arts Partner to Host Welcome Table Talks Series featuring Torch Magazine has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson

first year of recording our programmatic impact – the many free workshops we’ve held, the amount of Friday Features we’ve published, and our financial statement. Torch has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia