CityLit Project
CityLit Project elevates enthusiasm for literary arts in the Baltimore Metropolitan area. CityLit builds and connects a community of avid readers and writers across Maryland through public events, workshops, publishing, and collaboration. CityLit opens opportunities for young and diverse audiences to embrace the literary arts.
National Endowments for the Arts
MSAC: Vibrant Dazzling Diverse Engaging
Baltimore Promotion and The Arts
BCF Baltimore
See our other generous supporters here.


Proud Member of:

Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance
Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations
MCA


Recent Announcements

Joyous New Year
12/22/2011
Thank you to the community of readers and writers in Baltimore and across Maryland for a successful, rewarding, and educational year.  We look forward to presenting stellar authors, developing outstanding writers, and publishing quality books through our family of programs in 2012. ...

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The Future (End?) of Publishing
11/16/2011
Check out this clever video from DK Publishing. We usually don't post videos from second party sources that aren't recordings of CityLit programs, but we thought this deserved a look. Wait for the twist at the end! Click on read more below to get to link... See it here!

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Baker Artist Awards Site Open for 2012 Nominations
11/04/2011
GET YOUR LIT IN GEAR! The 2012 Baker Artist Awards site is live again, and artists throughout the Greater Baltimore region are encouraged to nominate themselves for one of up to three $25,000 Mary Sawyers Baker Prizes, and one of up to nine $1,000 b-grant prizes. Three b-grant prizes will be...

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Citywide Poetry Contest to Celebrate Mothers’ Day
10/19/2011
WHAT: A citywide poetry contest will be held to select a poem for permanent display in Historic Mothers' Garden. WHEN: Contest deadline is February 15, 2012 . WHERE: Submit one to three poems of no more than 15 lines for consideration on the topic of mothers or motherhood to contest...

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"Across Words" at UB to Highlight Literary Arts Week
10/11/2011
CityLit Project and The Love Movement, along with Spotlight UB, will present Across Words, an evening of color-blind storytelling, music and poetry, on Friday, Oct. 21, as part of Spotlight's 2011-12 season. Performers include poets Drew Law , Pages , Temple , Em Sea Water , and Adeke...

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