Hello CityLit Peeps, CityLit starts the new year with the inaugural Scribente Maternum: Write Like a Mother, a virtual writer’s retreat. Yea, we’re fancy but at its roots, those words…
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National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Awards CityLit’s Carla Du Pree The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Individual Award
The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) has named CityLit’s Executive Director Carla Du Pree a recipient of its inaugural Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Individual Award. This award…
The Literary Arts Emergency Fund Awards More Than $3.5 Million
In a historic relief effort, $3.5 Million will be awarded to 282 Literary Arts Organizations, Magazines, and Presses Across the United States. We are excited to let you know that…
Second Anthology of Lo-Fi Poetry Series Published
Drum roll, please! CityLit Press just published the second anthology in its Lo-Fi Poetry Series, where poets cover a favorite record album. POET SOUNDS, a poetry anthology that riffs on…
Maryland State Department of Education Spotlights CityLit’s Carla Du Pree
In honor of the year of the woman, Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) Fine Arts celebrated the work of CityLit Project’s Executive Director, Carla Du Pree, for their April…
COVID-19: Greater Baltimore Resources for Writers and Artists
Much of the Greater Baltimore writer and artistic community is struggling right now, facing a troubling economic impact due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our mission is to nurture the culture…
Celebrating Baltimore Novelist Susan Muaddi Darraj
We celebrate and applaud one of Baltimore’s own, novelist Susan Muaddi Darraj, who is redefining children’s literature with this introduction of an Arab American girl with a rockin’ spirit. MEET…
Spotlight on Poet Nikky Finney
Nikky Finney was to be our 2020 CityLit Festival keynote, and we were SO READY FOR HER! In light of COVID-19, we decided to feature this award-winning poet at a…
A Message from CityLit’s Executive Director
Yesterday our Board and Leadership Council concluded it was time to officially announce the postponement of our annual CityLit Festival, scheduled for March 21, 2020, until further notice, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Sharon Flake’s “The Skin I’m In” Turns 20
Author Sharon Flake joined us for CityLit Festival 2019, coming to Baltimore to speak about diversity in young adult literature. Sharon writes about Black teens, including her award-winning The Skin…