Harlem Writers Guild

10/23/2025

Don’t forget — Tomorrow we’re celebrating 75 years of The Harlem Writers Guild at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture! 🎉

Join us as we honor our legacy, our stories, and the writers who continue to shape the future.
🎟️Free tickets — link in bio!

10/08/2025

Counting down the days until our big celebration!🎉

Join us at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture as we celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Harlem Writers Guild!

We’ll be honoring Dr. Brenda M. Greene — award-winning educator, scholar, literary activist, and radio host — and featuring an inspiring keynote address by Kevin Powell , renowned activist, writer, and speaker.

✨Admission is FREE! Reserve your tickets now through the link below.✨

✨ https://HWG75thAnniversary.eventbrite.com ✨

09/26/2025

Join us as we celebrate 75 years of storytelling and legacy! ✨✨

The Harlem Writers Guild invites you to our 75th Anniversary Celebration at the historic Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture on Friday, October 24, 2025.

From 6pm - 9:30pm we’ll be honoring our past, celebrating our present and inspiring the future HWG writers.

Get your tickets below!
https://HWG75thAnniversary.eventbrite.com

09/19/2025

As the Harlem Writers Guild celebrates 75 years of amplifying Black voices and shaping literary history, we unveil our new logo—a symbol of our enduring legacy and bold future.

This refreshed look honors the power of our past while embracing the promise of what’s next—reflecting the creativity, resilience, and evolution of generations of writers who continue to inspire and free the world through storytelling.

Here’s to three-quarters of a century of literary excellence—and to the next 75 years of words that move, challenge, and transform.

09/15/2025

THE HARLEM WRITERS GUILD virtual event in line with the Brooklyn Book Festival is this Wednesday at 7pm.



Get your tickets now.

John Robinson
Kendall D. Glaspie
Judy C. Andrews
Dr. Robert J. Woodbine
Angela Dews
Marc Polite
Maigen Jones
Bob McNeil
Gene Anthony Jr Edwards
Clinton Long
Brian J T Watts
JaVonne Armstrong
Lorraine Treadwell

For more information about the Harlem Writers Guild, visit our website www.theharlemwritersguild.org.

Mark your calendars for September 17, 2025, and get ready to be inspired!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-harlem-writers-guild-presents-tickets-1588667058939?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join us for a virtual gathering hosted by The Harlem Writers Guild, where talented writers will showcase their work and share their creative

09/10/2025

The Harlem Writers Guild (HWG), the nation’s oldest continuously operating African American writers’ organization, proudly celebrates 75 years of Black literary legacy.

📖 When We Write, We Free the World
🗓 Friday, October 24, 2025
📍 The historic Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Join us for an evening honoring the past, inspiring the present, and shaping the future of Black storytelling. Writers, scholars, community leaders, and literature lovers from around the world will gather to celebrate this historic milestone.

09/08/2025

📚✨ We’re bringing our stories to the 2025 Brooklyn Book Festival Bookends!

🗓️ Sept 17 | ⏰ 7:00 PM

📖Live readings by our Harlem Writers Guild authors

🔗 To register, click on the link in our bio.

08/26/2025

📚✨ Exciting news! ✨📚

Author Marc Polite will be at Sisters Uptown Bookstore on September 20, 2025 to discuss his latest book Stand on Ganymede and sign copies! 🖊️🚀🖊️🚀

Don’t miss this chance to connect with the author and grab your signed copy.

07/16/2025

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We had an incredible time celebrating 100 years of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the Schomburg Literary Festival in Harlem!
A few of our Harlem Writers Guild members showed up to represent—sharing their work, building community, and honoring a century of Black literary excellence.

Rain or shine, the legacy lives on. 🌧️📚✊🏾

07/14/2025

📚 Meet our very own at the 12th Annual Independent Authors Book Expo ( )

🗓️ Saturday, September 6, 2025
🕛 12 PM – 5 PM
📍 Warinanco Sports Center
Roselle, NJ 07203

Come out to support independent authors, explore new books, and connect with fellow readers and writers!