Harlem Writers Guild

16/07/2025

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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. 🌧️📚✊🏾

14/07/2025

📚 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!

17/06/2025

We’re proud to share that HWG writer Minnette Coleman had the honor of participating in the 10th Anniversary celebration of Writers Read in Fall 2024.

For the occasion, contributors were invited to write 5-minute essays on the theme “TEN.” Minnette’s powerful piece, “Ten Tiny Pages,” tells the story of her father—a reporter for The Atlanta Daily World—who covered the ex*****on of a Black man accused of assaulting a white woman.

We’re thrilled to announce that Minnette’s essay was selected for inclusion in the Writers Read 10th Anniversary Anthology, featuring some of the most impactful essays from the past decade.

📚 The anthology is available on Amazon.
🎥 Watch a clip of Minnette reading her essay via the link on our Facebook post or in our IG story.

https://youtu.be/m7P8-C1mNr8?si=gPB2a2Jmfz1GajpF

17/06/2025

If you missed us this weekend, please follow @ theharlemwritersguild across all Social Media for more information about the Harlem Writers Guild's 75th Anniversary Event. Here is some archived footage from the 2021 Schomburg Center Literary Festival.


Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library

Harlem Writers Guild


Watch on YouTube

Voices from HARLEM, presented by the Harlem Writers Guild, featuring Jogn Robinson, Marc W. Polite, Angela Dews, Malik Kirkwood, Eartha Watts Hicks, Sylvia White, Dr. Robert J. Woodbine, Kay Bell, Judy C. Andrew, Minette Coleman, and Diane Richards.

3:15 PM (EDT) | Harlem Writers Guild Author Previewwith executive director Diane Richards and guild authors John Robinson, Marc Polite, Angela Dews, Malik Ki...

17/06/2025

The Harlem Writers Guild proudly celebrates our very own Minnette Coleman on the 15th anniversary of her beloved novel, The Blacksmith’s Daughter. ✨

You can grab your copy at Sisters Uptown Bookstore & Community Center, The Schomburg Bookstore, or on Amazon. 📚

Join us in showing love and support for Minnette and this incredible literary milestone! 🎉❤️

11/06/2025

Join us for a powerful screening of “When We Free The World” — a documentary that uplifts voices and visions for a better future.

Celebrate Father’s Day, Juneteenth, Pride, and Men’s Health Month with us on June 15, 2025. Let’s come together, reflect, and build community.

10/06/2025

Author and writer Marc Polite will be making appearances at several upcoming book festivals. Don’t miss the chance to connect and support his work! ✨📚

11/05/2025

Meet Harlem Writers Guild member Marc Polite at the Independent Authors Book Expo Children’s Book Festival!

🗓️- Saturday, June 7th, 2025
⏰- 12pm - 3:30pm
📍- Warinanco Sports Center, Roselle, NJ 07203

07/10/2024

WE BE LIVIN': Voices of the Harlem Writers Guild (Run of Show)

Showtime 7 PM on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at Theater 555, located at 555 West 42nd Street, New York, NY

07/10/2024

WE BE LIVIN': Voices of the Harlem Writers Guild (Program)

Showtime 7 PM on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at Theater 555, located at 555 West 42nd Street, New York, NY

25/09/2024

Join us for " Reflections of a People", a LIVE presentation featuring voices of the Harlem Writers' Guild!

04/05/2024

Congratulations, Diane Richards, Executive Director of the Harlem Writers Guild, on the success of her debut Novel, Ella. Out on May 7th!