2023 National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium (#NBWC2023)

2023 National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium will be guided by this year’s theme:

“The Beautiful Struggle: Black Writers Lighting the Way.”

Events will be held live and virtually on Friday, March 31 – Saturday, April 1, 2023.

Jewell Parker Rhodes and Sheree Renée Thomas

Black speculative fiction encompasses and blurs the genres of magical realism, futurism, horror, fantasy, paranormal, and mythology. These imaginative stories enable writers to create alternative and futuristic worlds, narratives rooted in traditional beliefs and spirituality, and compelling stories that center the Black experience. The stories also raise questions about colonialism, racism, identity, and gender.

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• The 16th National Black Writers Conference (2022)
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• Black Women Writers at Work: A Literary Salon
• The Art of the Short Story: An Evening with Danielle Evans and Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
• 2021 National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium: They Cried I Am: The Life and Work of Paule Marshall and John A. Williams, Unsung Black Literary Voices
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