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AfroSurreal Writers Workshop
AfroSurreal Writers Workshop African American Museum and Library of Oakland Oakland California The AfroSurreal Writers Workshop supports writers of color creating weird, surreal, or absurdist art. We ...
On-line Writers Workshop
On-line Writers Workshop Loading WANTED: Black Writers with balls and ovaries of teflon and steel who can put up with heat waves, flashbacks, old lovers and word processors who can keep a watch...
The Write Thing: Kwame Alexander Engages Students in Writing Workshop
The Write Thing: Kwame Alexander Engages Students in Writing Workshop Kwame Alexander 9781493888429 Nonfiction Shell Educational Publishing Shell Educational Publishing Imagine having a Newbery Medal-...
Yvette Lisa Ndlovu
Yvette Lisa Ndlovu NONE Yvette Lisa Ndlovu is a Zimbabwean storyteller. Her debut short story collection Drinking from Graveyard Wells was selected for the 2021 UPK New Poetry & Prose Series. Yvette ...
AALBC.com Workshops for Writers
AALBC.com Workshops for Writers Loading Self-Publishing Workshop Saturday, December 6th 2008 - Harlem, New York Postponed until March 2009 Co-sponsored with The Writing Book Camp It's getting t...
Tales of Our Times: An Anthology Fall/Winter 2022, Vol. 5
Tales of Our Times: An Anthology Fall/Winter 2022, Vol. 5 Eisa Nefertari Ulen and Clarence V. Reynolds 24729361005 Fiction Center for Black Literature Medgar Evers College The Year 2020: Looking Back ...
Tramaine Suubi
Tramaine Suubi NONE Tramaine Suubi is a quadrilingual multi-hyphenate Bantu writer hailing from Kampala. They are a graduate of Wheaton College, the Iowa Writers' Workshop, a Yellow Arrow Writer-in-R...
On-line Writers Workshop
On-line Writers Workshop Troy Johnson Article WANTED: Black Writers with balls and ovaries of teflon and steel who can put up with heat waves, flashbacks, old lovers and word processors who c...
Kwame Alexander’s Page-to-Stage Writing Workshop: Awakening the Writer, Publisher, and Presenter in Every Student
Kwame Alexander’s Page-to-Stage Writing Workshop: Awakening the Writer, Publisher, and Presenter in Every Student Kwame Alexander 9781338026818 Nonfiction Teaching Resources Teaching Resources 2015 Ne...
Dawoud Bey on Photographing People and Communities: The Photography Workshop Series
Dawoud Bey on Photographing People and Communities: The Photography Workshop Series Dawoud Bey 9781597113373 Nonfiction Aperture Books Aperture Books In the fifth installment of The Photography Worksh...
Victor Wooten Bass Workshop: The Language of Music and How to Speak It
Victor Wooten Bass Workshop: The Language of Music and How to Speak It Victor L. Wooten 9781540002952 Nonfiction Hudson Music Hudson Music Book/Media OnlineVictor Wooten emerged as a once-in-a-lifetim...
Novel Writing Workshops
Novel Writing Workshops Troy Johnson Article Novel Writing Workshop AALBC.com's Novel Writing Workshop (8 Sessions Online) Enjoy a writing workshop from the convenience of your own home! Get ...
Articles for Writers
Articles for Writers Loading In this section you will find articles for and about writers and the art of writing. If you would like to contribute an article to this section please drop us...
Dawnie Walton
Dawnie Walton NONE Dawnie Walton, a celebrated fiction writer & journalist, explores identity & pop culture. She's an MFA graduate from Iowa Writers' Workshop, a recipient of fellowships from MacDowe...
45 Alternate Press
45 Alternate Press 45 Alternate Press 45 Alternate Press, LLC Created in 2018, 45 Alternate Press, LLC began as a digital-only imprint that sought to publish upmarket "singles-length" works that cate...
45 Alternate Press
45 Alternate Press 45 Alternate Press, LLC 45 Alternate Press Created in 2018, 45 Alternate Press, LLC began as a digital-only imprint that sought to publish upmarket "singles-length" works that cate...
De’Shawn Charles Winslow
De’Shawn Charles Winslow NONE De'Shawn Charles Winslow, a North Carolina native, is a Brooklyn-based author and 2017 Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate. He holds a BFA in creative writing and an MA in E...
Wanda M. Morris
Wanda M. Morris NONE Wanda M. Morris, a corporate attorney, is a seasoned presenter and leader with experience in Fortune 100 companies. A former President of the Georgia Chapter of the Association o...
Cultivating Pearls: A Writer’s Retreat Comes Home
Cultivating Pearls: A Writer’s Retreat Comes Home Ahmad Wright Article An oft used African proverb by a well-known fiction author states, “Where there is mud, there is water.” Trans...
Novel Writing Workshops
Novel Writing Workshops Loading Novel Writing Workshop AALBC.com's Novel Writing Workshop (8 Sessions Online) Enjoy a writing workshop from the convenience of your own home! Get the help you need to b...
J.M. Holmes
J.M. Holmes NONE J.M. Holmes, a Denver-born, Rhode Island-raised author, won the Burnett Howe Prize at Amherst College. With fellowships to the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the Napa Valley Writers’ Con...
Camille Acker
Camille Acker NONE Camille Acker, a Washington, DC native, is an esteemed writer and educator. With degrees from Howard University and New Mexico State University, she's been recognized by numerous a...
Tyriek White
Tyriek White 0000000517767141 Tyriek Rashawn White, a Brooklyn-based writer, musician, and educator, serves marginalized communities and leads Lampblack Lit, a literary foundation for Black writers. ...
AALBC.com Workshops for Writers
AALBC.com Workshops for Writers Troy Johnson Article Self-Publishing Workshop Saturday, December 6th 2008 - Harlem, New York Postponed until March 2009 Co-sponsored with ...
ZZ Packer
ZZ Packer 0000000079830912 ZZ Packer is a celebrated writer recognized by Book magazine. A Yale, Johns Hopkins, and University of Iowa alumna, she's acclaimed for her short fiction in her debut colle...
Damaris B. Hill
Damaris B. Hill 0000000454814480 DaMaris B. Hill, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Kentucky. Inspired by theories of “rememory” and inclusive history, Hill has ...
Social Media Work Shops at the 2010 Harlem Book Fair
Social Media Work Shops at the 2010 Harlem Book Fair Social Media Work Shops at the 2010 Harlem Book Fair Social Media Marketing Workshops Come to the 2010 Harlem Book Fair Harlem Book F...
Timeless: Photographs by Kamoinge
Timeless: Photographs by Kamoinge Anthony Barboza 9780764349744 Nonfiction Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Recognized by the New York Times as one of the Best Photography Books. Im...
Iron Balloons: Fiction from Jamaica’s Calabash Writer’s Workshop
Iron Balloons: Fiction from Jamaica’s Calabash Writer’s Workshop Colin Channer 9781933354057 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Reggae’s rebel spirit blazes in this hot selection of short fiction fro...
Freda Epum
Freda Epum NONE Freda Epum is a Nigerian American writer and artist. She is the cocreator of the Black American Tree Project, an interactive workshop about the legacies of slavery in American society...
2016 National Black Writers Conference
2016 National Black Writers Conference Troy Johnson Article Update: March 25, 2016 The Conference's Complete and final Schedule of Events is Now Available. Greetings Colleagues, We are excited a...
Spotlight on the 14th National Black Writers Conference: March 22 – March 25, 2018
Spotlight on the 14th National Black Writers Conference: March 22 – March 25, 2018 Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com is Hosting an Independent Publishing Workshop How to Publish Your Book Independently...
Naomi Jackson
Naomi Jackson 000000011074508X Naomi Jackson, author of award-nominated “The Star Side of Bird Hill,” is a recognized writer who studied fiction at the Iowa Writers' Workshop and received an M.A. in ...
Miriam Decosta-Willis
Miriam Decosta-Willis 0000000033083659 Dr. Miriam DeCosta-Willis is a renowned academic, holding degrees from Johns Hopkins and Wellesley College. She made history as the first African American facul...
The 11th National Black Writers Conference - Thursday, March 29 – Sunday, April 1, 2012 - Brooklyn, NY
The 11th National Black Writers Conference - Thursday, March 29 – Sunday, April 1, 2012 - Brooklyn, NY The 11th National Black Writers Conference - Thursday, March 29 – Sunday, April 1, 2012 - Bro...
Yaa Gyasi
Yaa Gyasi 0000000459492214 Yaa Gyasi, a Ghana-born author raised in Alabama, is an Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate. Known for her short stories in African American Review and Callaloo, she debuted he...
Jamel Brinkley
Jamel Brinkley NONE Jamel Brinkley, a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, is known for his stories in A Public Space and Gulf Coast. He has been a fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative W...
Bethany Hegedus
Bethany Hegedus NONE Bethany Hegedus, an award-winning author of children's books and middle-grade novels, is a former educator who loves mentoring young writers. She owns the Writing Barn, a writing...
Nana Nkweti
Nana Nkweti NONE Nana Nkweti, a Caine Prize finalist and Iowa Writers' Workshop alumna, is renowned for her work that has earned fellowships from prestigious institutions. She is currently an English...
Jeff Boyd
Jeff Boyd 0000000083199297 Jeff Boyd, a former Chicago teacher and Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate, is a recipient of the Deena Davidson Friedman Prize for Fiction. He currently resides in Brooklyn, ...
Ayana Mathis
Ayana Mathis 0000000367812022 Ayana Mathis, an Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate and Michener-Copernicus Fellowship recipient, is best known for her NYT best-selling novel 'The Twelve Tribes of Hattie'...
Aliona L. Gibson
Aliona L. Gibson NONE Aliona L. Gibson is an author and filmmaker with a passion for creativity and service. She published her first book, Nappy, and later the self-published For Black Writers. Inspi...
Askhari Johnson Hodari
Askhari Johnson Hodari NONE Askhari Johnson Hodari, Ph.D. is a Black/Africana Studies practitioner, author, and founder of de Griot Space, an online workshop for Black writers. With a B.A. from Spelm...
Chinelo Okparanta
Chinelo Okparanta 0000000409874206 Nigerian-born author, Chinelo Okparanta, is an accomplished educator and writer with degrees from Pennsylvania State, Rutgers University, and the Iowa Writers' Work...
Eric Payne
Eric Payne NONE Eric Payne, a versatile writer and poet, started his journey in literature at age 7. He graduated from Cornell and Binghamton Universities and is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternit...
James Alan McPherson
James Alan McPherson 0000000110837574 1st Black writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. James Alan McPherson, born on September 16, 1943, was the first African-American to win the Pulitzer for F...
Tananarive Due
Tananarive Due 0000000114453527 “The Queen of Black Horror” Tananarive Due, American Book Award-winning author of nine books, holds a B.S. in Journalism and M.A. in English literature. A s...
Toni Asante Lightfoot
Toni Asante Lightfoot NONE Toni Asante Lightfoot, a Cave Canem graduate and writing workshop teacher, is a co-founder of the Modern Urban Griots and a leader in the Blackout Arts Collective. She serv...
Jacinda Townsend
Jacinda Townsend 0000000420516266 Jacinda Townsend is an award-winning author of “Saint Monkey,” a Harvard and Duke alumni, and a former journalist and lawyer. She received her M.F.A. from the Iowa W...
Angela Jackson
Angela Jackson 0000000035958201 Angela Jackson, born in 1951, is an acclaimed poet, novelist, and playwright from Mississippi. Raised in Chicago, she's a Northwestern and University of Chicago alumna...
Peter Kalu
Peter Kalu NONE Peter Kalu is an award-winning poet, fiction writer, and playwright from the UK. He began his writing career at Manchester's Moss Side Write black writers workshop and has produced ei...
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma 0000000430427881 Novuyo Rosa Tshuma, a Zimbabwe-born author based in Texas, is known for her prizewinning short story collection, Shadows. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop,...
Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Maurice Carlos Ruffin NONE Maurice Carlos Ruffin is an award-winning author from New Orleans, noted for his work in various literary reviews and his involvement in the Peauxdunque Writers Alliance. H...
Kiley Reid
Kiley Reid 000000048512903X Kiley Reid, Iowa Writers' Workshop MFA graduate and Truman Capote Fellow, teaches creative writing with a focus on race and class. Her short stories are featured in variou...
Tola Rotimi Abraham
Tola Rotimi Abraham NONE Tola Rotimi Abraham is a Nigerian writer living in Iowa City, USA. She's a graduate of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, a journalism student, and a writing teacher at the University o...
Monica West
Monica West NONE Monica West, born in Cleveland, is an accomplished author and academic. She earned her BA from Duke University and MA and MFA from New York University and Iowa Writers’ Workshop resp...
Kim Singleton
Kim Singleton NONE Kimberly Singleton is a renowned filmmaker, writer, and poet with a distinguished 20-year career in media. She studied at Howard University and NYU and has won multiple Public Medi...
Diane Oliver
Diane Oliver 000000012330550X Diane Oliver (1943-1966) was a notable author and Managing Editor of The Carolinian. She published seven short stories, won an O. Henry Award, and attended the Universit...
Kleaver Cruz
Kleaver Cruz NONE Kleaver Cruz is a Dominican-American writer, educator, and creator of The Black Joy Project, a platform for Black Joy as resistance featured in numerous publications. They're part o...
Provocateurs: The Symbiotic Relationship Between Photographers & Writers Photography Group Show
Provocateurs: The Symbiotic Relationship Between Photographers & Writers Photography Group Show Provocateurs: The Symbiotic Relationship Between Photographers & Writers Photography Group Show ...
Dark Matter II
Dark Matter II Loading The Call for submission has ended DARK MATTER II : Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora Edited by Sheree R. Thomas GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS&n...
Penguin Random House
Penguin Random House Bertelsmann 4 Color Books Ace Books Addison-Wesley Alfred A. Knopf Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Anchor Anchor Books Anchor Press Anne Schwartz Books Avery Ballantine Bo...
Jennifer Davis Carey
Jennifer Davis Carey NONE A native New Yorker, writer Jennifer Davis Carey has family roots in the Caribbean and American South. She learned a keen ear for and appreciation of language from her ...
Brandon Taylor
Brandon Taylor 0000000510801896 Brandon Taylor, senior editor at Electric Literature and staff writer at Literary Hub, is a celebrated writer with fellowships from Lambda Literary, Kimbilio Fiction, ...
The 9th National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) 2008 - Conference Schedule
The 9th National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) 2008 - Conference Schedule The 9th National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) 2008 - Conference Schedule The Ninth National Black Writers Con...
Joanne C. Hillhouse
Joanne C. Hillhouse 0000000043655956 Joanne C. Hillhouse’s writing has been described as “honest”, “real”, “poetic”, and “lyrical”. Her Antiguan culture is at the heart of her writing: “Obvious is t...
Tina Andrews
Tina Andrews 0000000003084191 Tina Andrews, an award-winning writer, producer and director, is known for her book “Sally Hemings An American Scandal”, which won the NAACP Image Award and the Memphis ...
Table of Contents
Table of Contents Troy Johnson Article Resources for African American Writers, Authors and ReadersPlaces to Submit WorkPublishersDialogueFYAH.comCopyright InformationPublishing GlossaryOn-line Writ...
The #1 Site for African American
The #1 Site for African American Loading Social Media 101 Social Media Marketing Tips by AALBC.com Founder Troy Johnson I've been actively selling books on-line since 1997. Over the years I&...
Official Writers League
Official Writers League Official Writers League Official Writers League The Official Writers League was founded in 2012 by New York Times Bestselling Authors Ashley & JaQuavis. The company specialize...
Official Writers League
Official Writers League Official Writers League Official Writers League The Official Writers League was founded in 2012 by New York Times Bestselling Authors Ashley & JaQuavis. The company specialize...
The 9th National Black Writers Conference - March 28 - 30, 2008
The 9th National Black Writers Conference - March 28 - 30, 2008 The 9th National Black Writers Conference - March 28 - 30, 2008 THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS ...
The Tenth National Black Writers Conference - Thursday, March 25 ? Sunday, March 28, 2010 - Brooklyn, NY
The Tenth National Black Writers Conference - Thursday, March 25 ? Sunday, March 28, 2010 - Brooklyn, NY The Tenth National Black Writers Conference - Thursday, March 25 ? Sunday, March 28, 2010 - Bro...
5 Things Writers Must Do To Survive Online
5 Things Writers Must Do To Survive Online Troy Johnson Article Today, despite all the technology and social media at our disposal, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the average writer to ear...
Alice Wootson
Alice Wootson NONE Alice Greenhowe Wootson is a retired teacher and acclaimed author of thirteen novels, including romance and romantic suspense. A prize-winning poet, member of various writers' asso...
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION Khristi Lauren Adams Excerpt INTRODUCTION The turn of the millennium has seen an upsurge in new and young African writers and this has been particularly noticeable in terms of the num...
Articles for Writers
Articles for Writers Troy Johnson Article In this section you will find articles for and about writers and the art of writing. If you would like to contribute an article to ...
Blockson Literary Collective
Blockson Literary Collective Troy Johnson Article Charles L. Blockson The Charles L. Blockson Literary Collective is dedicated to sponsoring programs and initiates designed to promote ...
Penguin Workshop
Penguin Workshop Penguin Random House Bertelsmann
Rise X Penguin Workshop
Rise X Penguin Workshop Penguin Random House Bertelsmann
The Muntu Poets - Anthology Volume 2: 47 Years Later
The Muntu Poets - Anthology Volume 2: 47 Years Later Russell Atkins 9781681210292 Poetry Uptown Media Joint Ventures Uptown Media Joint Ventures The Muntu Poets - a forgotten voice in the mid to late ...
The Muntu Poets Of Cleveland
The Muntu Poets Of Cleveland Russell Atkins 9781681210315 Poetry Uptown Media Joint Ventures Uptown Media Joint Ventures This is the very first anthology by the Muntu Poets - a forgotten voice in the ...
Eloghosa Osunde
Eloghosa Osunde NONE Eloghosa Osunde is a Nigerian writer and artist. An alumna of the Farafina Creative Writing Workshop, the Caine Prize Workshop, and the New York Film Academy, she has been publi...
Gerren Liles
Gerren Liles NONE Gerren Liles, a Morgan State University graduate and poet, uses his work to promote literacy and self-empowerment among black youth. A finalist for MTV's Real World: Hawaii, his poe...
Rashid Darden
Rashid Darden NONE Rashid Darden, a renowned novelist, is celebrated for his trilogy telling the story of a gay college student in a black fraternity. His work resonates with the African American, LG...
Hisani P. Dubose
Hisani P. Dubose NONE “The Best Black Director of 2005” —Kam Williams Hisani DuBose is a Seton Hall University graduate, former dancer and singer turned screenwriter. She's directed ...
Christian Robinson
Christian Robinson 0000000356790294 Christian Robinson is a San Francisco-based illustrator and animator, known for his work with Pixar Animation Studios and The Sesame Street Workshop. He has illust...
Cornelius Eady
Cornelius Eady 0000000025783225 Cornelius Eady is a renowned poet and author of eight books, including award-winning “Victims of the Latest Dance Craze.” He co-founded the Cave Canem workshop for Afr...
A-Dziko Simba Gegele
A-Dziko Simba Gegele NONE A-Dziko Simba Gegele is a prize-winning author, known for her debut novel, “All Over Again” which won the 2014 Burt Award for Caribbean Literature. Born in England of Nigeri...
Jan Etienne
Jan Etienne 0000000121358288 Dr. Jan Etienne, associate lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London, serves as Assistant Programme Director for BSc Social Science and Convenor for the Dissertations Wo...
Milton Allimadi
Milton Allimadi NONE Milton Allimadi, co-founder and editor of The Black Star News, is an experienced journalist who previously worked for The City Sun and The New York Times. A Columbia Journalism S...
Brooke C. Obie
Brooke C. Obie NONE Brooke C. Obie, JD, MFA, is a graduate of Hampton University and Mercer University School of Law. She worked on rapper T.I.'s legal defense team and is a Fulbright Fellowship fina...
Nafissa Thompson-Spires
Nafissa Thompson-Spires NONE Nafissa Thompson-Spires, a PhD in English from Vanderbilt University and MFA from the University of Illinois, is a renowned author. Her work featured in notable publicati...
April Gibson
April Gibson NONE April Gibson is a poet, writer, and professor from the South Side of Chicago. She is a winner of The Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award, a Sustainable Arts Foundation Award, and a Loft L...
Loretta Collins Klobah
Loretta Collins Klobah NONE Loretta Collins Klobah is a Caribbean Literature and creative writing professor at the University of Puerto Rico. She's lived in various Caribbean-related locations and ho...
Tiana Clark
Tiana Clark NONE Tiana Clark is the author of the poetry collections Scorched Earth (Washington Square Press/Simon & Schuster, 2025) and I Can’t Talk About the Trees Without the Blood (Universit...
Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival
Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival Blalock Park Venice Florida The Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival is a small, unique program hosting writers teaching writers on Friday night, and authors sel...
The NBWC: An Evolving Process
The NBWC: An Evolving Process The NBWC: An Evolving Process The Ninth National Black Writers Conference An Evolving Process A reflective piece by Dr. Brenda M. Greene, Execut...
Black Women Writers at Work
Black Women Writers at Work Claudia Tate 9781642598407 Nonfiction Haymarket Books Haymarket Books “Black women writers and critics are acting on the old adage that one must speak for oneself if one wi...
The Business of Being a Writer
The Business of Being a Writer Jane Friedman 9780226393162 Nonfiction University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press Writers talk about their work in many ways: as an art, as a calling, as a ...