Close out the year with a one-night-only celebration of James Baldwin's life and legacy. Explore a special display about Baldwin's early career in the Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library's Treasures and learn more about JIMMY! God’s Black Revolutionary Mouth, on view at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, featuring materials never before shown in public. Plus, get special after-hours access to the Rose Main Reading Room and other gorgeous Library spaces, with live readings and music, a special collections display, 16mm films, and more. Snacks and drinks will be available for purchase. This event is 21+ with ID required.
Find details about every creative writing competition—including poetry contests, short story competitions, essay contests, awards for novels, grants for translators, and more—that we’ve published in the Grants & Awards section of Poets & Writers Magazine during the past year. We carefully review the practices and policies of each contest before including it in the Writing Contests database, the most trusted resource for legitimate writing contests available anywhere.