CityLit Project
CityLit Project elevates enthusiasm for literary arts in the Baltimore Metropolitan area. CityLit builds and connects a community of avid readers and writers across Maryland through public events, workshops, publishing, and collaboration. CityLit opens opportunities for young and diverse audiences to embrace the literary arts.
MSAC: Vibrant Dazzling Diverse Engaging
Baltimore Promotion and The Arts
BCF Baltimore
See our other generous supporters here.


Proud Member of:

Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance
Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations


Recent Announcements

Literary Death Match to Pit Local Bards in Verbal Barroom Brawl
01/25/2010
When a guy contacts you to ask if you want to represent at something called a Literary Death Match, it's hard to refuse.  However, there's no shortage of ideas that sound cool on paper but fizzle in reality.  But after checking out Todd Zuniga's web site it not only clear he knew...

read more
Call for Exhibitors: CityLit Festival April 17, 2010
01/25/2010
Final details for the seventh annual CityLit Festival at Pratt Library on April 17 will post soon.  Meanwhile, exhibitors are encouraged to make their reservations for free display space as soon as possible.  The popular Literary Marketplace gets busier every year, but there's a...

read more
National Magazines Cover Baltimore Literary Scene
01/03/2010
Two magazines highlight the Baltimore literary arts scene and Baltimore writers in their January issues: Utne Reader explores the resurgent lit scene in Mobtown (see link to PDF below) while Poets & Writers ' feature on "Beyond Words: Five Writers Who Practice Other Arts"...

read more
Happy New Year (Save the Dates)!
01/01/2010
The new year, 2010 (two thousand and ten, that's how we have decided to say it), brings another slate of terrific literary arts programs to the area.  In addition to annual favorites like CityLit Festival in April, CityLit Stage in September, and another academic year of CityLit Teens...

read more
Frostburg and CityLit Team Up for Winter Writers' Retreat
12/03/2009
Hemingway may have only needed a clean, well-lighted place, but most writers require a break from their nine-to-five, the kids, or the same old four walls that surround their writing space.   Get away from it all this March for a weekend of writing, reading, and critiquing. CityLit...

read more
© Copyright 2010 CityLit Project | Created and Powered by Mission Media