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.
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Recent Announcements

"Afternoons with Authors" Kicks Off in NW Baltimore
03/10/2010
The first-ever "Afternoons with Authors" event, a series of programs presented by Enoch Pratt Free Library and CityLit Project, takes place Saturday, March 13, 2010.  The event begins at the Pratt Library's Pennsylvania Avenue branch (1531 W. North Avenue, 21217) at 1pm. Our...

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Marylander Wins First Annual Harriss Poetry Prize
03/09/2010
Laura Shovan mines gems from the everyday caverns of life.   From these moments Shovan collected Mountain, Log, Salt, and Stone , inaugural winner of the Clarinda Harriss Poetry Prize. The prize is named in honor of Clarinda Harriss, eminent Baltimore poet, publisher, and professor...

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Bestselling Novelist Kostova to Appear at CityLit Festival
03/08/2010
Rowell, Lipsyte, and Plumly Among Other Literary Stars, Emerging Writers, and Favorite Programs at Seventh Annual Celebration of Literature Bestselling author Elizabeth Kostova comes to Baltimore on April 17 as part of the seventh annual CityLit Festival. Dubbed "a can't miss...

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CityLit Director Speaks at Sold Out Bay to Ocean Conference
03/08/2010
CityLit Project executive director Gregg Wilhelm spoke to nearly eighty writers at the thirteenth annual Bay to Ocean Writers Conference.  The annual February gathering, held for the last several years at Chesapeake College near Easton, attracted a record attendance approaching 200...

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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...

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