The 2023 National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium was held from March 31 to April 1 in the Edison O. Jackson Auditorium at Medgar Evers College, as well as online. The symposium will featured scholarly presentations, roundtable discussions, readings, and an awards presentation. This year’s theme was Diasporic Visions: A Celebration of Black Speculative Fiction. Participating writers included poet, fiction, and nonfiction writer Jewelle Gomez; fiction writer L. Penelope; fiction writers and memoirists Tananarive Due and Wayétu Moore; and fiction writer and essayist Nisi Shawl. Poet and fiction writer Sheree Renée Thomas and fiction and nonfiction writer Jewell Parker Rhodes were this year’s honorees. Registration was available for $25 for the general public and was rolling. The awards program was free to attend. Visit the website for more information.
Contact Information
National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium, Center for Black Literature, Medgar Evers College, City University of New York, 1638 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225.